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A staff writer for The New Yorker has resigned and his best-selling book has been halted after he acknowledged inventing quotes by Bob Dylan. Jonah Lehrer released a statement Monday through his publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, saying that some Dylan quotes appearing in "Imagine: How Creativity Works" did "not exist." Others were "unintentional misquotations, or represented improper combinations of previously existing quotes."

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will honor a diverse cross-section of political and cultural icons - including former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, astronaut John Glenn, basketball coach Pat Summitt and rock legend Bob Dylan - with the Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony Tuesday....

The album is Dylan's fifth No. 1. Heaven and Hell's 'The Devil You Know' bows at No. 8; 'Playing for Change: Songs Around the World,' featuring U2's Bono, enters at No. 10. Bob Dylan is back in a familiar place, landing at the top of the U.S. pop music chart for the fifth time in his career.