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CHUCK DALY 1930-2009 / 'Bad Boys' coach won two titles

May. 10, 2009
Chuck Daly, the Hall of Fame basketball coach who led the Detroit Pistons to back-to-back NBA titles, then the U.S. Dream Team to the 1992 Olympic gold medal, died Saturday in Jupiter, Fla. He was 78. Mr. Daly was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer two months...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch