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COLLEGE BASKETBALL / Floyd quits USC as Mayo scandal broadens

Jun. 9, 2009
Tim Floyd resigned as basketball coach at USC on Tuesday following allegations that he gave $1,000 in cash to a man who helped steer former guard O.J. Mayo to the Trojans. Floyd submitted a one-paragraph letter to USC athletic director Mike Garrett saying he...
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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