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Christmas Eve fine time for awards

Dec. 24, 2009
The 49ers chose the end of practice on Christmas Eve day as a good time to dole out a series of annual awards, culminating in tight end Vernon Davis being named 2009 winner of the Len Eshmont Award, the team's most prestigious honor. The Eshmont is named in...
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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