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FRENCH OPEN / Swede hands Nadal first loss in Paris

Jun. 1, 2009
Now that humanity has located one male out of the 3 billion who could beat Rafael Nadal at a French Open, and now that this man has shoveled toward Roger Federer a shimmering opportunity to become the greatest tennis player ever by Sunday evening, people...
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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