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Favre Sets Starts Record as Vikings Overtake Lions

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Sep. 20, 2009
DETROIT (Reuters) - Quarterback Brett Favre set an NFL record with his 271st consecutive regular-season start as he sparked the Minnesota Vikings to a 27-13 victory over the winless Detroit Lions on Sunday.
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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