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Florida Highway Patrol: Woods pulled out of driveway about 2:25am when he struck fire hydrant, then drove into tree at neighbor's property...

Nov. 27, 2009
Florida Highway Patrol: Woods pulled out of driveway about 2:25am when he struck fire hydrant, then drove into tree at neighbor's property...(First headline, 1st story, link)Related stories:Woods' wife used golf club to smash out back window to help get him out...Facial Lacerations...FHP: Charges...
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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