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GOLF / Ogilvy seizes control at PGA Tour opener

Jan. 11, 2009
Geoff Ogilvy ran off three straight birdies on the back nine and shot an 8-under-par 65 on Saturday to make the other players in the winners-only field at the Mercedes-Benz Championship at Kapalua, Hawaii, feel as though they were playing for second. The wind...
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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