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Gaels' Hunter tears ACL, lost for season

sfgate.com
Dec. 11, 2009
St. Mary's will have to do without starting guard Wayne Hunter for the rest of the season. He tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee early in the second half of the Gaels' 68-63 win at Utah State last Saturday. He will have surgery this month....
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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