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Hall honor for Nick Peters, Giants beat writer

Jul. 25, 2009
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - Nick Peters loved visiting the Hall of Fame as a longtime beat writer for the Giants - covering inductions, attending veterans committee meetings, stopping off on Giants road trips between New York and Montreal. Or making it a winter...
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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