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Lakers celebration draws an estimated 150,000

Jun. 17, 2009
Fans flood downtown Los Angeles to toast another purple-and-gold championship with a parade and a rally at the Coliseum. The NBA champion Lakers paraded through downtown Los Angeles today before more than 150,000 wildly cheering fans, many of whom had waited for hours to celebrate.
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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