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Lloyd retiring July 1 as Grand Rapids Press editor

May. 18, 2009
Grand Rapids Press editor Mike Lloyd will retire July 1 after 31 years as the paper's top news executive. Publisher Danny Gaydou said Monday he will prepare a succession plan over the next several weeks. The 63-year-old Lloyd started at the newspaper in 1967...
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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