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Longtime baseball executive Arthur Richman dies at 83

Mar. 25, 2009
Arthur Richman, a longtime baseball writer who went on to spend four decades as an executive with the Mets and Yankees, died Wednesday. He was 83.
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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