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Mayweather Jr. plans to return

May. 2, 2009
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is back, ending his brief retirement from boxing. The undefeated five-division champion plans to announce today his return to the sport with a July fight against lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez, a person close to the fighter...
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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