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Mob Leader's WW II Medal Of Freedom To Be Auctioned In California
A Medal of Freedom awarded to a mobster by then-US President Harry S. Truman is set to be auctioned California. Meyer "The Little Man" Lansky was a leader of the National Crime Syndicate that was responsible of many murders in 1930s and 1940s.
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NASA Honours Alan Shepard as It Celebrates 60th Anniversary of First American in Space
NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space 60 years ago on May 5. The space research organisation honoured Shepard and his mission with a special page on its website. The year 1961 was extremely crucial as the United States and the Soviet Union — the two dominant superpowers at the time — were locked in a race to s...
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"Bad In Law": Court Stays Madhya Pradesh Principal's Suspension In Row Over VD Savarkar
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has stayed the suspension of a celebrated school principal for allowing the distribution of notebooks with Hindutva icon VD Savarkar's picture on the cover, calling the government's move "bad in law".
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Donald Trump Awards Presidential Medal Of Freedom To Tiger Woods
Presenting the golfing great with the nation's highest honor, Donald Trump praised Tiger Woods' "relentless will to win, win, win".
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Donald Trump Awards Presidential Medal Of Freedom To Golfer Tiger Woods
President Donald Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to golfer Tiger Woods on Monday evening, saying it his "privilege" to bestow the honor on "one of the greatest athletes in the history of sports."
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Tiger Woods To Receive Presidential Honor From Donald Trump On Monday
Tiger Woods stunned the sporting world last month by completing an epic comeback from spinal fusion surgery to capture the Masters.
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Donald Trump Jokes, Jabs As He Bestows US Highest Civilian Honour
President Donald Trump mused Friday that the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a father of nine, had been "very busy." He said the White House employee responsible for cutting off an Elvis Presley song partway through had "no promotional ability."
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Barack Obama Surprises Joe Biden With The Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Barack Obama awarded the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to a shocked Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday at the White House.
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Bob Dylan Is 'Sorry' He Didn't Show Up To Accept The Nobel Prize
Over the course of his illustrious career, Bob Dylan has appeared at the Grammys, the Golden Globes, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the MusiCares Person of the Year awards, the Kennedy Center Honors, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Critics' Choice Awards.
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Ellen DeGeneres Shares Wonderful Story Of Her Day At The White House
Television host Ellen DeGeneres was among the 21 people among them actors Robert De Niro and Tom Hanks, basketball star Michael Jordan and philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates - honoured by US President Barack Obama with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on November 22. Now, the 58-year-old has shared exactly what went down in the White House the...
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Barack Obama Awards His Final Presidential Medals Of Freedom
Basketball star Michael Jordan, actor Robert De Niro and music legend Bruce Springsteen were among the 21 people honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday.
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Barack Obama to Award Presidential Medal of Freedom, Meryl Streep One of Them
President Barack Obama is presenting America's highest civilian honor to 19 artists, activists, public servants and others.
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Bob Dylan honoured with Presidential Medal of Freedom
The legendary singer was among 13 recipients of America's highest civilian honour at the White House.
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Olympic medal would set me free: Mary Kom
An Olympic medal is the biggest dream of her life and ahead of the only qualifying event for women boxers, India's five-time world champion M C Mary Kom said a podium finish in London would give her the freedom to leave the ring on a high.
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Kara Kennedy, daughter of Ted Kennedy, dies at 51
Kara Kennedy became teary-eyed when she accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom on behalf of her ailing father at a 2009 White House ceremony, but she also managed to smile as Sen. Ted Kennedy's life was honored. After the senator died two weeks later following a battle with brain cancer, his only daughter read a psalm at his funeral Mass in Bos...
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Mob Leader's WW II Medal Of Freedom To Be Auctioned In California
A Medal of Freedom awarded to a mobster by then-US President Harry S. Truman is set to be auctioned California. Meyer "The Little Man" Lansky was a leader of the National Crime Syndicate that was responsible of many murders in 1930s and 1940s.
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NASA Honours Alan Shepard as It Celebrates 60th Anniversary of First American in Space
NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space 60 years ago on May 5. The space research organisation honoured Shepard and his mission with a special page on its website. The year 1961 was extremely crucial as the United States and the Soviet Union — the two dominant superpowers at the time — were locked in a race to s...
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"Bad In Law": Court Stays Madhya Pradesh Principal's Suspension In Row Over VD Savarkar
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has stayed the suspension of a celebrated school principal for allowing the distribution of notebooks with Hindutva icon VD Savarkar's picture on the cover, calling the government's move "bad in law".
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Donald Trump Awards Presidential Medal Of Freedom To Tiger Woods
Presenting the golfing great with the nation's highest honor, Donald Trump praised Tiger Woods' "relentless will to win, win, win".
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Donald Trump Awards Presidential Medal Of Freedom To Golfer Tiger Woods
President Donald Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to golfer Tiger Woods on Monday evening, saying it his "privilege" to bestow the honor on "one of the greatest athletes in the history of sports."
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Tiger Woods To Receive Presidential Honor From Donald Trump On Monday
Tiger Woods stunned the sporting world last month by completing an epic comeback from spinal fusion surgery to capture the Masters.
-
Donald Trump Jokes, Jabs As He Bestows US Highest Civilian Honour
President Donald Trump mused Friday that the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a father of nine, had been "very busy." He said the White House employee responsible for cutting off an Elvis Presley song partway through had "no promotional ability."
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Barack Obama Surprises Joe Biden With The Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Barack Obama awarded the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to a shocked Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday at the White House.
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Bob Dylan Is 'Sorry' He Didn't Show Up To Accept The Nobel Prize
Over the course of his illustrious career, Bob Dylan has appeared at the Grammys, the Golden Globes, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the MusiCares Person of the Year awards, the Kennedy Center Honors, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Critics' Choice Awards.
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Ellen DeGeneres Shares Wonderful Story Of Her Day At The White House
Television host Ellen DeGeneres was among the 21 people among them actors Robert De Niro and Tom Hanks, basketball star Michael Jordan and philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates - honoured by US President Barack Obama with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on November 22. Now, the 58-year-old has shared exactly what went down in the White House the...
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Barack Obama Awards His Final Presidential Medals Of Freedom
Basketball star Michael Jordan, actor Robert De Niro and music legend Bruce Springsteen were among the 21 people honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday.
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Barack Obama to Award Presidential Medal of Freedom, Meryl Streep One of Them
President Barack Obama is presenting America's highest civilian honor to 19 artists, activists, public servants and others.
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Bob Dylan honoured with Presidential Medal of Freedom
The legendary singer was among 13 recipients of America's highest civilian honour at the White House.
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Olympic medal would set me free: Mary Kom
An Olympic medal is the biggest dream of her life and ahead of the only qualifying event for women boxers, India's five-time world champion M C Mary Kom said a podium finish in London would give her the freedom to leave the ring on a high.
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Kara Kennedy, daughter of Ted Kennedy, dies at 51
Kara Kennedy became teary-eyed when she accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom on behalf of her ailing father at a 2009 White House ceremony, but she also managed to smile as Sen. Ted Kennedy's life was honored. After the senator died two weeks later following a battle with brain cancer, his only daughter read a psalm at his funeral Mass in Bos...
