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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Tiger Woods to speak at opening celebration for Barack Obama
BY MATT MARRONE DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Friday, January 16th 2009, 7:08 PM
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One more star will align for Barack Obama this weekend in Washington.
Tiger Woods, the world's top golfer, will speak Sunday at "We Are One," an opening celebration for Obama's presidential inauguration that will also feature performances and readings by Beyonce, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Denzel Washington and Martin Luther King III, among others.
"I am honored that I was invited to this historic event, and look forward to participating in Sunday's festivities," Woods said in a statement posted Friday on his official Web site, tigerwoods.com. Read on...