In Atlanta, white mayoral candidate draws broad support

Nov. 2, 2009

If front-runner Mary Norwood prevails in today's vote, she would be the city's first white mayor in 36 years. Her promise to fix City Hall's bookkeeping has wide appeal in the majority-black city. Roofer Anthony Clark lives in Atlanta's historically black West End, in a little bungalow with a...

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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

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