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As Air Force One lifted off Sunday night, President Obama and his family left behind a 77-degree Hawaiian evening for Washington, D.C., where the temperature was a brisk 23 degrees. If a 54-degree climate swing were not reason enough to lament the end of vacation, President Obama certainly had others.
Kasim Reed became Atlanta's mayor today at a ceremony at the Atlanta Civic Center. Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Carol W. Hunstein conducted the swearing-in at the event that began with a song from the Howard University choir, Reed's alma mater.
AT&T is ending its sponsorship deal with golfer Tiger Woods. “We are ending our sponsorship agreement with Tiger Woods and wish him well in the future” a spokesman for the US telecom giant said.
As news of Percy E. Sutton’s death spread on Sunday in Harlem, the sadness spanned generations and city blocks, from Sutton’s home on 135th Street to the doorstep of the Apollo, that cultural heart of Harlem that Sutton jolted to life.
The decline of Atlanta’s Whittaker School started before it even opened, a campus built in 1959 for a historically black neighborhood already doomed to obsolescence. Yet the school survives, however tattered, boarded-up and graffiti-laden in the city’s now fashionable Westside.
Civil rights attorney and politician Percy Sutton has died. The son of a slave, Sutton first moved to New York City after serving with the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II. He went on to open a law office in Harlem where he represented Malcolm X, his family and many other defendants.
Radio One Atlanta would like everyone to have a happy and safe holiday season. For a list of community happenings and help for the holidays, continue reading.
With only three days before Christmas, the Marines' annual "Toys for Tots" program is only halfway to its goal, and down over 30 percent from a year ago.
Actress Alaina Reed Hall-Amini, most noted for her portrayal of Rose Holloway on the 80's NBC sitcom "227" and as Olivia on "Sesame Street," has passed away after a battle with breast cancer. She was 63.
In an extensive interview with Creative Loafing, Atlanta mayor-elect Kasim Reed lays out his vision for Atlanta, including battling the increase in crime, reducing the city's deficit and saving MARTA.
The estimated time when whites will no longer make up the majority of Americans has been pushed back eight years – to 2050 – because the recession and stricter immigration policies have slowed the flow of foreigners into the U.S.