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President George H.W. Bush, poet Maya Angelou and investor Warren Buffett are among the 2010 winners of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.President Obama will present the awards to the 15 honorees early next year, the White House announced Wednesday.Other winners include a civil rights hero, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., plus St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan "The Man" Musial, Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell , German Chancellor Angela Merkel and renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma .Obama's bipartisan gesture in picking the first President Bush for the honor is not unprecedented. Former President Bill Clinton , a Democrat, awarded a Medal of Freedom to former Republican President Gerald Ford."These outstanding honorees come from a broad range of backgrounds and they've excelled in a broad range of fields, but all of them have lived extraordinary lives that have inspired us, enriched our culture, and made our country and our world a better place," Obama said....
President Barack Obama plans to use a Bible that belonged to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as he takes his oath of office, a powerful symbol of this year's rare in...
Protesters shout as Pelosi marches arm-in-arm with Rep . John Lewis to Congress
Old friend Rep . John Lewis defends Charles Rangel at ethics sentencing but did he play race card?
A U.S. man says he has discovered the audio tape of an interview with civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that was never published, in which King calls th...
Magician David Copperfield said Wednesday he purchased a newly discovered audiotape of a Martin Luther King Jr. interview and would donate it to the National Civil R...
Below is a partial list of speakers set to deliver remarks at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, Sept. 6. This list, released by the DNC, is subject to ...
Ben Sheets was more upset about walking two batters than setting a career high by allowing four homers.Sheets gave up three straight homers in the second inning, inc...
President Barack Obama raised nearly $2.5 million Friday at three fundraising events, including one where he crossed paths with President Bill Clinton. The other two...
The Congress is in, but it's far from lawmaking.For the next 3½ sweltering weeks on Capitol Hill, lawmakers will look busy, say many words and lob blame at each othe...
Georgia Rep . John Lewis smears McCain as 'sowing the seeds of hatred and division'
Rep. John Lewis is one of 435 members of the House interminably frustrated by the arcane ways of the Senate. At an Occupy Atlanta protest, he encountered a process a...
The House Ethics Committee on Friday formally admonished the top aide to Rep. John Lewis -- an icon in the civil rights movement -- for not disclosing and not paying...
Rep. John Lewis of Atlanta says a mix up on a terrorist watch list is still wreaking havoc on his air travel five years after the problem arose.The 11-term Democrati...
GA lawmaker speaks at DNC
Rep . John Lewis compares McCain to George Wallace
Georgia Rep. John Lewis , a civil rights-era icon , invoked segregationist Gov. George Wallace of Alabama in accusing John McCain and Sarah Palin of fanning the flam...
Did the president really break the color barrier?
The death of a Mississippi mayoral candidate who was found on a river levee Wednesday is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said.Coahoma County Coroner Sc...
A 22-year-old man was charged with murder Thursday in the death of a mayoral candidate, whose body was found near a river levee in the Mississippi Delta this week.Th...
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