Bring That Week Back: Atlanta Mayor Defends Response to Snow

AP serves Zimmerman with cease-and-desist, plus more news.

Atlanta Mayor Defends Response to Snow - AP serves Zimmerman with cease and desist papers for photo, boy leaves school and walks home in cold unnoticed. -- Natelege Whaley (@natelege)  For the past three days, headlines of motorists stuck in their vehicles on Georgia highways because of a snow that hit the area have made headlines. Mayor Kasim Reed has been hit with much of the blame. “Almost every photo that you’ve showed on this program and others are of the highways around the region, and...the highways are not the responsibility of the city,” Reed said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”  (Photo: REUTERS/Tami Chappell)

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Atlanta Mayor Defends Response to Snow - AP serves Zimmerman with cease and desist papers for photo, boy leaves school and walks home in cold unnoticed. -- Natelege Whaley (@natelege) For the past three days, headlines of motorists stuck in their vehicles on Georgia highways because of a snow that hit the area have made headlines. Mayor Kasim Reed has been hit with much of the blame. “Almost every photo that you’ve showed on this program and others are of the highways around the region, and...the highways are not the responsibility of the city,” Reed said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”  (Photo: REUTERS/Tami Chappell)

AP Serves Zimmerman With Cease and Desist for Photo - The Associated Press has accused George Zimmerman of mocking one of their photos taken by photographer Rick Wilson of Angela Corey in his latest painting. The company sent a cease-and-desist letter to one of his former lawyers.  (Photo: Robert Zimmerman JR via Twitter)

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AP Serves Zimmerman With Cease and Desist for Photo - The Associated Press has accused George Zimmerman of mocking one of their photos taken by photographer Rick Wilson of Angela Corey in his latest painting. The company sent a cease-and-desist letter to one of his former lawyers.  (Photo: Robert Zimmerman JR via Twitter)

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Boy Leaves School and Walks Home in Cold Unnoticed - The mother of Symeir Talley-Jasper, 4, is outraged at her son’s elementary school in Brooklyn after he was able to leave his classroom and walk home without any employees noticing on Friday. "I'm upset because anything could have happened," she told reporters Friday. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

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Boy Leaves School and Walks Home in Cold Unnoticed - The mother of Symeir Talley-Jasper, 4, is outraged at her son’s elementary school in Brooklyn after he was able to leave his classroom and walk home without any employees noticing on Friday. "I'm upset because anything could have happened," she told reporters Friday. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

South Carolina Shooting Suspect in Custody - Police arrested Justin Bernard Singleton, 19, on Saturday and charged him with Friday’s murder of 20-year-old South Carolina State student Brandon Robinson. According to police, Singleton shot Robinson in the neck after an argument went bad. (Photo: AP Photo/Orangeburg-Calhoun Regional Detention Center)

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Man Charged With Murder in South Carolina State Shooting - Justin Bernard Singleton, 19, was arrested Saturday and charged in the murder of 20-year-old student Brandon Robinson on the campus of South Carolina State University. Authorities are still investigating the motive of the shooting. (Photo: AP Photo/Orangeburg-Calhoun Regional Detention Center)

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Student Pleads Not Guilty in Hate Crime at University - Colin Warren, 18, pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor hate crime and battery charges against his Black roommate at San Jose State University. He is the last of a group of white students who are accused of the racial hazing. (Photo: Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group/MCT;Contra Costa Times/LANDOV)

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Blind Man Who Fell on Tracks Gets New Dog - Cecil Williams’s Black Labrador guard dog, Orlando, saved his life last month when the man fell onto subway tracks in New York City. Now he welcomes Godiva, a yellow Labrador, to the family. With the help of generous donors, Williams was also able to keep Orlando. (Photo: AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Blind Man Who Fell on Tracks Gets New Dog - Cecil Williams’s Black Labrador guard dog, Orlando, saved his life last month when the man fell onto subway tracks in New York City. Now he welcomes Godiva, a yellow Labrador, to the family. With the help of generous donors, Williams was also able to keep Orlando. (Photo: AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Jury Selection Begins in Ex-New Orleans Mayor's Trial - Jury selection started Monday in the trial of former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who faces charges of profiting personally from the city’s recovery after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He was indicted on 21 counts of corruption by a federal grand jury.(Photo: AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)

ASU Fraternity Kicked Off Campus - Arizona State University has permanently revoked recognition of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity from their campus after members of the group threw a party for Martin Luther King Jr. that involved racist and offensive costumes.(Photo: Courtesy of CNN)

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ASU Fraternity Kicked Off Campus - Arizona State University has permanently revoked recognition of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity from their campus after members of the group threw a party for Martin Luther King Jr. that involved racist and offensive costumes.(Photo: Courtesy of CNN)

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Avonte Oquendo Laid to Rest - Hundreds from across New York City gathered Saturday to support the family of Avonte Oquendo as they mourned the death of the autistic teen at his funeral. The ceremony was held at the Church of Saint Joseph in Manhattan.   (Photo: AP Photo/National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)

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Avonte Oquendo Laid to Rest - Hundreds from across New York City gathered Saturday to support the family of Avonte Oquendo as they mourned the death of the autistic teen at his funeral. The ceremony was held at the Church of Saint Joseph in Manhattan.  (Photo: AP Photo/National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)

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Black Boys Hospitalized More for Gun Violence - New statistics prove gun violence is a threat in everyday life for young Black boys. The group is 10 times more often than white boys to be hospitalized for gunshot wounds in the U.S, according to a report by Pediatrics. Overall, 20 children a day are injured and hospitalized in the country.(Photo: rubberball/GettyImages)