Amid great destruction, with at least two dozen people dead, including nine children, the citizens here began to assess the severity of their calamity Tuesday after their third major tornado in 14 years, a staggering run of weather misfortune.
Published: February 28, 2013 3:00 a.m.
Rosa Parks memorialized
Associated Press
President Obama hugs Jessica Jackson, granddaughter of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, after the unveiling a statue of civil-rights pioneer Rosa Parks at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Parks, who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man on Dec. 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Ala., became the first black woman to be depicted in a full-length statue in Statuary Hall.
