CHILMARK, Mass. (AP)—The first family settled in Sunday for their vacation on Martha’s Vineyard not long after Hurricane Bill scampered away, leaving behind big waves and heavy rip currents for the Obamas. A tropical storm warning was lifted just hours before President Barack Obama began his first vacation since taking office. The hurricane forced him to delay his departure from Andrews Air Force Base by a few hours. During the flight from Washington to Cape Cod, White House spokesman Bill Burton conveyed a message from Obama, who boarded Air Force One in khakis and without jacket or tie, to the reporters traveling with him. TAKING A BREAK—President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, with daughters Malia, right, and Sasha, walk to board Air Force One heading for a week of vacation in Martha’s Vineyard off Cape Cod, Mass., at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. They are accompanied by base commander, Air Force Col. Steven Shepro.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP)—Green Bay has a Black police officer for the first time in the 152-year history of its police department. Solomon Ayres starts the first phase of a 17-week training regime this week. He says he expects some resistance from both Black and white residents. But thinks his life experiences will help defuse difficult situations and make him open to different points of view. MAKING HISTORY —In this photo taken Aug. 19, newly sworn-in Green Bay police officers Solomon Ayres, left, and Tom Marquardt talk during weapons training at the multi-jurisdictional range in Oneida, Wisc.
HAPPY TIMES - In this Jan. 28, 2008 file photo, then-Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., smiles with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., during a rally at American University in Washington where Kennedy endorsed Obama. Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate, has died after battling a brain tumor. He was 77. Kennedy's family announced his death in a brief statement released early Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) by Glen JohnsonAssociated Press WriterCHILMARK, Mass. (AP) — Edward M. Kennedy was much more than just former Senate colleague and influential legislator to Barack Obama, evident in the president's personal, mournful tribute on Wednesday.
