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4
Sep
2012
6:18pm, EDT
Wearing their party on their head at the DNC
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Edward Baker Phillips wears a personalized Minnie Mouse hat during day one of the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on Tuesday.
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Delegate Antonia Gonzalez of Seattle, WA wears a Latinos for Obama hat at the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on Tuesday.
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A woman wears a hat with a variety of decorations including one of President Barak Obama holding a surf board, during preparations for the Democratic National Convention on Monday.
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Renee Watson, a delegate from San Antonio, Texas, wears a hat with buttons showing support for President Barack Obama before the start of the 2012 Democratic National Convention on Tuesday.
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Texas delegate Trista Allen from Fort Worth wears a little cowboy hat at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday.
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Louisianan delegate Rodney McFarland from Monroe fashions his hat while talking on his phone at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday.
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Jennifer Minich of Kent, WA wears a homemade hat of the state of Washington during day one of the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on Tuesday.
Democrats dressed up their hats showing their party and state pride.
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Democrats gather in Charlotte, N.C., to officially nominate President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden as the party's candidates for the 2012 presidential election.
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I'm pleased to see that Edward Baker Phillips understands what a Mickey Mouse party he's party to.
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3
Sep
2012
1:07am, EDT
Prayers, protests in Charlotte ahead of DNC
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People pray during the 'Charlotte 714' prayer service at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Sept. 2, in Charlotte, N.C. The group gathered to celebrate and reinforce Christian values during the week of the Democratic National Convention.
The Democratic National Convention opens Tuesday in Charlotte's Time Warner Cable Arena. President Barack Obama will be nominated for a new term on Wednesday. He will deliver his acceptance speech Thursday night at the outdoor Bank of America Stadium.
The convention starts less than a week after Republicans gathered in Tampa, Fla., to nominate Mitt Romney as the party's presidential candidate.
-- Reported by NBC News staff
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Occupy protesters demonstrate in front of the Bank of America headquarters before the start of the DNC, Sept. 2, in Charlotte, N.C. Image shot on an iPhone.
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Both photo's show a crowd of fools sitting on the opposite end of the same sinking ship.
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13
May
2012
9:17pm, EDT
Graduation day: Columbia janitor gets degree after 12 years, question popped at UNC, docs party at KU
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Graduates in the School of Medicine celebrate during the 140th annual commencement ceremony at the University of Kansas, May 13, in Lawrence, Kan.
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Columbia University janitor Gac Filipaj, center, looks on during the Columbia University School of General Studies graduation ceremony, May 13, in New York.
For years, Gac Filipaj mopped floors, cleaned toilets and took out trash at Columbia University.
A refugee from war-torn Yugoslavia, he eked out a living working for the Ivy League school. But Sunday was payback time: The 52-year-old janitor donned a cap and gown to graduate with a bachelor's degree in classics
For Filipaj, the degree comes after years of studying late into the night in his Bronx apartment, where he'd open his books after a 2:30-11 p.m. shift as a "heavy cleaner" - his job title. Before exam time or to finish a paper, he'd pull all-nighters, then go to class in the morning and then to work.
On Sunday morning in the sun-drenched grassy quad of Columbia's Manhattan campus, Filipaj flashed a huge smile and a thumbs-up as he walked off the podium after a handshake from Columbia President Lee Bollinger.
-- Reported by the Associated Press
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Gac Filipaj, an immigrant from the former Yugoslavia, completed his Classics degree with honors after balancing classes with a fulltime custodial job for the past 12 years. NBC's Rehema Ellis reports.
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Maura Mayorga, standing right, and Michael Wengenroth embrace after getting engaged during the University of North Carolina's 2012 commencement in Chapel Hill, N.C., May 12. About 5,700 students graduated.
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All are great achievements, until reality sets in...the job market that is.
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