Q: What was the cost to the American taxpayers for the Obamas’ trip to Copenhagen for Chicago’s appeal to the International Olympic Committee? — Maiburn Coffee, Woodstock

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Q: What was the cost to the American taxpayers for the Obamas’ trip to Copenhagen for Chicago’s appeal to the International Olympic Committee?

—Maiburn Coffee, Woodstock

A: The 14-hour trip to Copenhagen and back to the U.S. for the president, his wife and others cost an estimated $1 million or more, according to The Associated Press. That figure resulted from tallying the hourly cost for flying Air Force One, as well as for security personnel and equipment. Obama, who went to Copenhagen as part of Chicago’s failed bid to host the 2016 Olympics, also conducted non-Olympics business, meeting with Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, the AP reported.

Q: How did the Morningside area of Atlanta get its name and where is it?

— Lance DeLoach,
Thomaston

A: The Atlanta neighborhood, formally called Morningside-Lenox Park, includes the area east and west of North Highland Avenue, running north of Amsterdam Avenue and south of Cheshire Bridge Road. The area originally was called Morningside Park, based on the name of the developers’ company, Morningside Park Inc., according to information from the Morningside-Lenox Park Association. Developers James R. Smith and M.S. Rankin bought the land that became Morningside in 1923. Before the 1920s, the land was part of a small farm community known as Easton, according to the association.

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