Q: Is there a father and son in the National Baseball Hall of Fame?
— Kathy McDonough, Peachtree Corners
A: Executives Larry and Lee MacPhail are the only father and son enshrined in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Larry MacPhail, inducted in 1978, was an executive with the Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees in the 1930s and '40s, and is credited with innovative ideas, such as night games, flying teams on road trips, TV broadcasts and pension plans, according to his hall biography. Lee MacPhail, inducted in 1998, was an executive for 45 years and helped build the Yankees' dynasty of the 1950s. He also was GM of the Baltimore Orioles from 1959-65 and the Yankees again from 1966-73 before serving as president of the American League from 1974-84.
Q: Did President Barack Obama’s uncle ever get deported?
— Joyce Story, Smyrna
A: Onyango "Omar" Obama, a native of Kenya, can remain in the U.S. after an immigration judge recently ruled that he is of "good moral character." Obama, 69, who is the half-brother of President Obama's late father, has lived in the U.S. since the 1960s and received several deportation orders, The Boston Globe reported, but stayed in the country. Onyango Obama was arrested for DUI in Framingham, Mass., in 2011 and admitted to sufficient facts, which isn't a guilty plea, but acknowledges "Massachusetts prosecutors had enough evidence to convict him," The Associated Press reported. Obama, who manages a liquor store, is eligible for a green card and can apply for U.S. citizenship in five years.
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