International campaign observers, including the Atlanta-based Carter Center, complained that the Egyptian government offered limited access to their observers.

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Citizens of metro Atlanta experienced their first "code red smog alert" since 2010, according to the Clean Air Campaign, a partnership between employers and the state transportation department.

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Until recently, the Obama campaign even talked of turning Georgia, with its swiftly growing black and Hispanic populations (and a booming Atlanta economy that has attracted its share of eggheads) blue in 2012.

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