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Don Hunstein/AP Musician Miles Davis is shown during recording session in 1959 for ‘Kind of Blue.’ The block that was the longtime home to a jazz legend was finall renamed in his honor on Wednesday. Officials renamed a stretch of W. 77th St. “Miles Davis Way” Wednesday, resolving a lengthy battle for the jazz impresario’s neighbor, Shirley Zafirau, who fought ...

ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images Despite President Obama ordering all flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of the late Nelson Mandela, South Carolina sheriff Rick Clark refused to comply. Clark said the honor should be reserved to U.S. citizens. The U.S. flag flew high outside a sheriff’s office in South Carolina on Monday in defiance of an order from President ...