JOPLIN — The young woman with the red ballet slippers tattoo and the sad eyes clutched her maroon gown and waited outside for a friend before the Joplin High School graduation ceremony Monday evening.
Obama addresses Joplin High's 2012 senior class a year after tornado
Monday, May 21, 2012 | 11:04 p.m. CDT;
updated 11:59 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, May 22, 2012
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