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'Plug-in volunteering' doesn't cut it
Monday, millions of Americans will honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by volunteering for community service. They will collect cans of food for the poor, ladle soup for the hungry and help the homeless. They will talk about their rewarding experiences,...
Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Charity, Social Issues
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'What are you doing for others?': Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy lives during day of service
marieg@herald-mail.comIn the mid-20th century, a black seamstress, tired after a long day at work, was thrown into jail and fined because she refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus so a white man could sit down. A 6-year-old black child was spit upon by a New Orleans...Tags: Social Services, Health, Vaccines, Social Issues, U.S. Congress
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Pirates take over Tampa for Gasparilla 2013
Somewhere between Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the Super Bowl, some pirates find time to take over downtown Tampa for the annual Gasparilla pirate parade and street festival. Held on the last Saturday of January each year, more than 350,000 decended on...Tags: Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Mardi Gras, Piracy, Tampa
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Storm Team 12: Cooler today - much colder Monday
A cooler day is on tap with gusty north winds developing in the west during the afternoon. Wind gusts to 45 m.p.h. are possible in northwest Kansas as a cold front moves through the region. Highs will reach the 40s and lower 50s. Tonight another...
Tags: Snow Storms, Weather, The Weather Channel (tv network), Weather Reports
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'Never give up The Dream'
South Bend TribuneEvery year around Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January, we start hearing about King’s best-known speech, delivered during the 1963 March on Washington. We all know and have heard many times the vision of racial equality so beautifully expressed...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Racism, Justice and Rights, Ku Klux Klan, Civil Rights
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday closings
The following entities will be closed Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday: Washington County All county administrative offices will be closed Monday. Forty West Landfill Washington County’s Forty West Landfill and...Tags: Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Obama should be channeling Bill Cosby
At the risk of being branded a one-trick pony, I launch into this week's column. Last week, in this space, I pondered the self-imposed chains that continue to shackle black America. Today, I revisit that theme. As the father of two, and uncle to, an...
Tags: African-American History Month, Bill Cosby, Jesse Jackson, Entertainment, Barack Obama
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Speaker for Ellicott City MLK Day event taps her own learning experience
The Rev. Gertie T. Williams feels very much at home when she volunteers at the restored Ellicott City Colored School on Frederick Road. The Howard County native's ease in her surroundings is for good reason: From grades one through seven, she attended a...
Tags: Ellicott City, U.S. Supreme Court, Students, Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama
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President Obama inauguration TV coverage
Channel Guide MagazineUpdated Jan. 20, 2013, 1:29pm CT On Monday, Jan. 21 (officially on Jan. 20), Barack Obama will be sworn in to begin his second term as President of the United States, along with Joe Biden as Vice President. The oath of office will formally be administered... -
Three-alarm fire rips through high school cafeteria in El Monte
L.A. NOWFirefighters were battling a three-alarm flame tearing through a high school cafeteria in El Monte.... -
Three-alarm fire ravages high school cafeteria in El Monte
L.A. NOWA three-alarm fire ripped through a Mountain View High School cafeteria before firefighters were able to knock down the blaze.... -
L.A. marks Martin Luther King Day with service projects, celebrations
L.A. NOWLos Angeles marks Martin Luther King Day with service projects and celebrations....
Jan 21, 2013
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Jan 19, 2013
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Jan 10, 2013
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Jan 20, 2013
|Column| South Bend Tribune
Jan 19, 2013
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Jan 11, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Jan 11, 2013
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Jan 17, 2013
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Jan 21, 2013
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Jan 21, 2013
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Jan 21, 2013
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