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MLK Memorial Will Be Corrected - As announced last week, the incorrect inscription on the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall will be corrected. Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar has given the National Park Service a 30-day deadline to correct the quotation.(Photo: AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Pepsi Beverages Pays $3.1M in Racial Bias Case - Pepsi Beverages Co. will pay $3.1 million to settle federal charges of race discrimination for using criminal background checks to screen out job applicants, announced Wednesday. (Photo: Courtesy Pepsi Co)

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Study Says Minorities Are Generous  - According to a recent study, Cultures of Giving: Energizing and Expanding Philanthropy by and for Communities of Color, released last week from the WK Kellogg Foundation, minorities are more likely to give money away. The report says that a full 63 percent of Latino households now donate to charity, and Blacks are actually 25 percent more likely than whites to give money away.(Photo: Jupiterimages/Getty Images)

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President Obama Brings in the Donations - President Barack Obama raked in more than $68 million combined for his re-election campaign and the Democratic Party during the final three months of 2011, as reported last week. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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After a Shooting, Philadelphia’s Mayor Blows His Stack at City’s Parents  - In the wake of a shooting that left three Philadelphia teens dead, Mayor Michael Nutter had some strong words on Thursday for the parents of Philadelphia youth. He told them to take responsibility for their children and “not to act like idiots and a-holes.” Residents across the city heard his message loud and clear. (Photo: Jeff Fusco/Getty Images)

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Scott Sisters Shocked They Weren’t Pardoned by Mississippi Governor  - After serving nearly 16 years of their life sentences, Jamie and Gladys Scott, also known as the Scott sisters, were released on January 7, 2011, from a Mississippi penitentiary, but they were shocked to find that on Thursday, former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour didn’t pardon them for an armed robbery they claim they didn’t commit. (Photo: Rogelio V. Solis/AP Photo)

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Oprah’s First Class Graduates - On Saturday, the first class from the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, a boarding school for underprivileged South African girls, graduated. In a graduation speech, Winfrey praised the teachers, administrators, social workers, psychologists and family members who ensured that the students succeeded.(Photo: Courtesy the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls)

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First Lady Michelle Obama Graces BET Honors Stage  - The fifth annual BET Honors awards program, taped on Saturday, featured many stars and celebrated the accomplishments of poet/author Maya Angelou, musician Stevie Wonder, songstress Mariah Carey, filmmaker Spike Lee, the Tuskegee Airmen, and inspirational coach and mentor Beverly Kearney (education). But the person who generated the greatest enthusiasm, energy and perhaps the longest standing ovation was First Lady Michelle Obama.(Photo: Brad Barket/PictureGroup)

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Happy Birthday, Dr. King! -  \r \rOn Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was recognized as a national holiday for the 26th year.\r(Photo: Landov)