Bring That Week Back, Jan. 25

The president speaks, the Internet blacks out, plus more.

Etta James: (1/25/38 – 1/20-12) - Blues legend Etta James, born Jamesetta Hawkins, lost her battle with leukemia on January 20, 2012. Tonight, James was among the fallen music stars remembered at the BET Awards 2012 for her groundbreaking contributions to music. Here we share just a few of the artists who were influenced by her immense and unforgettable talent.

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Legendary Vocalist Etta James Dies - Blues singer Etta James (“At Last” and “Tell Mama”) died in Los Angeles on Friday morning. She was 73. The blues entertainer suffered from dementia, kidney failure and chronic leukemia, which her live-in doctor declared incurable just weeks prior to her death.(Photo: REUTERS/Fred Prouser)

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Martin Luther King III Resigns as King Center President - A day after what would have been his father’s 83rd birthday, Martin Luther King III announced last Tuesday that he would step down as president of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, an Atlanta-based center devoted to the legacy of his father.(Photo: REUTERS/Tami Chappell /Landov)

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NYPD Accused of Hiring Discrimination in Intelligence Division - Last week the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a federal complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the New York City Police Dept. alleging that Black officers are not promoted in the department’s intelligence division and that a “secret list” keeps the officers from climbing the ranks.(Photo: Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times)

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Internet Sites Black Out - In the first strike of its kind, thousands of popular sites — including Wikipedia, Boing Boing, Reddit and others — shut down for up to 24 hours on Wednesday in an online grass-roots protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA).(Photos: Courtesy of Wikipedia.com/Google.com/Reddit.com)

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Report: Black Unemployment Remained Steady in 2011 - According to a study released last week by UC Berkeley, the unemployment rate for African-Americans has stayed almost exactly the same over the last year. Overall in 2011, Americans saw unemployment drop from 9.1 percent to 8.5 percent. For African-Americans, however, in January 2011, the unemployment rate stood at 15.7 percent and in December it was 15.8 percent.(Photo: Jason Reed/Landov)

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Mayors Get Some Quality Time With President Obama - At the 80th U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington, D.C., municipal leaders from across the country— including Michael Nutter of Philadelphia, Anthony Foxx of Charlotte and Stephanie Rawlings-Blake of Baltimore — met with the president and other cabinet members.(Photo:  David Maialetti/Philadelphia Daily News/MCT/LANDOV)

One of a Kind - ''Few people are responsible for building something that will last forever. ... Coach Paterno was first and foremost an educator, whose immeasurable contributions to Penn State, the coaching profession and the entirety of college sports, will be felt permanently. That is the legacy of a great leader,'' Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski told the Associated Press.(Photo: AP Photo/Jim Gerberich, File)

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Penn State Coach Joe Paterno Dies at 85 -  Famed college football coach Joe Paterno lost his battle with lung cancer earlier this week. Paterno, lovingly referred to as "Joe Pa" by his team and fans, passed away Sunday morning from complications stemming from chemotherapy treatments. (Photo: AP Photo/Jim Gerberich)

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Aretha Franklin Calls Off Wedding - Aretha Franklin, who announced her engagement to longtime friend Willie Wilkerson on January 3, called off her wedding on Monday. (Photo: AP Photo/Jim Gerberich)

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Box Office: Red Tails Has Wings - Red Tails, the World War II drama about the Tuskegee Airmen produced by George Lucas and starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrence Howard, pulled in $19.1 million in its opening weekend.(Photo: Twentieth Century Fox)

Obama vs. Romney - In a nationwide survey released by Public Policy Polling Jan. 17, President Obama leads GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney by 49 percent to 44 percent. Forty-seven percent of voters, however, disapprove of Obama’s job performance, but only 35 percent give Romney a positive approval rating. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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State of the Union - On Tuesday, President Obama addressed the nation outlining a “blueprint for an American economy that’s built to last” during his 2012 State of the Union address.(Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)