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Atlanta cops try to make amends with scarred neighborhood
11:17 AM on 11/24/2009
ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington was jeered when he attended a memorial for Kathryn Johnston days after she was killed. On Monday, Pennington came back and was met with applause...
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Los Angeles seeks $3.2 million reimbursement for Michael Jackon memorial
1:22 PM on 11/16/2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Los Angeles city attorney plans to seek reimbursement of the $3 million the city spent for the Michael Jackson memorial...
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Cleveland memorial service remembers serial killer's victims
5:27 PM on 11/09/2009
VIDEO - At the memorial service the seven known victims were each remembered and face and name. Their deaths mark the birth of a new, promised movement...
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Dr. King honored on 46th anniversary of March on Washington
6:09 PM on 08/25/2009
Politicians, business leaders, and educators gathered at the national mall in Washington, DC to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. and the 46th anniversary of the march on Washington... The celebration was held earlier today on the future site of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.
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Tributes to hero of Underground Railroad may finally surface
12:00 PM on 08/09/2009
As President Obama and the nation's lawmakers tackle hot-button issues like health care reform, momentum is quietly building to honor an American heroine who instituted her own brand of reform and change: Harriet Tubman...
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Jackson monument to be unveiled today
9:17 AM on 07/10/2009
A memorial for Michael Jackson is being unveiled in his hometown of Gary, Indiana today. This five-thousand pound stone tablet will be one of the centerpieces. The eight-foot tall tablet was designed and created by a company in Richmond, Indiana, to celebrate the pop star's life. The monument took 48...
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Jackson's daughter speaks at the memorial
6:06 PM on 07/07/2009
An emotional public memorial for Michael Jackson has concluded in Los Angeles. The ceremony attended by thousands in the downtown Staples Center and watched by millions around the world had a spiritual tone punctuated by performances...
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Memorial humanized King of Pop
5:27 PM on 07/07/2009
Marlon Jackson, left, speaks as Janet Jackson listens (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, Pool) Everyone, including myself, was anticipating that Michael Jackson's public memorial would be something of a star-studded circus. I'd envisioned a paparazzi-fest. I'd imagined crazed fans rushing to drape themselves over his casket. I'd had - honestly - nightmarish...
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Michael Jackson and the toxicity of American culture
8:21 AM on 07/07/2009
"The Michael Jackson cacophony is fascinating in that it is not about Jackson at all. I hope he has the good sense to know it and the good fortune to snatch his life out of the jaws of a carnivorous success. He will not swiftly be forgiven for having turned...
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Los Angeles prepares for Michael's final act
7:40 AM on 07/07/2009
The curtain is slowly rising on Michael Jackson's last show. As in Jackson's life, Tuesday's public memorial at the downtown Staples Center includes the spectacle surrounding the show -- legal drama, screaming fans, star power, live worldwide broadcast, unsavory accusations...
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Some black WWII veterans honored after death, not before - (video)
11:59 AM on 06/10/2009
Until recently, many African-American veterans have fought alongside their comrades but received little to no recognition for their courage. For some World War II veterans, the recognition has finally come -- after death. Under slate gray skies, former Navy Chaplain Thomas McPhatter, 88 and African-American, is buried in Lumberton, North...
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President Obama visits Normandy and honors vets
10:54 AM on 06/06/2009
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) -- President Barack Obama is paying tribute to D-Day veterans, including one who visited the Normandy cemetery on the eve of the invasion's 65th anniversary and then died. Obama on Saturday remembered Jim Norene, a member of the 101st Airborne who died...
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African American Soldiers Honored
1:19 PM on 05/25/2009
Saturday, hundreds of people came out to General Edward O. Gourdin Park to help honor the rich history of African American soldiers...
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