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The executive architect of the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington says an inscription on the monument won't be changed, despite ...

The children of Martin Luther King Jr. settled a contentious legal battle, averting a public trial that threatened to air the dirty laundry of the civil rights leader's family.

It was a day that combined high-minded political rhetoric with the very best of pop culture. Tens of thousands of citizens, a throng more than a mile long on the National Mall, braved frigid weather and long security lines to attend a historic concert celebrating the country's first black president -- held at the feet of the monument honoring the country's great emancipator, Abraham Lincoln.

'Notorious,' 'Bloody Valentine' finish 2nd, 3rd -- Sony’s Kevin James comedy “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” opened to No. 1 at the Friday box office, grossing an estimated $9.9 million from 3,144 runs as the long Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend got underway.

Four new films roll into theaters hoping to take advantage of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday which will give many a day off on Monday. R-rated fare leads the way with the horror remake My Bloody Valentine 3D and the hip-hop biopic Notorious being the big guns trying...