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Although a combination of crazy weather on the East Coast - first an earthquake and then Hurricane Irene - prevented the official Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. tribute from taking place as scheduled, a two-hour interfaith prayer service was conducted at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, America's largest Catholic church. Forty-eight years after King's infamous "I Have a Dream" speech, the few remaining relatives of King, along with several of his closest friends, gathered at ... the National Mall, the original site of King's speech, to honor the influential figure. The official e...

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... ). The case, which was tried in Savannah, Georgia, garnered much attention from minority rights groups who believed Davis' conviction relied heavily on the fact that he is a Black man. "What am I supposed to tell my son? That we still live in a Jim Crow society?" said Mary Ross, one of the many protestors who gathered inside the Ebenezer Baptist Church for a news conference. At the same church where Martin Luther ... King, Jr. once preached, members of the N.A.A.C.P. and Amnesty International met to discuss the next proceedings in fighting for Davis' stay of execution and plead to the Ge...

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... heating and air conditioning systems initially but end up paying for themselves. The reduced cost of running and maintaining a geothermal pump, as opposed to traditional means of heating and cooling, saves money in the long run and are better for the environment. They provide clean running energy. By observing the positive results that those who have already implemented such systems have received, anyone ... increased interest in geothermal power sources and even plans to implement changes that will allow for easier access to them. The already functioning geothermal power plants in Germa...

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... protestors called for government price controls, equal standards in the outskirts of the country as those in the center, free education from birth, free university tuition, quality healthcare for all citizens, and better salaries and benefits for social workers, police, and public servants. The rallies, which included marches, tents and rock concerts, were held in all major cities, including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Beersheba, ... to live here and not have to go to Europe or to the United States in order to develop their lives" (Berger). Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu answered one...

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... a place that is foreign to them? The answer can be found in general expertise, the desire to train with the best in a particular sport, and even an attempt to escape persecution. A Matter Of Expertise Many foreign athletes flock to the U.S. to train because of the reputation that the U.S has for expertise in Olympic sport in general. Its overall history of being a major competitor in the Olympics and supporting its athletes draws ... foreign athletes who wish to learn from this tradition and benefit from this support. In many cases, the facilities for training in the U.S. have more fund...

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... , can in turn receive more than the money they put into their project without paying back money hungry moguls who work for big record companies. The Internet has also allowed musician's the creative control they crave that otherwise might be compromised by signing a major recording deal. Though negotiations can allow an artist most of the creative control, having complete creative control ... for newer artists is a rarity in mainstream music. However, the Internet doesn't have to be just for independents. ... If a major recording artist has limited creative control but would like to tes...

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A landlord of a Philadelphian apartment discovered four mentally handicapped people chained in the basement when he went to investigate a short circuit on October 15th. Turgut Gozleveli discovered dogs locked inside of the boiler room and four adults hiding underneath a blanket. They were hunched together in a space not tall enough for an adult to stand, surrounded in human waste with only a jug of orange juice (Hoye). He unchained them while asking questions about their identity, but he didn't receive any answers. Believing them to be illegal immigrants, Gosleveli called in the police who qui...

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... factors in everything, including financial advice, attorney's fees, counseling, and real estate costs involved in buying or renting separate homes. Yes, some of those expenses will be recovered when a couple sells the matrimonial home to divide up the proceeds, but in today's down market real estate isn't fetching top dollar, and often couples will end up owing more on their mortgages ... when times are tough divorce rates go up, such as during the 1997 recession. But this time is different because of the severity of the recession. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, divorce rates ...

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We are a gadget-loving society. And with the recent launch of the iPhone onto the market, our addiction has only gotten worse. For true believers, the iPhone is much more than "just" a phone, however. This product is changing the way the world - or much of it - lives. The new 3G iPhone even has those non-techies among us are abuzz about this new toy, thanks to its user-friendly platform ... to cut and paste data from one place to another. Apple acknowledges that the need to be able to cut and paste is important to iPhone users, and they claim the feature is on their to-do list for future inca...

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... . • Third world debt amounts to 1.8 trillion dollars. • Only 358 billionaires have a total income of 760 billion dollars which is equivalent to the total income of 2.5 billion people. • 20 percent of the world's richest people receive 82.7 percent of the world's total income while the 20 percent poorest receive 1.4 percent of the total world's income.[2] Our current system now wallows in hard contradictions that seem hard to resolve ... and vegetables are demolished in Europe's common market just to keep the prices high while just below Europe are millions of people dying of starva...

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