Martin Luther King Jr. Memorialized All Over Atlanta

07/19/11 As the Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial nears its dedication in Washington, a nation remembers a pioneer of the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. King's devotion to nonviolent protest in the face of vitriol and murder earned him a Nobel Peace Prize but it also took his life when King was assassinated.

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Local News in Brief | H&R Block plans job fair to fill seasonal positions

07/18/11 Block career fair H&R Block will hold a job fair from 1 to 6 p.m. Thursday at its headquarters in downtown Kansas City. The tax-preparation company is looking to fill 250 seasonal positions, including office managers, customer service representatives and tax professionals. Interviews will be conducted onsite. Bilingual candidates are encouraged to attend.

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Associates of USF player gunned down outside IKEA plead no contest to robbery charges

07/18/11 Two men who had been charged with murder for the shooting death of a former University of San Francisco basketball player in the parking lot of an East Bay Ikea store last year pleaded no contest to lesser charges Monday. Hyman Taylor Jr., a 23-year-old Oakland man who grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was shot at about 7:35 p.m. on June 8, 2010, outside the Ikea store on the Oakland-Emeryville ...

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