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FILE - In this July 24, 2013, file photo Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses for a photo in her chambers at the Supreme Court in Washington, before an interview with the Associated Press. Ginsburg will officiate at a same-sex wedding this weekend in what is believed to be a first for a member of the nationâs highest court. Ginsburg will officiate Saturday, aug. 31, 2013, at the marriage of Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser and John Roberts, a government economist. Kaiser told The Associated Press he asked Ginsburg to officiate because she is a longtime friend. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Justice Ginsburg to officiate at same-sex wedding

Brett Zongker · August 30, 2013 10:14 pm

Jeanne Smiley of Montgomery, Ala., holds her bell during ceremonies honoring the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr., "I Have a Dream" speech in Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. The ceremony took place outside the Dexter Ave. King Memorial Baptist Church where King became pastor in 1954. Smiley said "Rev. King was a great man who helped make this country a better place to live." (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

More than 300 sites ring bells for MLK speech

Brett Zongker · August 29, 2013 8:13 am

Bernice King recalls day of MLK’s speech

Bernice King recalls day of MLK’s speech

Brett Zongker · August 28, 2013 3:40 pm

Caroline Kennedy to join March on Washington rally

Caroline Kennedy to join March on Washington rally

Brett Zongker · August 27, 2013 7:08 pm

Winfrey, Foxx to join March on Washington events

Winfrey, Foxx to join March on Washington events

Brett Zongker · August 26, 2013 9:56 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2005, file photo, a pedestrian makes his way past The International Civil Rights Center & Museum in Greensboro, N.C. The center is located in the F.W. Woolworth building, birthplace of the Civil Rights movement where four freshmen from historically black North Carolina A&T State University sat at the store's whites-only lunch counter and requested service. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Museums retrace March on Washington 50 years later

Brett Zongker · August 23, 2013 5:58 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 1963 black-and-white photo, Bayard Rustin, leader of the "March on Washington" speaks at the National Headquarters. Months before Martin Luther King Jr. declared âI Have a Dreamâ to galvanize a crowd of thousands, Rustin was planning all the essential details to make the 1963 March on Washington a success. Rustin, who died in 1987, is sometimes forgotten in civil rights history. He had been an outcast. He was a Quaker, a pacifist who opposed the Vietnam war and had flirted with communism. And he was gay. Fifty years later, Rustinâs legacy is a key part of the march anniversary. Civil rights leaders plan an unprecedented inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people this month as part of a larger movement calling for equal rights for all. (AP Photo/Eddie Adams, File)

Civil rights includes gays 50 years after march

Brett Zongker · August 21, 2013 5:38 pm

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial has shrouded scaffolding on both sides, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 in Washington. A contracting problem has stalled work to refinish part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial where a disputed inscription was recently removed, which might delay the projectâs completion until after the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

MLK Memorial may not be ready for anniversary

Brett Zongker · August 13, 2013 12:11 am

This image provided by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries shows a page from the 1505 notebook that shows a proposed pilot's position in a flying machine, upper right. Leonardo da Vinciâs early sketches of human flight some 400 years before the airplaneâs invention will make a rare visit to the Smithsonianâs National Air and Space Museum in Washington. The museum announced Thursday that it will display da Vinciâs âCodex on the Flight of Birdsâ between Sept. 13 and Oct. 22. The notebook from 1505 includes the famous artistâs study of birds and his descriptions of how humans could one day fly. (AP Photo/Smithsonian Institution Libraries)

Da Vinci’s study of flight to visit Smithsonian

Brett Zongker · August 8, 2013 2:33 pm

Smithsonian leader picked to head science agency

Smithsonian leader picked to head science agency

Brett Zongker · August 2, 2013 3:25 am

FILE - This July 26, 2013 file photo shows National Park Service workers cleaning the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, after someone splattered green paint on the statue of the 16th president and the floor area. National Park Service officials say three areas of the Lincoln Memorial statue still show faint signs of green staining after a vandal splattered green paint at the site last week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Green stain still shows on Lincoln Memorial in DC

Brett Zongker · August 1, 2013 8:30 pm

FILE - In this July 29, 2013 file photo, sculptor Master Lei Yixin, left, surveys the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington. Sculptor Lei Yixin says he has removed a disputed inscription from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall, and he is now working on a new finish for the side of the memorial statue. Plans call for Lei to carve grooves over the former words to match existing striation marks in the King memorial. Lei said Thursday he is working to deepen all of the grooves so that they will match. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Disputed inscription removed from MLK Memorial

Brett Zongker · August 1, 2013 6:17 pm