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The 25 best country songs of all time (+video)

Check out Country Music Television's rankings of the best country music songs ever released.
Bestselling books the week of 1/31/13, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
Bestselling books the week of 1/24/13, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
How well do you know MLK? Take the quiz!

In the 50s and 60s Martin Luther King Jr., a black Southern reverend who advocated non violent, peaceful resistance, became the voice of the civil rights movement. Test your knowledge of one of America's greatest men in this quiz.
Bestselling books the week of 1/17/13, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.

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Inauguration Day Bibles: how presidents choose, and what that reveals (+ video)

President Obama will have two highly symbolic Bibles at his Inauguration Day swearing-in ceremony: one used by Abraham Lincoln and another from the family of Martin Luther King Jr.
The New Economy Martin Luther King: His 'dream' is great business strategy

Martin Luther King defined his dream and created a plan to reach it. Entrepreneurs who do the same may not achieve Dr. King's grand results, but they can achieve great success.
Change Agent National Day of Service calls on Americans to help others

On Saturday Jan. 19 in Washington, D.C., as well as around the United States, a National Day of Service will find Americans volunteering in myriad ways to serve others.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and freedom for all races

A Christian Science perspective.
Bestselling books the week of 1/17/13, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
Seven questions and answers about the inauguration

Why is the inauguration always January 20? What happens when it falls on a Sunday? How many inaugural balls are there? The US presidential inauguration is full of history and tradition. Here's a look at President Obama's big day in question and answer form.
Obama's second inauguration may be smaller, but will still sparkle

While the crowd attending President Barack Obama's second inauguration Jan. 21 is expected to be much smaller than four years ago, the event will certainly be a star-studded celebration. The first family will lead a festive parade and pop celebrities Beyonce and Katy Perry will preform.
Chapter & Verse 'Les Miserables': Is the story of Jean Valjean a model for newly released inmates today?

I should have tried to get Jean Valjean into a couple of local prisons.
Space shuttle Endeavour: A final 2 m.p.h. mission through Los Angeles

The space shuttle Endeavour began its 2-mph crawl through streets of Los Angeles at about 2 a.m. Friday. A retired laser scientist uses Endeavour's terrestrial crawl as a teaching moment for Los Angeles school children.
Global News Blog Egypt's leading female voice for change warns that revolution is backsliding

Speaking at Tufts University, female Egyptian activist Dalia Ziada accused the Muslim Brotherhood of pursuing anti-democratic policies and said that women needed to be given more power.
Can GOP find votes in wreckage of Pennsylvania voter ID law?

A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday reversed his earlier decision to let the state proceed with a tough new voter ID law in time for the 2012 election. The about-face could give the GOP some ammunition to rouse its base.
JFK White House recordings: 8 excerpts from the new book

Excerpts from some of the secret recordings made in the JFK White House are revealed in the new book 'Listening In.'
3 views on whether US still needs affirmative action

This November, voters in Oklahoma will consider a ballot measure banning affirmative action in public-sector hiring. And in October, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the Fisher v. University of Texas case – centered on the use of affirmative action in public-university admissions. As the second installment in our One Minute Debate series for election 2012, three writers give their brief take on whether the United States still needs affirmative action.
Horizons Star Trek: The Original Series' surprising role in US civil rights

Google features a doodle for Star Trek: The Original Series – a nod to one of the most progressive television shows of its era.
Strom Thurmond's America

Strom Thurmond, the Senate's champion of segregation, endured long after the Dixiecrats were history.
Opinion: Wisconsin shooting and its violent echo around the world

It is feeling pretty rough out there: the Wisconsin and Colorado massacres, a civil war in Syria, killings in the Sinai. These violent events call leaders and individuals to acts of moral courage, and to remember what we have in common with each other.
Difference Maker One-time skinhead Arno Michaels helps youths respond with compassion

His Kindness Not Weakness outreach program challenges diverse audiences to show the kind of 'warrior' strength needed to practice nonviolence.
Opinion: A win for 'secularists' in Libya? It's not what you think.

This week, so-called 'secularists' were declared official winners in Libya's parliamentary elections – and yet they support a constitutional place for Islamic sharia values. This seeming contradiction in Libya belies Western stereotypes about the incompatibility of Islam and democracy.
Opinion: In Pennsylvania, the Rosa Parks of voter ID faces down GOP voter suppression

A Pennsylvania court will hear a suit challenging the state's voter ID law, which requires a volume of voter qualification proof not present in a Supreme Court ruling that upheld voter ID. Leading the charge: a 93-year-old black woman. If she loses, Republican voter suppression wins.
Will black voters grouse over Obama move to aid young illegal immigrants?

Obama's move to give work permits to certain illegal immigrants may not sit well with job-hungry African-Americans. Some analysts say it could hurt him among his most faithful constituency: black voters. Others say no way.
Klan Highway: Is the KKK now a litter bug club?

Klan Highway. The Ku Klux Klan wants to join Georgia's 'Adopt-A-Highway' program. Does the Constitution support the KKK bid for a 'Klan Hiwghay'?
Cover Story Veterans' new fight: reviving inner-city America

How some veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are helping turn around a drug-infested neighborhood of Baltimore – and themselves.
From Willie Horton to windsurfing: Five top political attack ads

Political attacks ads: love 'em or hate 'em, but they’re here to stay, and this election year stands to be a watershed moment in their use. Here's a look at what are considered to be some of the most memorable and effective attack ads utilized over the years.
Modern Parenthood Obama same-sex marriage endorsement bolsters gay teen identity

The tough teen decision to affirm a gay sexual identity has just been made easier by the Obama same-sex marriage endorsement, say two psychologists who work with teens.
5 true crime stories you don't want to miss

These five Edgar Award nominees are true-crime stories taken straight from real life.