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Martin Luther King III (center) delivered the keynote address at a birthday celebration for his father at Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury on Tuesday morning. (Tony Irving photo) More in Scenes

Patrick announces bill, order to reform CORI

Yawu Miller

Gov. Deval Patrick last week announced a bill and an executive order, both aimed at stemming what some have called excesses in the state’s Criminal Offender Records Information (CORI) law. Full story

Honoring the 79th Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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BU, Morehouse archives of MLK papers to hit Web

Daniela Caride

Vita Paladino remembers.

She remembers watching on television as the hoses unloaded, the water hammering black bodies to the pavement amid the crowded chaos of Southern streets. She remembers watching the horrors visited upon blacks during the civil rights demonstrations of the 1960s. Full Story

Minority voters taking center stage in election

Allen G. Breed

With nomination contests in lily-white Iowa and New Hampshire settled, minority voting power now moves into the spotlight. Full Story

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Mayor Menino swears in Marchelle Raynor as a member of the Boston School Committee.	More black women embracing their hair’s natural style
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What do you think is the significance of this year’s presidential election?	Dr. Vikas P. Sukhatme

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Obama is the one

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Presidential politics likely to frame ’08 congressional debate

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Insurance commish: Competition puts consumers in driver’s seat

— Nonnie S. Burnes
Commissioner, Massachusetts Division of Insurance

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NEWS DIGEST

• Lawmakers in Iowa worry court ruling could affect open enrollments

• Social workers slam Chicago sex trade study

• Cleveland sues 21 banks over foreclosure crisis

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• Patrick signs law to benefit Mass. workers

• CDC awards $35M to support HIV testing, increase early diagnosis among blacks

• Ministers start fund to help homicide victims’ families

• City, state elections on tap for October and November

• Commonwealth to receive nearly $12M in emergency energy assistance

• BU names leading virologist to biolab post

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