• New terminal opens at Atlanta's airport

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    People take pictures of Delta Airlines Flight 177 from Dublin, Ireland receiving a water cannon salute at the newly opened Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia May 16, 2012. Flight 177 was the first flight to arrive at the new $1.4 billion terminal, a 1.2 million square foot facility.

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    Harrison Lin (L), his brother Kai and their mother Tiffany listen during the opening ceremony for Delta Airlines Flight 295 to Tokyo, Japan at the newly opened Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Flight 295 was the first flight to depart from the new $1.4 billion terminal, a 1.2 million square foot facility.

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    Passenger Wayne Meason, of Colorado Springs, Colo., waits to board a flight to Dusseldorf, Germany, out of the the new Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. International Terminal at Atlanta's airport on the first day it begins operating flights Wednesday.

    Harriet Baskas reports in msnbc.com's Travel Kit blog that Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is one of several major airports upgrading terminals.

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  • Hundreds gather to mark the 44th anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

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    Southern Christian Leadership Conference member Jeremy Ponds bows his head during a moment of prayer at the gravesite of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on April in Atlanta.

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    Elgie Hayes holds a sign during a rally in remembrance of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4 in Newark, N.J.

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    A rally in Newark, N.J.

    The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4 1968 on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. Events are being held in Memphis and other cities to mark the anniversary of his death, including a candelight vigil at the new Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial, which opened last summer in Washington D.C.

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    Kate Lafayette, center, sings along during a ceremony in memory of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.on April 4 in Atlanta.

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    An eternal flame burns at the gravesite of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as the public gathers for a ceremony marking the 44th anniversary of his assassination on April 4 in Atlanta.

    Read about more rallies to remember Rev. King and Trayvon Martin

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  • Jason Getz / Atlanta Journal Constitution via AP

    Afternoon volleyball game for girls

    Young girls, ages 9 to 12, practice with the Atlanta Boom Volleyball Institute as the afternoon sun shines through windows of the gymnasium at the Butler Street YMCA, J.D. Winston Branch in Atlanta on April 2. The historic Butler Street YMCA is facing serious financial problems according to several board members.

  • Jason Getz / Atlanta Journal Constitution via AP

    Rep. Donna Sheldon, center, throws paper into the air next to Thomas Allison after the House Majority Leader, Rep. Larry O'Neal yelled, "Sine Die," to end the 2012 Legislative Session at the stroke of midnight on Legislative Day 40 at the Capitol Thursday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., March 29, 2012. Allison is the son of Rep. Stephen Allison, who sits next to Sheldon.

    Paper toss! Legislators celebrate at the closing of the session in Atlanta

    The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports: Two of the most contentious issues of this year's General Assembly passed on the last day of this year's session, salvaged by Republican leaders who wanted to tout them as major victories this election year.

    New restrictions on late-term abortions in Georgia, which had appeared dead in the morning, and a bill that would cut unemployment benefits for Georgians, passed with just minutes remaining in the 2012 session.

    The work to get them passed highlighted a more-than-14-hour day, one full of compromises that dominated much of lawmakers' work. Full story.

  • Worshipers don hoodies to show support for Trayvon Martin

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    Patrick Mulchay, center, joins other congregants in song during a service at Middle Collegiate Church in New York on March 25.

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    Rev. Raphael Warnock wears a hoodie during his morning sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on March 25.

    By Jon Sweeney, NBC News

    Worshipers in cities nationwide were wearing hoodies to services Sunday to honor Trayvon Martin, a Florida teenager shot to death last month by a neighborhood watch volunteer.

    Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta and Middle Collegiate Church in New York were among the churches that honored the teen Sunday.

    "I will also preach in a hoodie. We are doing this not for show, but to send a message that all humanity is sacred."  the Rev. Raphael G. Warnock said in a statement posted on Ebenezer Baptist Church's website.

    --Msnbc.com wire services contributed to this blog post.

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    A man wears a hoodie before the start of a service at Middle Collegiate Church in New York.

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    Congregants arrive at Middle Collegiate Church in New York on March 25.

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  • Erik S. Lesser / AP

    A lone member of the Occupy Atlanta movement is arrested by members of the Atlanta Police Department at Woodruff Park early on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 in Atlanta. The group was trying to reoccupy the park they had been encamped in for the second night in a row.

    Lone Occupy Atlanta protester arrested inside park

    The AP reports:

    Atlanta police said one protester draped in an American flag inside Woodruff Park was arrested after refusing to leave by a Sunday night curfew, and four other people on bicycles were arrested near the park — three for traffic violations and one for obstruction of a law enforcement officer.

    The 23-year-old woman in the park was warned three times in English and Spanish to leave before she was arrested, police spokesman Carlos Campos said.

    At the time, dozens more demonstrators chanting slogans like "We're hungry! We're poor! What are you wasting our money for?" stood behind barricades surrounding the park, where police had warned they would enforce an 11 p.m. curfew.

    Occupy Atlanta organizer Tim Franzen said having one person protesting was just as powerful as several. Read the full story.

    See more pictures from the global Occupy protests on PhotoBlog.

  • Occupy Atlanta protesters removed from their encampment

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    Protestors link arms across Peachtree Street as police move in to make arrests after Mayor Kasim Reed revoked his executive order allowing the protestors to camp out in Woodruff Park early Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 in Atlanta.

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    Protestors yell as police move in to arrest those refusing to leave after Mayor Kasim Reed revoked his executive order allowing the Occupy Atlanta protestors to camp out in Woodruff Park Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 in Atlanta.

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    A protestor of the Occupy Atlanta demonstration is arrested after refusing to leave Woodruff Park early Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 in Atlanta.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    About 50 protesters were arrested after refusing to leave Woodruff Park in Atlanta.  Full story.

  • From Atlanta to Boston to Los Angeles, all eyes are on the ball

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    Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Michael McKenry catches a pop fly off the bat of Atlanta Braves Nate McLouth with bases loaded against the Atlanta Braves during the sixth inning of a baseball game on July 25 in Atlanta.

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    Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Dioner Navarro watches as fans try to catch a foul ball hit by Colorado Rockies' Ty Wigginton during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles on 2011.

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    Carl Crawford of the Boston Red Sox makes the catch for the out against the Kansas City Royals on July 26 at Fenway Park in Boston.

    For all last night's results as well as the latest news and gossip, visit NBC Sports' baseball home page.

    See more great sporting images in The Week in Sports Pictures slideshow.

  • MLK's historic Ebenezer Baptist Church celebrates sanctuary restoration

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    Rev. Cal Murrell reacts during a ceremony on April 15, 2011 to mark the restoration of the sanctuary of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached.

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    Martin Luther King III, the son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., speaks during the ceremony to mark the restoration of the sanctuary.

    Ebenezer Baptist Church’s first pastor was born into slavery. The church was founded in Atlanta, Ga. in 1886 shortly after the Reconstruction Era in the South. The church moved to several locations over the years, but the current sanctuary was completed in 1922.

    Ebenezer has had pastors who not only preach the Gospel, but take their ministries into the world and speak on behalf of the oppressed, disenfranchised and underprivileged. It was here, from the pulpit of the Heritage Sanctuary, that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached his ministry of nonviolence.

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    Alveda King, left, and Naomi Ruth Barbara King, the niece and sister in law of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., listen as Dr. King's daughter Rev. Bernice King, near left, speaks during the ceremony.

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    Organist David Oliver performs during the ceremony.

    Read more about the church on its website.

  • World's largest concrete pumps fly to Japan

    By Jim Seida

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    A Putzmeister concrete pumper is loaded onto a Russian Antonov AN-124 cargo airplane at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport on April 8, in Atlanta, Georgia.

    Two of the world's largest concrete pumps were loaded onto Russian cargo jets at American airports headed for Japan.  The Putzmeister America pumps have been retrofitted to to pour water on a Japanese nuclear power plant stricken by an earthquake and tsunami. 

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    The 95-ton pumper will be delivered to Japan to assist in the cooling down efforts of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

    AP says: The 190,000-pound pump designed by Wisconsin-based Putzmeister America Inc. comes mounted on a 26-wheel truck. Its extendable boom can reach more than 200 feet, and can be operated two miles away by remote control, making it possible to shoot water into hard-to-reach places at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan.

    If necessary, the pump could also entomb a damaged nuclear reactor in concrete. After a 1986 disaster, Putzmeister sent 11 pumps to pour concrete over parts of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine.

    Nick Ut / AP

    Another Putzmeister is loaded onto a Russian Antonov An-124 cargo jet at the Los Angeles International Airport Friday.

    Moving such a large pump required hiring a Russian Antonov AN-124 cargo jet, one of the world's largest. After landing in Atlanta, the towering plane taxied to a stop near the truck. The plane's nose lifted, revealing a ramp that extended as if the aircraft had stuck out a green, metal tongue.

    Once the ramp was fully constructed, a driver steered the pump truck into the plane.

    That pump and another picked up at Los Angeles International Airport are scheduled to depart Saturday. Putzmeister America's parent company in Germany has already sent a smaller pump and plans to send another.

    The Japanese utility is picking up the cost of shipping the pumps to the region.

    Read the latest news from Japan here.  See a slideshow of images from Japan here.

  • Erik S. Lesser / EPA

    Members of the King family, including Martin Luther King III, second from right, and his wife Arndrea. at right, with their daughter Yolanda Renee, lay a wreath at the tomb of slain civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and his wife Coretta Scott King, on his federal holiday in Atlanta, Georgia, January 17, 2011. Martin Luther King Holiday is always celebrated on the third Monday in January, close to King's birthday on January 15. The slain civil rights leader would have been 82-years-old this year.

    Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. remembered in Atlanta

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    Full story. What are you doing in honor of MLK today?

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