History links King holiday, Obama inauguration
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090116/capt.0de8d221db70496791681b55d66b46f0.king_shared_holiday_ny131.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=Ud2GxowonBsDAZ_B5CetIA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="In a Monday, Jan. 15, 2007 file photo, a mass of people march down historic Auburn Avenue in Atlanta during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. parade. For more than two decades, the federal holiday observing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday has largely been celebrated in his hometown. This year's observance, marking what would've been King's 80th birthday, will largely be commemorated in Washington, D.C., as the date falls on the eve of the historic inauguration of the nation's first black president. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090116/ap_on_re_us/king_shared_holiday)AP - Martin Luther King's flame has always burned brightest in Atlanta, but in a real sense, the torch is being passed to Washington, D.C., with his birthday and holiday taking on dual meaning for many Americans because it falls on the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration.</p><br clear="all"/>
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