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A whirlwind of inaugural pomp and circumstance

Today, as the nation pauses to remember Martin Luther King Jr., it awaits the stunning event King never lived to see: the first African-American president taking the oath of office.

In what President-elect Barack Obama has called "a day of service" in the hopes of ushering in a new era of volunteerism, millions of Americans will use their day off to give back to the community. Obama, Vice...

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