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Honoring a Man of Peace
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A towering new memorial was unveiled on the
National Mall in Washington, D.C. on August 28,
2011. It honors the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
(19291968) as a man of peace. The 30-foot-tall
sculpture was crafted by Chinese artist Lei
Yixin. It was inspired by a line from King's
famous oration at the Lincoln Memorial Out of
the mountain of despair, a stone of hope. The
civil rights leader is depicted with his arms
crossed, looking toward the horizon. He is the
stone of hope emerging from a boulder a
mountain of despair. King is the first person
of color to have a memorial on the National Mall.
The monument is surrounded by memorials to U.S.
presidents Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln,
and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. "It's nicely
situated between the Jefferson and the Lincoln
Memorial, so it's part of that conversation."
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In Other News
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In Other News

• Jury deliberations are expected Friday in the
  trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, who is charged with
  involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 death of pop
  icon Michael Jackson. Jurors must decide if the
  overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol was
  infused into Jackson's blood by a steady IV drip,
  as the prosecution contends, or if Jackson
  injected himself using a syringe left nearby by
  Murray, as the defense argues.
• The freak snowstorm that pounded the eastern
  United States late last week, cutting power to
  hundreds of thousands of people, killed at least
  22 people, officials said Thursday.
• Country singer Keith Urban is expected to have
  throat surgery this month, after a polyp was
  discovered on his vocal cords, according to his
  publicist.The surgery is considered a minor
  procedure, though additional details of his
  condition are not clear.