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Mary Hamilton, arrested at an Alabama protest, refused to answer the judge unless he called her "Miss." It was custom for white people to get honorifics, but black people were called by first names.

The newest addition to the National Mall is a monument honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Host Michel Martin discusses King's legacy and the memorial's meaning with Martin King III, the oldest son of the slain civil rights leader; and former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young, a King confidant.

Abortion has been unavailable in Kentucky for more than a week, after a new state law took effect that puts layers of new requirements on providers.

Students from Fremont High School in South-Central Los Angeles recently toured the Museum of Tolerance -- a facility founded by noted humanitarian, Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal -- after several recent racially charged incidents on the campus.

A close, contentious California primary race was finally decided early Wednesday morning. State Treasurer Phil Angelides won the Democratic nomination for governor, narrowly beating out Controller Steve Westly. Angelides will run against Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in the fall.

Since 1993, more than 100 young women have disappeared along the Mexican border near the city of Juarez. Many turn up later as victims of sexual assault and murder. Now a cement worker arrested in Denver on immigration charges is being turned over to Mexican authorities in connection with the rape and killing of at least 10 of those women.

Thousands of hurricane victims who wanted to leave New Orleans remained stranded in squalid conditions until this afternoon, when buses evacuated most of those remaining at the Convention Center. Security in the city seems to be improving, though the city is not really safe.

Western nations rush to evacuate thousands of citizens from Lebanon as Hezbollah militants and Israel continue to pound each other for a sixth day. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he will not stop a military barrage against Hezbollah until the militia group returns two kidnapped Israeli soldiers.

Indonesia's controversial new anti-pornography bill is drawing some criticism in the moderate Muslim nation. In its current form, the bill cracks down on adult books and films. But it also targets many forms of social behavior, such as kissing in public and how women dress.

The President of Afghanistan has proclaimed Tuesday a national day of mourning after a horrific attack over the weekend on a girls' school in Kabul in which dozens were killed.