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Comedian and human rights activist Dick Gregory (right) entertains a crowd a Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta January 15 on Martin Luther King Day that includes President Clinton (hiding face mid-laugh, left), Coretta Scott King (2nd from left), and King's sister, Bernice. Gregory peppered his speech with mocking reference to Newt Gingrich's complaints that he was forced to leave Air Force One through the rear doors upon returning from Yitzhak Rabin's funeral. "Mr. President, thank God you didn't make him Negro for a month, we'd be in World War III right now," Gregory said to roars of laughter.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday the link between rising oil prices and inflation had weakened in the past 40 years.
UPI Almanac for Friday, Oct. 12, 2007.
AURORA, Ill., Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Comedian, author and activist Dick Gregory will speak in tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the U.S. holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader.
UPI almanac for Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006.
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 12, the 285th day of 2005 with 80 to follow.
MILWAUKEE, July 9 (UPI) -- Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett welcomed 10,000 people drawn to the city Saturday by the NAACP convention.
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 12, the 286th day of 2004 with 80 to follow.
WASHINGTON, July 20 (UPI) -- Rep. Joe Hoeffel. D-Pa., and comedian-activist Dick Gregory were arrested Tuesday during a protest at the Sudanese embassy in Washington.
A woman detained by security guards for a burglary escaped via a 10th-floor window of a Times Square building in New York City and survived.
