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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama served plates of steaming hot lunches to the needy Monday, one of several ways the nation's first black president paid tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.

ATLANTA - A scholar and activist invoked the fiery side of Martin Luther King Jr.'s rhetoric Monday at the civil rights icon's church, urging the audience not to "sanitize" King's legacy or let the president off the hook on issues like poverty.

ATLANTA - Worshippers were urged Monday not to "sanitize" the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

ATLANTA - Worshippers were warned Monday not to "sanitize" the legacy of Rev.