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Iranian protesters storm streets for third day

Iranian officials are trying to contain a third day of angry protests after the country admitted it accidentally shot down a Ukranian airliner. All 176 people on board, including 82 Iranians, were killed when the plane went down shortly after takeoff. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer joined CBSN AM from London with more. Source

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Calendar: Week of January 13

From Oscar nominations to the 100th anniversary of Prohibition, “Sunday Morning” takes a look at some notable events of the week ahead. Jane Pauley reports. Source

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The change MLK Jr.’s children hope to see in the world

Martin Luther King Jr.’s granddaughter Yolanda King shares what issue she hopes to help change. The civil rights leader’s daughter Bernice King comments on the need to be a responsible citizen and his son Martin Luther King III says he’s inspired by movements like Black Lives Matter, #MeToo and others. Source

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What would MLK Jr. say today?

Martin Luther King Jr.’s son Martin Luther King III is asked what he thinks his father would say if he were alive today. King said his father would be “concerned” about the direction some leaders have taken, but added that he believes “we would be on a different trajectory” if his father had not been killed.  Source

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Supreme Court to hear Obamacare birth control case

The high court will review whether the Trump administration was on solid ground when it gave religious employers and universities broader religious and moral exemptions to the Obamacare contraception mandate, which requires health care plans to offer free birth control. Source

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