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Pocoyo is using his energy and creativity to support Earth Hour!  Together with his friends, Elly the elephant and Pato the duck, the trio will use their power to take on the biggest environmental challenge facing our planet today - climate change.  As 'Kids Ambassadors' for Earth Hour since 2010, Pocoyo, Elly and Pato have helped raise the profile of the Earth Hour movement by raising awareness on our planet among future generations and encouraging audiences to support the cause. 

Americans must continue to embrace the message of the civil rights movement, President Obama told a crowd of thousands Saturday, speaking from a site he said symbolized "the daring of America's character."  In a speech at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where 50 years ago, police beat and tear-gassed protesters, Obama issued his call to action. "Fifty years from 'Bloody Sunday,' our march is not yet finished. But we are getting closer," he said. The March 7, 1965, violence against the peaceful civil rights advocates making the 50-mile march from Selma to Alabama's capital of Montgomery shocked the country and ramped up calls for equal rights for black voters. READ MORE...