Post-Dispatch photos: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Date: 1/17/2012 Album ID: 1396700
Photos by Christian Gooden/cgooden@post-dispatch.com
Photographs by staff photographers
Wendell Hodge, with flag, of Jennings, marches along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in downtown St. Louis with Essie Scaife in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day march to Powell Symphony Hall on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012.
Hundreds gathered at the Old Courthouse in St. Louis for a ceremony of speakers and singers to honor the slain civil rights leader before a commemorative march.
Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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Former Missouri State Rep. Betty Thompson speaks at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day ceremony in the Old Courthouse before a commemorative march to Powell Symphony Hall on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012.
Hundreds gathered to participate after a ceremony of speakers and singers honoring the slain civil rights leader.
Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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Dignitaries lead the commemorative march along Market Street in downtown St. Louis for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration that began with a ceremony at the Old Courthouse and ended at Powell Symphony Hall on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012.
Hundreds gathered and heard speakers, singers and performances honoring the slain civil rights leader.
Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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The floor of a classroom at Benld Elementary School shows signs of damage from a mine subsidence that occurred hundreds of feet beneath the school as seen on January 13, 2012.  The school, which opened in 2002, has been closed to students since March of 2009 when the ground under the school began shifting causing numerous structural problems.
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Trucks line up Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, at the site of a future elementary school in Gillespie, Ill, as a concrete pump injects slurry into the ground. Contractor Hayward Baker, Inc. built three plants at the site to produce concrete slurry that is being pumped into the ground to stabilize the soil above the underground mine. Photo by Erik M. Lunsford elunsford@post-dispatch.com
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Former Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog signs a souvenir statue of the 1989 St. Louis Cardinals team Monday morning Jan. 16, 2012, at the Cardinals Winter Warm Up at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in St. Louis. He was signing the statue for fan Karen Yocom of House Springs, Mo. Herzog managed the 1989 team.

Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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Jeannette Strong of Florissant attends the Interfaith Service honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, at Powell Symphony Hall in St.  Louis. I believe in Martin Luther King's message. We need to come together, said Strong, who has attended the service for the last 20 years. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
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Missionary Doris James of New Bethlehem Baptist Church dances after a Scripture reading at the Interfaith Service honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, at Powell Symphony Hall in St.  Louis. To the left is Merdean Gales. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
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Blues goaltender Jaroslav Halak defends in second-period action during a game between the Blues and the Dallas Stars on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.
Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com
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Blues defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk (left) uses his body to block a shot in second-period action during a game between the Blues and the Dallas Stars on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.
Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com
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Blues right wing T. J. Oshie scores as he trips over Dallas goaltender Kari Lehtonen in third period action during a game between the Blues and the Dallas Stars on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.  At left is Dallas center Tom Wandell.
Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com
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