KRDO/ABC News(DENVER) -- A second grader was removed from school by his parents after the principal objected to him showing up in black face to do a presentation on the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.Sean King had a vision for his project, part of “Wax Museum Day” at Meridian Ranch Elementary School in Peyton, Colo., said his mother Michelle King-Roca.“He said, ‘Mom, I want to w...

Kevin Winter/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Forbes magazine has released its annual list of The World's Most Powerful Celebrities, and American Idol's Jennifer Lopez tops the list for the first time ever.According to Forbes, once Lopez landed the American Idol judging job, it revived her career and gave her a platform to build her empire.  She now has big endorsement deals with L'Oreal and Gillette,...

File photo. (iStockphoto/Thinkstock)(TOKYO) -- A Humboldt penguin that made a daring escape from a Tokyo aquarium has resurfaced two months later.The year-old feathered creature was spotted in a Japanese Coast Guard video, swimming in Tokyo Bay and looking healthy, even though it had been on its own for an extended period.The bird, known only as Penguin Number 337, escaped Tokyo Sea Life Park i...

Cultura/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new survey shows 63 percent of Americans take a vitamin or supplement, but many wish the manufacturers would come up with a vitamin that would improve their significant other’s listening skills.A survey commissioned by The Vitamin Shoppe finds 50 percent of respondents wish there was a pill that could improve their partner’s listening.  Forty-three percent wi...

Nick M Do/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- While a growing euro storm may be brewing, the dollar has increased in value -- much to the delight of American tourists.The trend over the past few months is clear: the dollar is worth more against the euro. And that means more bang for each tourist buck."Americans traveling in Europe have had a tough time with the weak dollar over recent decades," says ma...

ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Fred Davis, the GOP media guru who pitched the attack ad campaign against President Obama focused on Rev. Jeremiah Wright, describes John McCain in the document as a “crusty old politician who often seemed confused, burdened with a campaign just as confused…”Davis was a media consultant for McCain’s unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2008, having come up with the “cel...