Martin Luther King Jr. Day pays homage to the great civil rights leader and his many important works, the lasting contributions that have remained central to his towering and time-honored legacy. Walt Disney Co. and the National Football League are said to be in earnest talks, according to two people familiar with the matter, that could have the league take a stake in ESPN while putting its NFL Media unit, which the sports body has been trying to monetize in better fashion, under the media company’s control. A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy foiled an armed robbery in progress early Saturday morning when he walked into a 7-Eleven in Carson, authorities said. It’s no joke. Humorous and quirky messages on electronic signs will soon disappear from highways and freeways across the country.