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Interview with Shaniya's brother: 'I didn't think this could happen'

12:43 PM on 11/19/2009

Officials believed that the little girl's mother, Antoinette Davis sold her daughter into sexual slavery. They arrested Davis and charged her with human trafficking...

Black firefighters attempt to block promotions for white colleagues

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11:54 AM on 11/19/2009

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) A group of black Connecticut firefighters hopes to block promotions for white firefighters who won a discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Jury selection for Heather Ellis continues

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10:50 AM on 11/19/2009

VIDEO - Trial for the woman at the center of a controversy that started when she allegedly cut in line at a Missouri Walmart began with jury selection Wednesday...

Dad accused of killing teenage son over sexual contact with tot

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10:46 AM on 11/19/2009

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) -- A 37-year-old father irate over hearing his 15-year-old son had sexual contact with a 3-year-old girl made the teen strip at gunpoint, marched him to a vacant lot and shot him to death...

Three Army soldiers arrested for smuggling 680 pounds of pot

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10:18 AM on 11/19/2009

PHOENIX (AP) - Phoenix police arrested three Army soldiers after they were pulled over for speeding in a rental car with 680 pounds of marijuana and $10,000 cash inside...

Mixed race Chinese TV show contestant faces racist rants online

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10:13 AM on 11/19/2009

FROM BBC> When singer Lou Jing entered the Chinese TV talent show Go Oriental Angel she was proud to be representing her city of Shanghai. But she didn't expect to became the subject of abusive internet comments about her skin color - some of them telling her to "get out...

Barbershop Buzz on Sarah Palin's book tour

By Terrence Romney

9:38 AM on 11/19/2009

VIDEO - How is Sarah Palin doing when it comes to reaching out to the African American community?

Jesse Jackson: 'You can't vote against health care and call yourself a black man'

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9:31 AM on 11/19/2009

FROM THE HILL> The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats' signature health care bill. "We even have blacks voting against the health care bill," Jackson said at a reception Wednesday night. "You can't vote against health care and call yourself...

South African track star Caster Semenya will keep her gold medal

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9:05 AM on 11/19/2009

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800-meter gold medal from the world championships...

Focus on teenage pregnancy distracts from dangerous STIs

By Kat Noel

9:00 AM on 11/19/2009

OPINION - The idea that unexpected pregnancy is the worst conceivable result of unprotected sex sends youth the message that they've managed to play with fire unscathed.

Mississippi governor wants to merge state's 3 HBCUs into one

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8:36 AM on 11/19/2009

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on Monday unveiled a budget that includes sweeping reorganization of state government, including proposals...

Suspect admits to taking Shaniya Davis to hotel

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8:28 AM on 11/19/2009

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- A search warrant says a man charged with kidnapping a 5-year-old North Carolina girl who was later found dead told police he took the girl to the hotel where she was last seen alive...

Lousiana congressman remains free on bond during appeal

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6:32 PM on 11/18/2009

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A former Louisiana congressman who was sentenced to 13 years in prison on bribery charges will be allowed to remain free on bond...

Caught on tape: Teens attack people on the streets

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4:10 PM on 11/18/2009

VIDEO - Police in Minneapolis and St. Paul are looking into a video posted on YouTube that appears to show a group of young men attacking bicyclists, pedestrians and children...

911 call in Shaniya Davis case was a cover up, police say

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3:00 PM on 11/18/2009

VIDEO- Police now believe Shaniya's mother was lying in the 911 call she made. They say the call was part of a cover-up and Antoinette Davis knew, just hours earlier, she had sold her daughter as a sex slave.

Precious director may march to Selma

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12:12 PM on 11/18/2009

FROM THE GUARDIAN> It is the Alabama town forever associated with the civil rights struggle after state troopers clubbed and tear-gassed activists as they tried to march on the state capital, Montgomery, 54 miles away. Now the story of the historic marches from Selma in 1965, which led to legislation...

For blacks, spanking has ties to slavery

By David A. Love

11:32 AM on 11/18/2009

OPINION - Beatings are still prevalent as a child-rearing tool in the African-American community, a practice which hearkens back to the days of slavery...

New breast cancer tests give hope to some women

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10:54 AM on 11/18/2009

VIDEO - New breast cancer tests are available and are being marketed to women without cancer - as a test to learn their cancer risk...

Skin lightening a global trend and billion-dollar business

By theGrio

9:59 AM on 11/18/2009

Sparked by the appearance of baseball star, Sammy Sosa, last week with markedly lighter skin, the media has been buzzing about how and why some people lighten their skin.