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Reverend Ike dies at 74
12:46 PM on 07/31/2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Rev. Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II, who preached the gospel of material prosperity to millions nationwide as Reverend Ike, died Tuesday. He was 74.
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Black cop at Gates arrest: I'm not an Uncle Tom
10:30 AM on 07/31/2009
A black sergeant who was at the home of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. when he was arrested says he's been maligned as an "Uncle Tom" for supporting the actions of the white arresting officer.
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Klansman might walk on charges of kidnap and murder
5:34 PM on 07/30/2009
The U.S. Supreme Court should decide whether a reputed Ku Klux Klansman should have been tried on a kidnapping charge 43 years after two black men were abducted and slain in rural Mississippi, a federal appeals court said Thursday.
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Obama mishandled Gates arrest, most Americans say
5:08 PM on 07/30/2009
Americans are more likely to disapprove than approve of how President Barack Obama has dealt with the racially tinged dispute between a white Cambridge, Mass., police officer and a well-known black Harvard scholar -- with white voters especially likely to take a negative view, according to a poll released Thursday...
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Ortiz reportedly positive for performance drugs in 2003
3:10 PM on 07/30/2009
David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez were among the more than 100 Major League Baseball players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, according to a report in The New York Times...
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