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Medical examiners testify in case against mother of decomposed girls
10:12 AM on 07/22/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two D.C. medical examiners say they are unsure how four girls found decomposing in a row house died. Their mother, Banita Jacks, has pleaded not guilty to charges of premeditated first-degree murder in their deaths.
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Cleveland home of Langston Hughes sold in foreclosure
10:11 AM on 07/22/2009
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A boyhood home of writer Langston Hughes has been sold in foreclosure...
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Gates' charge dropped
12:58 PM on 07/21/2009
BOSTON (AP) -- A person with knowledge of the case against Henry Louis Gates Jr. says the police who arrested the prominent Harvard University black scholar at his home after a reported break-in have recommended that the charge against him be dropped.
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Hundreds expected for protests in Texas dragging death case
11:33 AM on 07/21/2009
Members of a black extremist group began assembling Tuesday morning near the courthouse before planned demonstrations in a town where murder charges were dropped against two white men...
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Tyler Perry sends Philly pool kids to Disney World
11:15 AM on 07/21/2009
Actor Tyler Perry is paying for 65 non-white children from a Philadelphia day camp to go to Walt Disney World after reading about allegations that a suburban swim club had shunned them...
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