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NAACP supports Gov. Paterson
1:15 PM on 09/21/2009
Beleaguered Gov. David Paterson is getting some support from a home town NAACP...
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Sharecropper's daughter becomes 1st woman to lead Army drill sergeants
5:10 PM on 09/18/2009
FORT JACKSON, South Carolina (AP) - Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King can dress down a burly, battle-hardened sergeant in seconds ...
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Humanitarian charged with sexually abusing 9 Haitian boys
4:46 PM on 09/18/2009
HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) -- The founder of a school for poor children in Haiti has been indicted on charges of sexually abusing nine boys there...
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Hofstra rape accuser recants after video surfaces
11:45 AM on 09/18/2009
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- A Hofstra University freshman who had claimed she was raped by five men in a dormitory bathroom changed her story after prosecutors confronted her with the revelation that a video of the encounter may have been recorded, a prosecutor said Thursday...
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Muslim teen sues Abercrombie & Fitch
11:12 AM on 09/18/2009
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A Muslim teenager claims in a federal lawsuit that she was denied a job at an Abercrombie & Fitch clothing store at a Tulsa mall because she wore a head scarf...
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