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NAACP to use latest technology to fight racism
3:30 PM on 07/13/2009
A prominent civil rights group has launched a program that lets people use their cell phones to report incidents of police misconduct. The "rapid response system" was officially launched Monday as part of the annual convention for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People...
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Regina Benjamin picked to be next Surgeon General
11:58 AM on 07/13/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama turned to the Deep South for the next surgeon general, choosing a rural Alabama family physician who made headlines with fierce determination to rebuild her nonprofit medical clinic in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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Obama's address to Africa stern but hopeful
10:28 AM on 07/11/2009
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) -- An American president who has "the blood of Africa within me" praised and scolded the continent of his ancestors Saturday, asserting forces of tyranny and corruption must yield if Africa is to achieve its promise...
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Marion Barry speaks out about stalking charges
2:11 PM on 07/10/2009
Former DC Mayor Marion Barry speaks for the first time since his arrest in Anacostia last weekend.
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Stallworth released from jail
9:33 AM on 07/10/2009
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth has been released from a Miami jail after serving 24 days for DUI manslaughter. His attorney, Christopher Lyons, says Stallworth was released from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center early Friday...
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