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  • Jena Six cases near conclusion

    By theGrio via AP

    10:58 AM on 06/25/2009

    Five of six black teens accused of beating a white high school classmate in a case that led to the biggest civil rights protest in decades will plead guilty in a deal expected to be finalized this week...

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  • Conn. church causes a stir with gay exorcism video

    By theGrio via AP

    2:22 PM on 06/24/2009

    JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN Associated Press Writer BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (AP) -- The video shows the 16-year-old boy lying on the floor, his body convulsing, as elders of a small Connecticut church cast a "homosexual demon" from his body. "Rip it from his...

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  • States could lose money over prison rapes

    By theGrio via AP

    5:47 PM on 06/23/2009

    New measures aimed at reducing prison rapes are in the works -- and states that fail to take steps to protect their inmates could see their federal money cut. The new standards were proposed Tuesday by the "National Prison Rape Elimination Commission"

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  • Martin Luther King's books to be republished

    By theGrio via AP

    5:09 PM on 06/23/2009

    ERRIN HAINES Associated Press Writer ATLANTA (AP) -- Four books that have been long out of print by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will be published again under a deal with Beacon Press brokered by King's youngest son. In...

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  • One child, three adults found dead in Kansas

    One child, three adults found dead in Kansas

    By theGrio via AP

    1:50 PM on 06/23/2009

    Three adults and a toddler were found dead at a Kansas City home Monday and authorities were conducting a homicide investigation, police said. The bodies were found about 4:45 p.m. at a house on a tree-lined street in the northeast Kansas community, according to a brief news release from the police department...

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