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Green Bay hires its first black police officer

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2:31 PM on 08/24/2009

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Green Bay has a black police officer for the first time in the 152-year history of its Police Department...
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School bus cuts leave parents and students stranded

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9:14 AM on 08/24/2009

HOUSTON (AP) -- As a mother of two, Feleccia Moore-Davis is accustomed to the usual back-to-school swirl of new supplies, new clothes and new routines.
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South Africa embraces runner despite gender debate

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8:29 AM on 08/24/2009

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- South African runner Caster Semenya, who is undergoing gender testing after questions arose about her muscular build and deep voice, returns home Tuesday to celebrations after her 800-meter win at the world championships...
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Obama's possible visit highlights bond with Sen. Kennedy

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1:09 PM on 08/22/2009

BOSTON (AP) -- When Barack Obama's presidential prospects sagged, Sen. Edward Kennedy lifted the candidate with a coveted endorsement. When brain cancer kept...
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First black NFL official dies at 81

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1:55 PM on 08/21/2009

CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. (AP) -- Burl Toler, the first African-American official in NFL history who went on to work one Super Bowl in a distinguished career, has died. He was 81...
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Obama woos right and left in defense of health care reform

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8:41 AM on 08/21/2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama pitched his ambitious plan to both conservative talk radio and his own liberal supporters
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Poll: Americans losing confidence in Obama

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8:01 AM on 08/21/2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new poll says that Americans, concerned over the future of health care reform and anxious about the growing federal budget deficit, are losing faith in President Barack Obama.
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Burress' teammates saddened by plea deal

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3:24 PM on 08/20/2009

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Plaxico Burress' decision to plead guilty to a weapons charge and accept two years in prison surprised his former New York Giants teammates
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2 teenagers charged as adults in hate crime against elderly black fisherman

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2:39 PM on 08/20/2009

Two teenagers were arrested Thursday and charged as adults in what police say was the racially motivated beating of an elderly black fisherman.
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Burress pleads guilty in weapons case, will serve 2 years

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10:43 AM on 08/20/2009

NEW YORK (AP) -- Former New York Giant Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty to a weapons charge and agreed to a two-year prison term for accidentally shooting himself at a Manhattan nightclub.
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Track star's father: 'She is a woman and I can repeat it a million times'

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9:40 AM on 08/20/2009

BERLIN (AP) -- A day after winning her first 800-meter world title amid a gender-test controversy, the father of a South African teenager dismissed speculation his daughter is not a woman.
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Katrina evacuees who got Oprah's help charged with fraud

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8:34 AM on 08/20/2009

HOUSTON (AP) -- Four Hurricane Katrina evacuees are charged with wrongfully obtaining federal rental assistance after buying new homes financed by the "Oprah's Angel Network" ...
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Track star tested to see if she is really a woman

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6:14 PM on 08/19/2009

BERLIN (AP) -- Facing questions about her gender, South African teenager Caster Semenya easily won the 800-meter gold medal Wednesday...
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Dad: Suicidal son shot 59 times by cops was "just depressed"

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3:28 PM on 08/19/2009

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (AP) -- Alonzo Heyward carried a rifle around his low-rent neighborhood one day last month, ranting about suicide and ignoring the pleas ...
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LA County allocates $350M to rebuild hospital in poor area

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7:00 AM on 08/19/2009

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- County officials on Tuesday approved a plan to fully reopen a troubled South Los Angeles hospital that has become a symbol of the area's continued racial strife.
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Black man brings assault rifle to Obama speech

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6:28 PM on 08/18/2009

VIDEO - About a dozen people carrying guns, including one with a military-style rifle, milled among protesters outside the convention center where President Barack Obama was giving a speech Monday...
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US Supreme Court orders a new hearing for Troy Davis

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3:12 PM on 08/17/2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ordered on Monday a new hearing for death row inmate Troy Davis...
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Trial begins in case of terrorized Haitian immigrants

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11:39 AM on 08/17/2009

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) -- As many as 10 masked teenagers terrorized the then 35-year-old Haitian immigrant and her 12-year-old son in their home...
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Biracial church service looks to break down old barriers

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9:16 AM on 08/16/2009

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- Their hands waving in the air, singing and testifying, members of a predominantly white church...
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Black man posing as white racist sends death threats by Facebook

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3:13 PM on 08/14/2009

From the AP via nola.com NEW ORLEANS -- An African-American man from Mississippi admits posing as a white supremacist to send a death threat across state lines by Facebook. The U.S. Attorney's Office says 20-year-old Dyron L. Hart of Poplarville pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to making a threat...
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