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Coast Guard officer who saved Sean Kingston gets a medal
10:40 AM on 02/07/2012
CONNECTICUT - The Coast Guard petty officer who saved singer Sean Kingston after his jet ski crash in Miami Beach last May is being honored with a medal for his actions Tuesday...
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Elderly woman leaves home to homeless in her will
10:13 AM on 02/07/2012
BAY AREA - Before Leila Boroughs died last September, she told her attorney she had no family to whom to leave her estate. She crafted her will to leave her 525 square foot condo to the city to turn into a homeless shelter...
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Beyoncé shows off her curvy post-baby body
8:54 AM on 02/07/2012
She's crazy in shape! In the first photos released since the birth of her baby girl Blue Ivy just a month ago, pop star Beyoncé is looking trim and fit already...
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Jay-Z now 2nd rapper to perform at Carnegie Hall
8:52 AM on 02/07/2012
CHICAGO - As Jay-Z transitioned from hit song to hit song at a Carnegie Hall concert Monday night, so did the lighting, changing from red to white to blue...
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Chris Brown to perform at 2012 Grammys
8:14 AM on 02/07/2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Chris Brown will perform at this year's Grammy Awards, the event where his career almost ended three years ago...
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Clint Eastwood: I am not 'politically affiliated with Mr. Obama'
8:12 AM on 02/07/2012
After a Chrysler Super Bowl ad starring Clint Eastwood became something of a _political_ football, the Oscar-winning star decided to weigh in on its significance...
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Brown University student discovers Malcolm X speech from 1961
5:27 PM on 02/06/2012
The audiotape of Malcolm X's 1961 address in Providence might never have surfaced at all if 22-year-old Brown University student Malcolm Burnley hadn't stumbled across a reference to it in an old student newspaper...
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Registered sex offender pastor back at the pulpit
5:15 PM on 02/06/2012
VIDEO - A Jacksonville pastor who confessed to sexual crimes against two young girls is once again preaching. Former Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church pastor Darrell Gilyard was just released from prison in December...
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Rev. Luter seeks to be first black man to lead Southern Baptist Convention
5:09 PM on 02/06/2012
Reverend Fred Luter announced to his African-American church that he will seek to become the first black man to lead the Southern Baptist Convention, a predominantly white ..
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Happy birthday to the late, great, Bob Marley!
4:59 PM on 02/06/2012
Today iconic Reggae singer Bob Marley would have turned 67 years-old...
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Corporal punishment legal in Georgia schools
4:14 PM on 02/06/2012
VIDEO - Thirty states have outlawed corporal punishment in schools since the first state in the union made it illegal 150 years ago. Georgia is still not one of those schools...
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Some blacks insist: 'I'm not African-American'
4:00 PM on 02/06/2012
(AP) - The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House. Today, many are resisting this progression by holding on to a name from the past: 'black'...
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Viola Davis stuns in LA Times mag photo spread
3:46 PM on 02/06/2012
Oscar nominee Viola Davis strikes a pose with an eye-catching new hairdo for the February 2012 LA TImes Magazine issue. In the spread, Davis sports different designers...
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Naketa Leiba: The search for missing Florida teen continues
3:40 PM on 02/06/2012
VIDEO - The search for a 17-year-old girl from Miramar, Florida who went missing last Wednesday afternoon continues...
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Mary J. Blige on 'Wendy Williams': My marriage is 'not on the rocks'
3:22 PM on 02/06/2012
R&B icon Mary J. Blige went on 'The Wendy Williams Show' this week to defend her marriage to record producer Kendu Isaacs...
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Jhessye Shockley missing: Ariz. police begin searching landfill for girl
2:27 PM on 02/06/2012
PHOENIX (AP) - Police have started methodically searching a landfill south of Phoenix for the body of a 5-year-old Arizona girl who has been missing for more than four months...
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New survey finds: black women struggle to pay bills more than white women
1:57 PM on 02/06/2012
Across the country, black women are bearing a heavier responsibility for family and friends than their white counterparts...
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Seattle woman awarded $975K in civil suit after giving birth in jail
1:51 PM on 02/06/2012
SEATTLE (AP) - A woman has won $975,000 in a federal jury trial, 14 years after giving birth in a jail cell in Washington state...
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Amare Stoudemire's brother dies in Florida car crash
1:31 PM on 02/06/2012
LAKE WALES, Florida (AP) - Officials say the brother of New York Knicks player Amare Stoudemire has died in a car crash...
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Obama's grandma injured after car rolls in Kenya
12:18 PM on 02/06/2012
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - President Barack Obama's 91-year-old step-grandmother suffered bruises and shock after a car she was traveling in rolled over, a relative and a hospital official said Monday...
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