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Paterson seeks to show he's still in charge
3:48 PM on 03/08/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Gov. David Paterson is adamantly in the business of governing, taking questions from the public and trying to make clear his authority to negotiate a state budget...
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D'Angelo accused of soliciting sex in NYC
2:29 PM on 03/08/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities say D'Angelo was caught in New York City trying to pay $40 for sex with an undercover cop posing as a prostitute...
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New poll finds blacks motivated to vote in November
1:48 PM on 03/08/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats facing strong headwinds this election season have at least one reason for optimism...
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Wealth gap greatest for black and Latino women
1:30 PM on 03/08/2010
From the Huffington Post - Women of color face an enormous wealth gap when compared to the rest of society, undermining their future economic security...
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Lil Wayne gets year behind bars on gun rap
12:09 PM on 03/08/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - After saying goodbye on concert stages and online video streams, Lil Wayne had nothing to add as he was sentenced...
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Minority firms get less stimulus money
11:24 AM on 03/08/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hispanic and black businesses are receiving a disproportionately small number of federal stimulus contracts, creating a rising chorus of demands for the Obama administration to be more inclusive...
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8 teens shot at Waka Flocka flame concert
11:11 AM on 03/08/2010
Police in Gary, Indiana were called to the scene of a concert headlined by Waka Flocka Flame Friday after a fight broke out leaving 8 people shot and injured...
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CEO compares Michelle Obama to chimpanzee
10:30 AM on 03/08/2010
In the latest unnecessary onslaught of racial slurs, the CEO of Tennessee's Hospitality Association made the bold decision to send an e-mail out to a group of public figures where he compares the first lady, Michelle Obama, to a chimpanzee...
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Why's GOP calling Rangel 'crooked Harlem Democrat'?
10:30 AM on 03/08/2010
That's a rather specific way of referring to the congressman -- he could, after all, just as easily be called "the crooked New York Democrat" or simply "the crooked Democrat."...
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Across USA, many still wait for word about loved ones in Haiti
9:53 AM on 03/08/2010
David Apperson's clothes hang untouched in his closet. His office door remains shut. His Harley-Davidson motorcycle sits in the garage, just where he parked it before he went to Haiti on a business trip in January...
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Every Urban Prep senior is college-bound
9:48 AM on 03/08/2010
100 percent of first senior class at all male, all African-American Englewood academy is accepted to universities...
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Duncan will pressure schools to enforce civil rights laws
9:46 AM on 03/08/2010
Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to announce Monday that his agency is ramping up enforcement of civil rights laws in schools and colleges, a move that seeks to draw a contrast with the policies of his Republican predecessors...
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Va. health bill could foil Obama proposal
9:36 AM on 03/08/2010
RICHMOND - Here in the former capital of the Old Confederacy, where resistance to the supremacy of federal law has a long and tortuous history, a new battle is being waged over a question that could undercut a key part of President Obama's health care proposal...
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Obama to appeal for public support on health care
9:24 AM on 03/08/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - With the fate of his signature legislative initiative far from certain, President Obama is taking his last-ditch push for a health care overhaul on the road...
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Paterson faces legal minefield in conduct inquiries
9:18 AM on 03/08/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Legal experts say the next few days and weeks could be the most dangerous yet for the embattled administration of Gov. David Paterson...
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8-year-old girl pleads with 911 dispatcher as mother dies
9:04 AM on 03/08/2010
VIDEO - Detroit police have released a chilling 911 call made by a young girl trying to get help after her parents were shot...
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Wonder 'breathless' as he gets French honor
8:37 AM on 03/08/2010
PARIS (AP) - It's taken nearly 30 years, but Stevie Wonder has finally received his medal for being named into France's prestigious National Order of Arts and Letters...
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Mo'Nique wins best supporting actress Oscar for 'Precious'
10:04 PM on 03/07/2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mo'Nique became the fifth black woman to win an acting Oscar, 70 years after Hattie McDaniel became the first to do so for 'Gone with the Wind'...
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US troops withdrawing en masse from Haiti
9:02 PM on 03/07/2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- U.S. troops are withdrawing from the shattered capital, leaving many Haitians anxious that the most visible portion of international aid is ending...
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John Lewis remembers 'Bloody Sunday' march, beatings
4:53 PM on 03/07/2010
SELMA, Alabama (AP) - Georgia Congressman John Lewis strolled to the middle of the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday and remembered the incident 45 years ago...
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