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Once-revered SC lawmaker freezes to death alone
1:17 PM on 03/11/2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House...
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Teenager accused of stabbing grandmother to death
9:30 AM on 02/23/2010
VIDEO - A Texas teenager who told police she found her disabled grandmother dead has been accused of being the killer...
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Ole Miss football player collapes in workout, dies
2:00 PM on 02/20/2010
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - A University of Mississippi football player has died after collapsing during the first day of team workouts...
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Suspect dies after being tasered at Pentagon City
11:01 AM on 01/19/2010
VIDEO - Arlington County, Virginia Police are investigating the death of a man who died after being tasered in Pentagon City...
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Suspected Holocaust museum shooter dies in prison
8:02 PM on 01/06/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 89-year-old man accused of a deadly shooting at Washington's Holocaust museum died Wednesday in a prison hospital.
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Notable African-Americans we lost in 2009
10:11 AM on 12/29/2009
SLIDESHOW - As 2009 comes to an end, we take a moment to reflect on several public figures who have passed during the past year...
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Love's lessons from loss
8:23 AM on 11/29/2009
OPINION - People say that there is no greater loss than the death of one's child. I had no idea that I would experience that pain firsthand...
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Missing 5-year-old is confirmed dead
12:23 PM on 11/16/2009
SANFORD, N.C. (AP) - Searchers found the body of a missing 5-year-old off a road Monday, ending a weeklong search for the girl, whose mother was accused of offering her for sex...
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Slain UConn football player's life is remembered
9:51 AM on 10/21/2009
Jasper Howard had the names of his teenage sisters Keyondra and Jasmine tattooed across his chest. His friends say it was a constant reminder for the Connecticut cornerback nicknamed "Jazz" of why he went to college -- to work hard for an education and possibly a pro football career...
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Toddler left home alone killed in Memphis house fire
7:03 AM on 10/21/2009
VIDEO - One toddler died and another was in critical condition after their mother left them home alone and a house fire started...
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Ghost doctor operates from the grave
9:43 AM on 10/19/2009
VIDEO - As we approach Halloween, October becomes a month filled with ghost stories. Some of those stories are coming from people who have visited the Black American West Museum in Denver...
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UConn football player stabbed to death on campus
2:07 PM on 10/18/2009
STORRS, Conn. (AP) -- A University of Connecticut football player was stabbed to death early Sunday after an on-campus dance...
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Rumors of Maya Angelou's death greatly exaggerated
12:35 PM on 10/05/2009
VIDEO -- Maya Angelou says rumors of her illness or death is greatly exaggerated. She is alive and well...
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Reality hits 'Real Housewives'
9:20 AM on 10/05/2009
OPINION - It is becoming increasingly apparent that the lives of these Real Housewives are much more real than the 'reality' the TV show presents...
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'Housewives' cast member's ex-fiance dies in fight
3:30 PM on 10/03/2009
ATLANTA (AP) -- The former fiance of a cast member from "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" died Friday night after a fight outside an Atlanta strip club...
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Two sides of Chicago: Olympic dream vs. violent nightmare
9:40 AM on 09/30/2009
OPINION - As Chicago aims to paint a picture of itself as a safe, clean and cosmopolitan metropolis, many of its working class neighborhoods on the south and west sides represent a rather stark contrast.
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Nas' message about Chicago beating death
12:27 PM on 09/29/2009
From Bossip.com> Nas has hit the blogs regarding the 16 year-old honor student that was beaten and killed. The youth really should take heed to this message: Dear Young Warriors fighting the wrong wars! Killing each other is definitely played out. Being hurt from the loss of a love one...
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Essence.com: Michael Jackson wrote a novel
1:13 PM on 09/14/2009
ESSENCE.COM EXCLUSIVE ESSENCE.com has learned exclusively that a novel written by the "King of Pop" himself is currently being shopped around to New York publishers, according to a source in the industry. The illustrated novel depicts a rock star at the height of his success who becomes disillusioned with money...
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World's oldest person dies at 115
1:53 PM on 09/11/2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Gertrude Baines, the world's oldest known person, died Friday at a nursing home. She was 115. Baines likely suffered a heart attack but an autopsy...
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South Carolina man takes 1973 Pontiac with him to the grave
7:35 AM on 09/09/2009
VIDEO - The bond between a man and his car is one that can't be broken. Even by death.
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