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A Birmingham Prom 50 Years in the Making
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Intimate Look at the Williams Sisters
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Fort Hood: Who Messed Up?
As officials investigate the Fort Hood shootings, questions arise concerning possible agency missteps...
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Chicago Woman Charged with Murder After Running Teen Over with Car
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Battling Leukemia
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Check It Out: Obama Honors Fallen at Fort Hood
President Obama gave a speech today in memory of the servicemen and women killed at Fort Hood...
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Dropped Call: White House Communications Director Steps Down
Calling Fox News a wing of the Republican party probably expedited the stepping...
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Check It Out: D.C. Sniper's Wife Speaks Out
So the wife of John Allen Muhammad wasn't surprised that he was the D.C. sniper? This shouldn't be funny. But it is.
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Done Saving Journalists, Clinton Takes to Hill to Talk Health Care
Is there anything Bill Clinton can't do (besides lots of things)?!
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Black Columbia Prof Slugs White Female Colleague
A heated discussion over race relations turned violent when Lionel McIntyre threw a haymaker at colleague Camille Davis...
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DC Sniper to Be Executed Today, Lawyers Makes Final Plea
John Allen Muhammad is scheduled to be executed today for the death of at least ten people...
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