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Blacks Get Weave; Can Whites Get Locks?
Race Manners: You can, but it's not the same. Don't expect to enjoy the style without the scrutiny.
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America: More Diverse yet Less Equal?
A decline in white births comes at a time when two key civil rights programs may be dismantled.
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Bill Clinton Needs to Shut Up
The ex-president's willingness to speak out on Syria spells disaster for Obama in more ways than one.
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Alabama County May Change Voting Rights
Shelby, which is challenging Section 5, has changed, but voter advocates say work is still needed.
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File Under "Not Hilarious": Thinly-Veiled Death Threats
It may seem hilarious to talk about killing the president of the United States of America, but it's not...
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Black Women Need to Get Breast Cancer Screenings OFTEN
Even if new breast cancer guidelines say otherwise...
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Americans Split Over 9/11 Trials
Half want accused tried in criminal courts, half are in favor of military tribunals...
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Body of Missing 5-Year-Old Girl Found
North Carolina authorities discovered what's believed to be the body of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis, who had been reported missing by her mother...
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Obama and Jintao: The Newest Planeteers
The world's greatest producers of greenhouse gases are teaming up to put a shoe in climate change...
