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How Did Vikings End Up in My Family Tree?
Tracing Your Roots: A black reader wonders about a DNA test that turned up Orcadian roots.
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What Was the Double V Campaign?
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro: A paper's call for blacks to support the WWII effort had a twist.
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Old-School Tips for Better Finances
Mixing Dad's advice with sound financial planning can help us regain stability.
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My Man Wants Me to Drop My Male Bestie
Ask Demetria: A suddenly insecure boyfriend may mean that something's changed in your relationship.
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What Story Will National Black History Museum Tell?
The national black history museum -- slated to open in 2015 -- faces a complicated challenge.
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Obama's Looking for a New Social Secretary. Again
Julianna Smoot will leave the White House to help run Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.
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Colin Powell on Obama: We Didn't Elect Superman
VIDEO: Things have improved under Obama, but change can't happen all at once, said the retired general in a CNN interview.
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Antoine Dodson to Star in His Own Reality Show
It looks like the YouTube sensation's 15 minutes of fame are lingering on.
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Carlina White Case: Ann Pettway Surrenders to FBI
The woman who kidnapped Carlina White 23 years ago turns herself in.
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On 'Weekly With Ed Gordon': The Killing of DJ Henry
VIDEO: The fatal shooting of a college football player by police leaves many looking for answers. See BET's take tonight (Sunday).
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'Black Panther' Movie in Development
Will Marvel's first African-American superhero make it to the big screen?
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Virginia Teen Detained in Kuwait Allowed Home
Gulet Mohamed was forbidden to return to the U.S. after appearing on a no-fly list.
