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    Tracing Your Roots: Several reasons could explain a questioner's surprising genetic testing results.

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    At a university in Yola, graduates offer a glimpse of a promising future in a strife-torn region.

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    Class of '63 finally gets a ball that was denied to those who participated in the Children's March.

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    It seems that Michigan State had a hand in the athlete-artist's surprising career decision. 

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    Obama Calls Staffer Shot While Caught in Crossfire

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    Organizing for Action's Gregory Jackson and the president discussed his firsthand lesson about the importance of gun-violence prevention. 

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    Details of Malcolm Shabazz's Death Revealed

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    Update: The men who beat Malcolm Shabazz to death used a bat or stick during the attack.

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    Quote of the Day: Martin Luther King Jr.

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    The civil rights leader's thoughts on love, lynching and the law.

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    AP, IRS, Benghazi: How Can Americans Trust Obama?

    by Crystal Wright

    Writing at the Guardian, conservative blogger Crystal Wright weighs in on the various controversies swirling around the Obama administration and determines that Republicans -- and Americans in general, for that matter -- only want answers. 

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    Report: Evening Cable News Lacks Diversity

    by Jorge Rivas

    At ColorLines, Jorge Rivas looks at a report revealing a dramatic lack of diversity on evening cable news shows. He quotes a Latino leader who says this gives the impression that minorities are not making positive contributions to the country.

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    Cleveland: It's No Longer Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

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    Against the backdrop of the Cleveland kidnapping saga and the heroism of rescuer Charles Ramsey, Nikki Woods explores at BlackAmericaWeb.com how the concept of community, when everyone knew their neighbor, has been lost.

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    Kicked Off Plane for Singing 'I Will Always Love You'

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    A pilot stopped in Kansas City, Mo., on a flight from Los Angeles to New York after a passenger refused to stop singing the song made famous by Whitney Houston.

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    Angelina's Double Mastectomy: What Black Women Can Learn

    by Lynette Holloway

    A recent study found that African-American women not diagnosed with breast cancer were less likely than white women to get genetic testing for gene abnormalities, despite recommendations from their doctors.

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    by Lynette Holloway

    During a recent talk at Harvard, the former CNN anchor charged that whites are afraid to deal with the nation's black-white division. 

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