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Father of Murdered High School Football Star Is Charged
Fox Sports is reporting that Andre Muller, the father of Isayah Muller, a high school football star killed in the Bronx, N.Y., just hours after his graduation, was the “aggressor” in a fight with parking attendants that led to the 19-year-old’s death. “What a tragedy. [The father Andre] Muller was the aggressor,” police Commissioner Ray…
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Women Answer Qaddafi's Call for Volunteers
CNN is reporting that embattled Libyan dictator Col. Muammar Qaddafi is calling for new volunteers to fight against rebels attempting to bring about an end to his 42-year rule — and women of all ages are responding to the call. Women from in and around Qaddafi’s stronghold of Tripoli have been traveling south to a training facility…
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Obama's Health Care Law Clears Federal Hurdle
The Associated Press is reporting that President Obama’s health care law has cleared a federal appeals hurdle. In the first ruling by a federal appeals court on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, a panel in Cincinnati affirmed Wednesday that Congress can require Americans to have minimum insurance coverage. A conservative law center had challenged the…
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Rhode Island: Civil Unions Law Passes
The Associated Press is reporting that Rhode Island has passed a civil unions bill, which Gov. Lincoln Chafee’s office says he intends to sign into law. State senators voted 21-16 to endorse the bill, about two hours after it was voted out of committee. The legislation, which has already passed the state House, allows gay couples…
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Blago Conviction Could Mean Jesse Jackson Jr. Probe
TPM is reporting that former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s recent conviction on 17 of 20 corruption charges might mean the House Ethics Committee probe into allegations against Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) could get under way soon. Ryan J. Reilly reports that in November, the House Ethics Committee deferred taking any action in the Jackson matter at the request…
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Milwaukee: 34 Percent of Black Men Unemployed
News One is reporting that 34 percent of African-American males in Milwaukee are unemployed. The loss of jobs in the manufacturing sector is the main reason. Close to 56,000 jobs were lost in the city during the recession, many of them in manufacturing. A key source of jobs for African-American male high school graduates has…
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Senegalese Activists: President's Son Must Resign
Yahoo News is reporting that activists in Senegal are vowing to keep up their protests unless the president’s son resigns from his government position. Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has been in power for more than a decade, and critics fear thathe is trying to pave the way for his son Karim to succeed him. After protests in the…
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Lawsuit Alleges Oscar Grant Received Inadequate Treatment
Colorlines is reporting that Sean Gillis, an Oakland Fire Department employee, has filed a lawsuit claiming that medics provided inadequate treatment to Oscar Grant after he was shot by a police officer in 2009. Gillis, who has long been embroiled in a dispute with the OFD, accuses his superiors of racism, sexism, and cronyism in the…
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Lawsuit Alleges Oscar Grant Received Inadequate Treatment
ColorLines is reporting that Sean Gillis, an employee of the Oakland Fire Department in California, has filed a lawsuit claiming that medics provided inadequate treatment to Oscar Grant after he was shot by a police officer in 2009. Gillis, who has long been embroiled in a dispute with the OFD, accuses his superiors of racism, sexism…
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