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After a disappointing eighth-place finish Wednesday in the 1,000-meter, U.S. Olympic speed skater Shani Davis tried to bounce back in the 1,500-meter race Saturday in Sochi. But the Chicago-born skater finished 11th, clocking 1:45.98, the Chicago Tribune reports. The 31-year-old did not win a medal in three races. He and other members of the U.S.…

A medical report disputes the claim of a Philadelphia student’s mother that one of the teen’s testicles was ruptured last month during an extreme pat down by a police officer, the Philadelphia Daily News reports. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said that the report does not support a claim that Darrin Manning, 16, was roughed…

Tommy Lee Sparta reportedly was serving up more than crazy dancehall beats and rude riddims. The popular Jamaican dancehall deejay was arrested Friday for his alleged involvement in a multimillion-dollar lottery scheme that targeted mostly elderly Americans, the Associated Press reports. Details are still emerging about the crime and the extent of it. And a…

Updated Feb. 15, 7:00 p.m.  The jury in the Michael Dunn murder trial, in the murder of Jordan Davis, is deadlocked on the charge of first degree murder and the lesser charges of second degree murder. The judge declared that charge of murder to be mistried.  Michael Dunn has been found guilty of attempted second-degree…

When Brent Thomas Posada ended up with a gunshot wound to his abdomen earlier this month, he thought it would be easy, well, to blame a black man, the Daily News reports. After police found the 34-year-old man at his Redding, Calif., home at 8:18 p.m. on Feb. 1, he told officers that he was…

When Brent Thomas Posada ended up with a gunshot wound to his abdomen earlier this month, he thought it would be easy, well, to blame a black man, the Daily News reports. After police found the 34-year-old wounded man at his Redding, Calif., home at 8:18 p.m. on Feb. 1, he told officers that he…

Investigators in Michigan thought they had a good lead when they received a tip that a woman resembling Teleka Patrick had been spotted at a Wal-Mart in Battle Creek, Mich., WZZM 13 reports. An employee reported seeing a woman who resembled Patrick near the store’s jewelry counter about 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, Kalamazoo County…

There are often plenty of things working against you in business, so when you have an advantage, you should take it. It never hurts to get a leg up in business, and minority certification could help. There are two things that certification can do for you: give you access to contract opportunities and give you…