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• Alexander gets 20 years in failed ‘Stand Your Ground’ defense
• Trayvon mom: Reexamine ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws
• Black churches conflicted on Obama’s gay marriage decision
• Newsweek’s next cover: President Obama ‘First Gay President’
• Some Black voters ‘agree to disagree’ with Obama on gays
• Trustees consider fate of Florida A&M’s marching band
• CARE lawyer: Niger felt like ‘Hunger Games’ on steroids
• President Obama seeks to undercut Romney’s record on jobs
• Illinois congressman wants more Black contractors hired
• Whitney Houston’s daughter stars in reality TV series
• Inside Nigeria’s bridal boom
• Two arrested in Stevie Wonder extortion plot
• Jury convicts man of murdering Jennifer Hudson’s family

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• President Obama fundraiser at Clooney’s home nets $15M
• Biden apologizes to President Obama for marriage controversy
• Sources: Robin Roberts feared Obama interview would out her
• President Obama criticizes Romney as ‘backwards on equality’
• West: Obama may lose African American votes over gay marriage
• US Blacks seen backing Obama despite gay marriage stance
• Rev. Jesse Jackson likens gay marriage push to fight over slavery
• FAMU’s band director steps down amid hazing death controversy
• Study: Teachers give Black and Latino students less feedback
• Why African Americans shouldn’t ignore skin cancer
• Claims deadline looms for African American farmers
• Black Caucus rejects GOP proposal to ease Voting Rights Act
• GOP candidate hosts cross burning event

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• President Obama interview on same-sex marriage to air
• Gay marriage support: President Obama’s most courageous move
• NAACP seeks 1 million new teen voters
• Hudson family slayings trial goes to jury
• Charles Taylor fights 80 year sentence
• Africa’s two female presidents join forces for women
• NYTimes ‘Black Women And Fat’ writer responds to critics
• New Black Panthers: Noisy but small
• Whitney Houston’s mother releases new gospel songs
• Haitian mothers and the meaning of rain
• Niger is worst place to be a mother: study
• New Sanford, Fla., police chief aims to ease racial tensions
• Dems target ‘Stand Your Ground’ states

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• President Obama leads Romney, helped by independents
• President Obama close to maxing out Hispanic support
• New parliament debate opens on South African secrecy bill
• African-Americans increase their purchasing power in Georgia
• Florida white supremacists allegedly planned ‘race war’
• George Zimmerman waives right to speedy trial
• Jordan may hire old rival for coaching job
• Haiti’s rebranding itself as tourism destination
• Deion Sanders gets custody, Pilar gets restraining order
• Eddie Levert: ‘Every girl is not a freak’
• Cornell suspends fraternity over racial insults
• Writer fired for calling Black studies ‘Victimization Claptrap’
• Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao could happen if…

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• Evoking Trayvon Martin, partiers throw bottles at Black students
• How much has first Black president changed race relations?
• World Bank concerned over Sudan, S. Sudan economies
• Obama campaign denies voter registration erosion
• Charles Barkley to Mitt: ‘You’re going down, bro’
• President Obama’s ‘to do’ list for Congress: jobs, mortgages
• Will Smith supports President Obama’s call for higher taxes
• West: Obama’s policies are ‘destroying the Black community’
• Nigerian state plays matchmaker to thousands of single women
• HIV crisis facing Black women in Metro Atlanta
• New novel ‘Home’ brings Toni Morrison back to Ohio
• Push for African American cinema bears fruit
• Tracy Morgan hospitalized; cancels Denver show

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• Four African leaders to attend G8 summit
• Attorney General Eric Holder: Detroit’s violence ‘unacceptable’
• Last of 11 charged in FAMU case turns herself in
• Hazing on campus: Laws drive hazing underground
• Obama campaign seeks to frame the narrative with new ads
• Twitter plays outsize role in 2012 campaign
• Black women continue making job gains
• ‘African women need a hand-up not a hand-out’
• Black farmers’ quest for justice draws to a close
• Will Smith on dealing with divorce rumors: ‘I’m indestructible!’
• Disabled African-American students face frequent suspensions
• What if George Zimmerman had been Black?
• Andre 3000 to shoot Jimi Hendrix biopic ‘All Is By My Side’

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• Clooney’s Obama fundraiser expected to collect record $12M
• President Obama leads Romney as campaigns converge on Virginia
• Source: Zimmerman says Trayvon circled his SUV, frightened him
• Sudan vows to end hostilities, South alleges bombing
• FAMU hazing suspects turning themselves in
• Prosecutor recommends 80 years for Charles Taylor
• Brazil pledges investment fund for Africa
• Michael Jackson dances again on one billion Pepsi cans
• Zimbabwe women cleared of ritual rapes
• N.C. Black pastor treads carefully on gay marriage
• Survey: Black women lack support after breast cancer
• Ivory Coast has its first all-women orchestra
• Beyonce wins journalism award

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• Battle begins between President Obama, Republican super PACs
• Romney makes fun of President Obama’s new slogan
• Bachmann: ‘He can’t beat Obama….not going to happen’
• Romney heckled at event: ‘You’re a racist!’
• Cornel West calls President Obama ‘A disastrous response’
• Nigerian Christian leader in ‘final’ warning over attacks
• Trayvon Martin’s social media posts may come up at trial
• Why the NRA wants the Trayvon Martin case to go away
• Haiti’s new ambassador to U.S. takes office
• Too many African-American babies born too soon
• NFL team signs paralyzed player
• Serena Williams’ unexpected dating decision
• Report: More African American homes using broadband

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• President Obama vows to ‘finish the job’ in Afghanistan
• Fire breaks out at Tyler Perry’s studios in Atlanta
• Several to face charges in death of FAMU drum major
• Gabrielle Jones wins $50K prize for her essay on bullying
• Entrepreneurial studies taking root at Historically Black Colleges
• Latifah to headline Gay Pride Festival
• Zimmerman’s crude Myspace page from 2005 uncovered
• Sanford, Florida picks interim police chief
• African Americans turn headlights on trafficking
• The double cost of Africa’s brain drain
• 22,000 were arrested for it, and it was perfectly legal
• Glee’s Amber Riley collapses on red carpet
• 10 reasons why Michelle Obama is a good mom

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• Task force meets to look at Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law
• Obama denies ‘excessive celebration’ of bin Laden anniversary
• Obama campaign’s latest ad targets Romney’s ‘Swiss bank account’
• In push for battleground states, Michelle Obama heads west
• Jesse Jackson speaks at church about importance of voting
• Judge releases Jennifer Hudson’s sister’s 911 call
• South African mother bears second set of triplets
• Black children less likely to get pain meds in ER
• Bobby Brown: ‘I’m not the reason Whitney Houston’s gone’
• Whitney Houston to be ‘encased’ In concrete to stop looters?
• The endless search for food in South Sudan
• Jay-Z designs NBA team’s new logo
• Toni Morrison to receive America’s highest civilian honor

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