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Monday, January 30, 2012

FAMU: Police investigate another suspected hazing

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida A&M University President James Ammons says campus police and the Tallahassee Police Department are investigating another suspected case of hazing.
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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Winfrey confident Obama will win re-election

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JAIPUR, India (AP) — Oprah Winfrey says she's confident that President Barack Obama will win another four-year term in the U.S. presidential election.
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Monday, January 16, 2012

First lady: More research on veterans medical care

by Zinie Chen
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday told military members and veterans that more medical schools are teaming up to boost training and research on brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Monday, January 16, 2012

Jackson to cross SC calling for social justice

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson says his civil rights organization will announce its plans to fight for social justice and against poverty at several stops across South Carolina next week.
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Monday, January 16, 2012

Hundreds mark MLK holiday outside SC capitol

by Jeffrey Collins
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Hundreds of people rallied Monday outside the South Carolina capitol to honor the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and protest the state's voter identification law.
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Monday, January 16, 2012

Obamas mark King's birthday with volunteer outing

by Julie Pace
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and his family are marking Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with a volunteer service project at a local school.
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Monday, January 16, 2012

King service includes criticism of Gingrich

by Errin Haines
ATLANTA (AP) — The pastor of the spiritual home of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. says GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is using insulting racial stereotypes to fire up Republican voters.
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Monday, January 16, 2012

2 NW Ind. black mayors say they learned from King

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GARY, Ind. (AP) — Two black mayors in northwestern Indiana are marking Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday this year by noting the impact the slain civil rights leader has had on their personal and political lives.
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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Muhammad Ali returning to Ky. for 70th birthday

by Bruce Schreiner
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Muhammad Ali is coming home to Louisville to celebrate another milestone — his 70th birthday.
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Saturday, January 7, 2012

Unemployment rate falls to 8.5 pct., hiring surges

by Christopher S. Rugaber
WASHINGTON (AP) — A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011.
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