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Georgia Teens Celebrate First Integrated Prom - George Zimmerman waives right to immunity under Stand Your Ground law and Mississippi man is charged in ricin case tied to poisonous letters sent to President Obama. — Natelege Whaley Georgia teens of the Wilcox County High School finally got their wish. The school held its first integrated prom on April 27, after years of social segregation. Students hope to keep the trend going.  (Photo: nbcnews.com)

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Zimmerman Waives Right to Immunity Under Stand Your Ground - George Zimmerman said under oath at a Tuesday hearing that he will not seek immunity under the Stand Your Ground defense law before his June trial. His lawyers say he may seek immunity later. (Photo: Joe Burbank - Pool/Getty Images)

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Mississippi Man Charged in Ricin Case - James Dutschke of Mississippi appeared in court for charges of making and possessing ricin tied to recent poisonous letters sent to President Obama. (Photo: AP Photo/Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Thomas Wells, File)

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NYPD Whistleblower Harassed on Job - Officer Pedro Serrano testified in federal trial in March, challenging the NYPD's stop-and-frisk procedures and revealed that he was pressured to fulfill arrest quotas. Since then, Serrano found a rat sticker on his locker and was “harassed, micromanaged and eventually transferred to a different precinct and put on the overnight shift,” according to the Associated Press.(Photo: Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

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Lawyers Say Social Media Had Large Impact on Trayvon Martin Case - Lawyers from both sides of the Trayvon Martin case can agree on one thing: social media has had a large impact in the prosecution of George Zimmerman. "We didn't engage social media,” Benjamin Crump, Trayvon’s family lawyer said at a press banquet in Florida. "It's almost as if social media engaged us." (Photos from left: Kris Connor/Getty Images, Joe Burbank-Pool/Getty/Images)

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After Student Protest, Chicago Schools Return to Normal - In March, Chicago announced it would close 54 public schools. About 200 students protested, angry about the city’s plans. “Closing school has a negative effect on students and their families,” said Brian Stirgis, a 17-year-old senior at Paul Robeson High School who was a coordinator of the student protest.(Photo: Jonathan Hicks/BET)

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Angela Davis Lawyer Leo Branton Jr. Dies at 91 - Leo Branton Jr. is remembered for defending Angela Davis during her murder case in 1972 and also helped singer Nat King Cole to integrate a wealthy Los Angeles neighborhood. Branton died at the age of 91 on April 19 in Los Angeles.  (Photo: AP Photo/Robert W. Klein,File)

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Boston Marathon Bombing Released From Hospital - Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was released and transferred to a federal medical detention center in central Massachusetts, about 40 miles from Boston. He is charged with setting off two explosions that killed three people and injured close to 200 at the Boston Marathon earlier this month. (Photo: AP Photo/Federal Bureau of Investigation)

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Hadiya Pendleton’s Parents Create Foundation to Serve Youth - Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton and Nathaniel A. Pendleton Sr. lost their 15-year-old daughter, Hadiya Pendleton, to gun violence in a Chicago playground in January. In honor of her memory, the Pendletons have created the Hadiya Foundation to provide teenagers with opportunities to stay off of the streets.(photo: Jonathan Hicks/BET)

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Obama Consoles Families, Survivors of Texas Blast  - President Obama traveled to Texas to console victims and their families of the explosions at a fertilizer plant. "We're neighbors too. We're American too, we stand with you and we do not forget," he said. (Photo: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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House Votes to Give Four Little Girls Congressional Medals - Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Denise McNair were killed in the Birmingham, Alabama, Church Bombings in 1963. The House voted 420-0 last Wednesday to pass a measure that will bring them one step closer to honoring the “four little girls” with Congressional Gold medals.(Photo: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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Gun Violence Deaths on the Rise Among Youth - Gun violence has become a hot button issue in America and young people are losing their lives more often than ever because of it. Younger adults and children with gun injuries were 10 times more likely to die than their counterparts who came into the ER with other injuries, according to research by the University of Colorado. (photo: Getty Images)