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Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela! - On Monday, South African icon and former president Nelson Mandela celebrated his 93rd birthday with his family in his hometown of Qunu, which is about 600 miles south of Johannesburg. The United Nations also commemorated July 18 as Mandela Day, encouraging people around the world to use at least part of the day to volunteer for a good cause(Photo: AP Photo/Peter Morey Photographic-HO)

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Black Illinois Drivers More Likely to Be Stopped - New data shows that Black drivers are far more likely to have their cars searched than white drivers, even though whites are likelier to have contraband. "Officers just act out on their hunches," Illinois ACLU legal director Harvey Grossman told Fox Chicago, "and it's clear that a hunch which is not based on a specific standard is subjective."(Photo: Mike Brown/Landov)

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Former Olympian Carl Lewis' Candidacy in Jeopardy - Nine-time Olympic gold medalist turned New Jersey politician Carl Lewis continues to face problems in his campaign for a seat in that state's legislature. Republicans have challenged his bid, saying he doesn't meet the state's four-year residency requirement. (Photo: Manny Hernandez/PictureGroup)

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GOP Candidate: Americans Have the Right to Ban Mosques - Black Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's controversial remarks about Islam have made headlines again. In an interview on Fox News Sunday, Cain (who in the past said that he wouldn't appoint a Muslim to his administration or the federal bench if elected) said that communities have a right to ban mosques because Islam is not like other religions.(Photo: Reuters/Hyungwon Kang/LANDOV)

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GOP Candidate: Americans Have the Right to Ban Mosques - Black Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's controversial remarks about Islam have made headlines again. In an interview on Fox News Sunday, Cain (who in the past said that he wouldn't appoint a Muslim to his administration or the federal bench if elected) said that communities have a right to ban mosques because Islam is not like other religions.(Photo: Reuters/Hyungwon Kang/LANDOV)

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Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry's Son Is Facing Drug Charges - Marion Christopher Barry, son of former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, is currently facing a drug-dealing charge after police found PCP and marijuana in his apartment. Although the incident took place in late May, the single charge of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute was only first reported Wednesday by the Washington City Paper. He's reportedly working on a plea deal with prosecutors. (Photo: AP)

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Libyan Rebels Are Now Official - On Friday, the Obama administration, along with more than 30 other countries, officially recognized Libya's main opposition group as a legitimate government. The decision also declared the regime of longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi illegitimate and urged him and members of his family to leave. The move frees up more than $30 billion of the Gadhafi regime's frozen assets in American banks for use by the rebels.(Photo: AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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Shaq Inks Deals With TNT - Recently retired NBA player Shaquille O'Neal has signed a multiyear deal with Turner Sports to work as an analyst for network's NBA coverage. He's set to work alongside Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson to make the TNT studio show even more entertaining.(Photo: AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

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More of Mitrice Richardson's Remains Are Added to Her Grave - The family of Mitrice Richardson, the 24-year-old California woman who went missing in September 2009, had her exhumed from her final resting place Wednesday in order to include the rest of her remains that had been found since her initial internment. Richardson went missing after being released from the Lost Hills/Malibu police station in California around midnight. Her disappearance after her release sparked a long dispute between officials and Richardson's family.(Photo: People Magazine)

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Obama 2012 Raises $86 Million - President Obama's re-election campaign has raised a record-breaking $86 million, surpassing its targeted goal of $60 million and kind of making the 2012 GOP candidates' collective haul of $35 million look a little like chump change. The campaign reportedly aims to raise $1 billion or, at a minimum, match or exceed the $750 million that Obama raised in 2008, mostly from small donations made on the Internet. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Are Blacks Worse Off Under Obama? - Bard College professor Walter Russell Mead recently wrote a piece for The American Interest making the controversial claim that "the giant step forward" that America took by electing its first Black president in 2008, turned out to be "a giant step back for Black Americans." He points to factors such as the rise in unemployment in the Black community and said that the "elite" Blacks, like Obama, are out of touch with the lower and middle class Blacks, contributing to frustrations that could soon boil over. (Photo: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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HIV/AIDS-- Poverty Link Strongest in the South - A report conducted by USA Today found that nearly all U.S. counties that have high rates of HIV/AIDS cases are south of the Mason-Dixon line. The newspaper used data that was collected by Emory's Rollins School of Public Health that produced AIDSVu, the first effort to use state-of-the-art methods to map HIV infection rates by county.(Photo: Antony Njuguna/Reuters)

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Oprah to Become CEO of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network - Oprah Winfrey will become the chief executive officer and chief creative officer of her network OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, Discovery Communications announced Wednesday. "I am ready to dedicate my full creative energy and focus as the full-time CEO of OWN," said Winfrey.