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Former Dictator’s Millions Might Go Back to Haiti - Switzerland has started legal proceedings to give return Haiti more than $6 million in assets back to Haiti from the frozen accounts of former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier. A new law, enacted in February, would prevent Duvalier and family members from reclaiming the $6.7 million (5.8 million Swiss francs) in assets that were frozen when he was ousted from power in 1986, the Associated Press reports. (Photo: AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Osama Bin Laden Killed - Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks was killed by U.S. On Sunday evening, the administration announced that 9/11 mastermind terrorist Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan by American forces in Pakistan. Americans across the country celebrated the death as security at U.S. embassies and public places in the U.S. was ramped up in preparation for possible retaliation attacks.(Photo: AP Photo/Al Jazeera, File)

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Kid Rock Honored by NAACP - Amid much controversy, musician Kid Rock  received the Great Expectations award at the Detroit branch of the NAACP’s 56th annual “Fight for Freedom Fund” dinner Sunday. During his acceptance speech Kid proclaimed his love for Detroit, America and Black people and pledged $100,000 in donations from his foundation. Protesters outside the dinner, though, criticized the civil rights organization for honoring the rocker, who has used the Confederate flag during live performances. (Photo: AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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HBCU LBGT Summit - On Friday, Atlanta’s Spelman College hosted a summit on lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgendered issues on HBCU campuses. The , the first-of-its-kind meeting focused on  one of its kind. The conference, titled “Facilitating Campus Climates of Pluralism, Inclusivity, and Progressive Change at HBCUs,” is the first of its kind. Participants came from nine HBCUs to attend several panel discussions throughout the day on campus about LGBT communities and ways to create a more open climate at school for those who have alternative lifestyles.(Photo: REUTERS/Bruno Domingos/Landov)

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Sanitation Strike Workers Honored - On Friday, Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis honored the 1,300 workers who took part in the historic 1968 Memphis sanitation strike, inducting the eight surviving members into the Labor Hall of Fame. Martin Luther King Jr. lent his support to the Memphis sanitation workers during the 1968 march for recognition of the right to bargain, job safety, better wages and benefits.(Photo: Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

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Pregnancy-Related Death Rates Up in Black Women - The percentage of women dying from pregnancy-related complications has increased significantly, and African-American, low-income and less-educated women are the most impacted, according to a recent report from the California Department of Public Health. The numbers seem relatively small—in 2008 there were 14 deaths to every 100,000 births, compared to 11 deaths in 2007 and 16.9 in 2006—but researchers say that the rates overall have been steadily increasing since 1999.(Photo: MIKE KITTRELL/The Press-Register /Landov)

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Royal Wedding - The most talked about and anticipated event of the year, the wedding of Prince William of Wales and Catherine “Kate” Middleton took place Friday morning at London’s Westminster Abbey. The bride’s dress was designed by Sarah Burton, creative designer for Alexander McQueen, and an estimated 2 billion people tuned in to watch the ceremony.(Photo: AP Photo/Gareth Fuller-pa)

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Oklahoma Republican: Blacks Don’t Work as Hard as Whites - While speaking in support of an Oklahoma bill banning affirmative action for government jobs, Sally Kern, a Republican state legislator said, stated, “"We have a high percentage of Blacks in prison, and that's tragic, but are they in prison just because they are Black or because they don't want to study as hard in school?” She continued, ““I've taught school, and I saw a lot of people of color who didn't study hard because they said the government would take care of them." She later has since apologized for her remarks.(Photo: AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Alabama Hit With Terrible Storms - Dozens of tornadoes spawned by a powerful storm system wiped out entire towns across a wide swath of the South last week, killing at least 328 people, 236 people of them in as of Tuesday in hardest hit Alabama and 328 people overall.(Photo: AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Gary Cosby Jr.)

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Carl Lewis Denied - On Thursday, a federal judge ruled that former Olympian Carl Lewis is not eligible to run for New Jersey state Senate because he doesn’t meet the four-year residency requirement. Dems argued that Lewis had a home in California because of his work, but should be allowed to run in New Jersey because he also has maintained homes there. He plans to appeal this ruling.On Wednesday, Aa federal appeals court in Philadelphia will hear Lewis’ appeal Wednesday.(Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

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Uncle Luke Only Raises $250 at Campaign Fund-Raiser - Former 2 Live Crew member turned mayoral candidate Luther Campbell only raised just $250 at a recent campaign fund-raiser, according to local station WPLF News 10. The former rap performer, who  had hoped to raise between $5,000 and $10,000, told the station his campaign isn’t about raising money, but bringing the city jobs.(Photo: Larry Marano/Retna Ltd.)

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Obama Releases Birth Certificate - Following months of public speculation about his U.S. citizenship from the likes of so-called “birthers ” and real estate mogul Donald Trump, the White House released the long form of President Obama’s birth certificate Wednesday. The president released the document because the whole issue had become a distraction, he sayssaid , and he hopes this the document will put an end to the “silliness” surrounding his place of birth.(Courtesy of the White House)

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Homeless Mom Could Be Jailed for Enrolling Son in School - A homeless Connecticut woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to stealing $15,686 in education expenses from taxpayers by allegedly using her babysitter’s address to enroll her 5-year-old son , A.J., into an elementary school in the Norwalk district. She could face up to 20 years in jail if found guilty. She is currently free on bond and the case has been continued until May 11.(Photo:Ap Photo/Stephanie Reitz)

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HBCU Students Mark “‘Denim Day”’ - On Wednesday, 3,500 of Black college students across the nation rocked some kind of denim in support of the third annual Denim Day at HBCUs, a campaign to raise awareness of sexual violence against women. Denim Day was started back in 1999 to protest the ruling of an Italian High Court that overturned a rape conviction because the victim was wearing tight jeans, a press release stated.(Photo:www.prnewswire.com)

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NFL Draft - Five days after a federal judge declared the NFL lockout was illegal, Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton was selected No. 1 in the NFL draft, as expected. The Auburn quarterback, here with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, was taken by the Carolina Panthers in the first round.(Photo: AP Photo/Stephen Chernin) 

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Michael Vick Blasts Dogfighting App - Eagles QB Michael Vick is speaking out against Android’s Dog Wars app, created by Kage Games, saying it glorifies the crime he spent time behind bars for. After all of the public outcry, the game was briefly taken off the market, last week only to return towards the end of the week under a different name as KG Dogfighting. The game is pretty much the same, although they included a few new points in the game’s description, including: “It is just A VIDEO GAME, and just because something is illegal in real life in certain countries, does not mean it is illegal to make a song, movie, or video game about it.” “I’ve come to learn the hard way that dogfighting is a dead-end street,” he said in a joint statement with the Humane Society. But an official from the company that created the app, Kage Games, says critics have it all wrong, adding that ...

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Morris Brown Might Get Some Debt Relief - Atlanta HBCU Morris Brown College is in negotiations with officials to pay just $500,000 of the $9.9 million the HBCU owes to the federal government. The debt is due to the school not refunding federal student aid for students who either dropped out or transferred. The move could be a step toward the school regaining accreditation, which it lost in 2003 due to wide-ranging financial problems.(AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Study: African-Americans More Willing to Spend What it Takes to Fight Cancer - African-Americans are more willing than whites to do whatever it takes financially to live longer after being diagnosed with lung or colorectal cancer, according to a study published today by the journal of the American Cancer Society. Researchers studied more than 4,214 newly diagnosed people and found that Blacks were the most willing to deplete their funds for treatment, with 80 percent saying they would use all their available funds. Seventy-two percent of Asians were willing to deplete their funds, as were 54 percent of whites and 69 percent of Hispanics.(Photo: Chicago Tribune/MCT/Landov)

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Study: Students Involved in Bullying Likely to Come from Violent Homes - After analyzing a Massachusetts study, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently found that middle-school victims of bullying were almost three more times likely to be physically abused at home; bullies themselves were 4.4 times more likely, and those who were both bullies and victims were 5.0 times more likely. The results were similar for high school students.(Photo: Dennis Brack/Landov)