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Supreme Court Upholds Routine Jailhouse Strip Searches  - The United States Supreme Court, by a 5-4 vote, ruled last week that people arrested for a minor offense may be subjected to invasive strip searches, citing the need for security over privacy rights. In its ruling, the court rejected the case of Albert Florence, an African-American man who was arrested for an unpaid fine and was forced to undress and undergo a strip search in 2005. It was later revealed the fine had been paid.(Photo: AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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Seven Die in Oakland University Shooting - Last Tuesday, One Goh, a former nursing student at Oikos University, opened fire on campus and killed seven people. Police say Goh was targeting an administrator who had been involved in his financial dispute with the school. About 100 people, including California Congresswoman Barbara Lee, gathered Tuesday to pay tribute to the victims.(Photo: AP Photo/San Francisco Chronicle, Demian Bulwa)   

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Appeals Court Upholds California’s Affirmative Action Ban  - A federal appeals court upheld California’s affirmative action ban on the use of race, ethnicity and gender in public college and university admissions on Monday. The ruling marks the second time the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the state’s landmark voter initiative supporting Affirmative Action, Proposition 209, which was passed in 1996.(Photo: Kristopher Skinner/Contra Costa Times/MCT/Landov)

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Students Angry Over Pricey Courses Pepper-Sprayed  - On Tuesday night, dozens of student protesters were pepper-sprayed by police at Santa Monica College in California. The students were outraged the college was trying to implement a plan that would let students who did not get into a needed, high-demand course to take the class anyway, but only if they paid hundreds of dollars more.(Photo: AP Photo/Courtesy David Steinman)

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Bobbi Kristina Wants to Star in Whitney Houston Biopic - On Monday, sources close to Bobbi Kristina told TMZ.com the 19-year-old daughter of the late Whitney Houston believes she’s the only real choice to star in a biopic film about her mother. (Photo: Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)

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Business Leader Alvin Boutte Sr. Dies - Alvin Boutte Sr., the co-founder of the nation’s largest Black-owned bank, died Sunday. He was 82. Boutte led Independence Bank in Chicago, which issued loans to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s to help keep the civil rights movement alive.(Photo: Chicago Sun-Times)

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Officers Sentenced in Katrina Killings Case  - Five former New Orleans police officers were sentenced to prison terms ranging from six to 65 years on Wednesday for their roles in the deadly shootings of unarmed residents on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina.A federal jury convicted the officers in August of civil-rights violations in the shootings on the Danziger Bridge and a coverup.(Photo: AP/The Times-Picayune, Michael DeMocker)

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CNN Correspondent Apologizes for On-Air Racial Slur - CNN correspondent Susan Candiotti apologized for uttering the words "f-----g n----r" in a live broadcast earlier this week.(Photo: CNN)

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CBS’s Mike Wallace Dies - Famed 60 Minutes journalist Mike Wallace was one of the few news reporters who interviewed both Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He died Saturday at age 93.(Photo: CBS/Peter Freed/Landov)

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Pioneering Journalist Gil Noble Dies  - Journalist Gil Noble, the host of the public affairs program Like It Is, died Thursday after a long illness. He was 80. Noble was a nationally recognized journalist whose work has been part of the struggle of African-Americans for advancement.(Photo: Getty Images)

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March Jobs Report Less Optimistic Than Anticipated  - The jobs report released by the Labor Department on Friday showed that hiring slowed in March, although there was a slight decline in unemployment levels. The African-American unemployment rate was 14.0 percent, from 14.1 percent in February. The overall unemployment rate was 8.2 percent.(Photo: EPA/ERIK S. LESSER/Landov)

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Tulsa Shootings Appear to Be Racially Motivated - Authorities in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have charged Jake England (left), 19, and Alvin Watts, 32, with three counts of first-degree murder for a shooting rampage targeting African-Americans that left three Black men dead and two others wounded last week. In their first appearance in court Monday, Watts and England were also charged with two counts of shooting with the intent to kill and one count of possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. A judge set their bond at more than $10 million each.(Photo: AP Photo/Tulsa Police Department via Tulsa World)

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George Zimmerman's Lawyers Withdraw from Case & Other Trayvon-Affiliated News - Lawyers for George Zimmerman, the shooter of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, withdrew from the case Tuesday, saying they had lost contact with their client. It was learned Florida Special Prosecutor Angela Corey had decided not to use a grand jury in the Trayvon case and that the decision “should not be considered a factor in the final determination of the case.”Zimmerman’s family launched a website to help with legal fees last week and to raise money to pay for his living expenses. The official site displays two images, including one of vandalism on the wall of Ohio State University’s Black Cultural Center that reads “Long Live George Zimmerman.” The other image was created by supporters of Koran-burning pastor Terry Jones, which reads “Justice for Zimmerman.” (Photo: therealgeorgezimmerman.com)