Bring That Week Back: Cory Booker Begins Food Stamp Challenge
The Jovan Belcher tragedy, Obama's Black agenda and more.
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Bring That Week Back: Cory Booker Begins Food Stamp Challenge - Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher commits murder-suicide, FAMU wants its hazing death lawsuit dropped, plus more news headlines. – Dorkys Ramos Newark Mayor Cory Booker started his food stamp challenge this week. He and a Twitter follower will go one week on the monetary equivalent of food stamps. (Photo: AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Leaders Present Black Agenda for Obama - Leaders of four organizations in the African-American community met in Washington, D.C., on Monday to outline solutions that will benefit Blacks during President Obama's second term. Some of the public policies discussed included equal educational opportunities, eliminating health care disparities and improving their economic situations. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Jovan Belcher Commits Murder-Suicide - Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher fatally shot girlfriend Kasandra Perkins in their home on Saturday. Belcher then drove to Arrowhead Stadium to thank team officials before pulling the trigger on himself in the parking lot. The couple had a 3-month-old daughter. (Photo: Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
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Another Black Teen Killed in Florida - Michael Dunn, 45, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Jordan Davis, 17, in Florida. Dunn shot Davis after an argument over loud music in a Jacksonville parking lot. (Photos from left: Jordan Russell Davis/Facebook, AP Photo/Jacksonville Sheriff's Office)
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FAMU Wants Hazing Death Lawsuit Dismissed - Lawyers for Florida A&M University are asking that the lawsuit against the school for the death of Robert Champion Jr. be dropped. FAMU lawyers say the drum major was a willing participant in the ritual that led to his death in November 2011. (Photo: AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Detroit Halts Search for Police Chief - The city of Detroit has stopped its quest for former Police Chief Ralph Godbee Jr.'s replacement due to lack of funds. The search will cost approximately $68,000. (Photo: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
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Michigan Affirmative Action Ban on Hold - An end to the ban on affirmative action in Michigan schools was put on hold by a U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, stating the voter-approved ruling was unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court will now have to hear the appeal by the state's attorney general. (Photo: AP Photo/Free Press, Kathleen Galligan/file)
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Life Sentence for Bianca Jones' Dad - D’Andre Lane was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter, Bianca Jones. Lane and Jones' mother maintain that he did not kill his child, but Judge Vonda Evans ruled that Lane abused his child and used a fake carjacking-abduction story to cover up the murder. (Photo: AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Andre J. Jackson)