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Carl Lewis Clears a Hurdle in State Senate Bid - The New Jersey Supreme Court declined to hear Carl Lewis’ claim that the state’s four-year residency requirement violates his constitutional right to run for state Senate.  Lewis, who wants to run for State Senate, is facing a challenge from Republicans who say he doesn’t fulfill the state’s four-year residency requirement.(Photo: Ron Tarver/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)

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Lakers Swept by Mavericks in NBA Playoffs - On Sunday, the Dallas Mavericks soundly defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 122-86 completing a four game sweep of the defending NBA champions. With the lopsided loss, Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson ends a stellar career with a record 11 titles.(Photo: AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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Turkey Hosts U.N. Forum on World's Poorest Nations - On Monday, the United Nations held a conference in Turkey to discuss ways they can help the world’s poorest countries. Poverty is being exacerbated by rising food and fuel prices, speakers said. The meeting listed 48 members on their “least-developed countries” list—33 are in Africa, 14 are in Asia and one, Haiti, is in the Americas.(Photo: AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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Obama Appears on “60 Minutes” - On Sunday, “60 Minutes” aired an interview with President Obama, who discussed the killing of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden. “As nervous as I was about this whole process, the one thing I didn't lose sleep over was the possibility of taking Bin Laden out,” Obama said during the interview.(Photo: AP Photos/CBS)

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Christina Norman Departs OWN - On Friday it was announced that Christina Norman would no longer serve as CEO of Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Network. Since its launch in January, the network has been struggling with ratings. For the interim, Norman will be replaced by Peter Liguori, who is currently COO of Discovery Communications. OWN is owned by both Winfrey and Discovery. (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Study: Not Enough Black Stroke Victims Call 911 - A new study reveals that African-Americans are less likely call 911 when faced with stroke symptoms. In the survey, funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, researchers found that almost half of respondents delayed seeking medical attention because they didn’t think the signs were serious and about 75 percent of respondents called a friend or family member before dialing 911.(Photo: REUTERS/Christinne Muschi /Landov)

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Black Unemployment Rose in April - The Black unemployment rate rose to 16.1 percent last month, up from 15.5 percent in March, according to the latest figures. The number is double the unemployment rate for whites, which is 8 percent. The nation’s overall jobless figures rose slightly to 9 percent.(Photo: AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

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Rally Held for Teen Allegedly Beaten by Officers - On Friday, more than 100 people rallied outside of the Pittsburgh City-County Building in protest of the Justice Department’s decision not to charge three city officers involved in the brutal 2010 beating of teenager Jordan Miles. On Wednesday, the department said there wasn’t enough evidence to charge the officers with violating Miles’ rights; Thursday the police announced that three of the officers would be reinstated. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

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Black Woman Could Be Next Mayor of Gary, Indiana - Earlier last week, former city judge and Indiana attorney general Karen Freeman-Wilson beat out nine candidates to become Gary, Indiana’s Democratic mayoral candidate. If she wins the election in November against her Republican challenger she’ll become the first woman to serve as mayor of the city.(Photo: Karen Freeman-Wilson)

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Study: Politicians Ignore Voters Based on Race - A new study by Yale University researchers Daniel Butler and David Broockman revealed that Black voters are ignored more often than whites. The results of the study indicate that white legislators from both parties exhibited discrimination against “Black” names, while minority politicians responded more to people with the “Black” names more often.(Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Obama Visits Ground Zero - On Thursday, President Obama paid tribute to the victims of the 9/11 attacks by laying a wreath at Ground Zero. It was his first trip to the site since his election. During his New York visit, Obama met privately with 9/11 families and first responders who helped in the rescue effort.(Photo:  AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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White House Won't Release Bin Laden Death Photo - Days after Osama bin Laden’s death was announced, the White House said the gruesome images of his body would not be released to the public. Such a move would put the lives of American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq in even more danger, Obama believes. Republicans disagree and want the image released as a warning to others that might seek to harm America.(Photo: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Photo By AP Photo/Markus Schreiber