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Whitney Houston Remembered at NJ Hometown Funeral - Grammy Award-winning singer Whitney Houston was laid to rest on Sunday, Feb. 19 and her funeral took place just one day prior. Big names including Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Bebe Winans, Stevie Wonder, Kevin Costner and more were in attendance to remember the star. (Photo: Associated PressAP)

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Black Boston Police Sue City - Last week nine African-American police supervisors sued the city of Boston claiming they and others on the force have failed to advance in their jobs because of a discriminatory multiple-choice exam.  (Photo: Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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Bus Company and Driver Sued in FAMU Hazing Death - The family of Robert Champion, a member of the Florida A&M marching band killed in a hazing incident, has sued the bus company that was involved in the death of the student, charging the bus driver with negligence.(Photo: AP/File)

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Report: Eighty-Seven Percent of NYPD Stop-and-Frisks Are Black and Latino - An overwhelming 87 percent of all people stopped and interrogated by the NYPD in 2011 were Black and Latino, says a New York Civil Liberties Union analysis of NYPD arrest data released last week. (Photo:  Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Pat Buchanan Dropped as MSNBC Commentator - MSNBC has dropped the conservative commentator and onetime presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, bowing to criticism that his latest book contains racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic sentiment.(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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House Ethics Panel Members Drop Out of Maxine Waters Case - Six of the 10 members of the House ethics committee said on Friday that they will no longer have a role in investigating Democrat Maxine Waters of California.(Photo: Toby Canham/Getty Images)

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Mugabe Vows to Stay in Power - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe celebrated his 88th birthday on Tuesday, February 21, and confirmed that he has no plans of stepping down from power.  (Photo: EPA/JASON SZENES /LANDOV)

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Last FEMA Trailer From Katrina Leaves New Orleans  - The last of the once more than 23,000 FEMA-issued trailers and mobile homes was removed from New Orleans last week. More than six years ago levees broke during Hurricane Katrina and caused the city to fill with floodwaters.(Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)