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Boy Says Parents Forced Him to Do Extreme Exercises - Picture of Black boy in monkey tee causes outrage, plus more national news. – Natelege Whaley (@Natelege_) Charlie Bothuell V, 12, who was found locked in his father's basement, said he was forced to do strenuous exercise by his parents, such as 100 push-ups, 200 sit-ups and 100 jumping jacks. If he did not complete the work-out, he would be have to repeat the routine again, according to court documents. His parents have not been charged in the case. (Photo: AP Photo/Courtesy Detroit Police Department)

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Mother Who Abandoned Baby 'Needs Help' Family Says - The family of Frankea Dabbs who abandoned her baby girl on a subway platform at the Columbus Circle station, says she "needs help." After a court hearing Tuesday she lashed out at Jay Z. "“Tell Shawn Corey Carter that I said ‘F--- him. Piece of s---.’," she said according to the NY Daily News. She then entered a train alone. Dabbs is charged with a felony. She is on the run from North Carolina, after being evicted from her stepdad's home last week.  (Photo: AP Photo/NYPD)

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Picture of Black Boy in Monkey Tee Causes Outrage - Just Add a Kidd clothing is under fire for a pairing a picture of a Black child with one of their tee-shirts that have a monkey design. The company released a statement following the uproar stating the “inappropriate picture” was not “authorized, condoned or tolerated by our company.”(Photo: Erykah Badon't via Twitter)

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University Removes Confederate Flags - Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, removed Confederate flags from their campus, after 12 Black law school students demanded they be taken down this past spring. The students also demanded that the school apologize for its role in slavery. (Photo: Stephanie Gross for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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2-Year-Old Amputee Takes First Steps - Kayden, 2, is inspiring people on the internet as a video of the boy whose right and left foot was amputated, took his first steps by himself. "I got it! I got it!" the boy yelled as he moved his feet. Kayden was born with omphalocele, which left his intestines, liver and bladder defected. (Photo: Nikki Sessoms via YouTube.com)

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Brooklyn D.A. Proposes to Limit Marijuana Prosecutions - Kenneth P. Thompson, the Brooklyn district attorney, will not prosecute people who are charged with possessing small amounts of marijuana, a policy proposal sent to the NYPD states. The new policy may help to combat the disparity that Black people are nine times as likely to be arrested for possessing marijuana than white people in Brooklyn and Manhattan. (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)

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Man Charged in Murder of Missing 12-Year-Old Girl - John Celestine is charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Talaija Dorsey, 12. The man is the fiancé of Talaija’s mother. The girl was reported missing Tuesday in St. James Parish, Louisiana. The Sheriff found the girl’s body Sunday in grass near a cane field.  (Photo: Law Enforcement/St James Parrish Sherriffs Office, LA)

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Ford Donating $1 Million to African-American Museum - The Smithsonian Museum of African-American Culture just received another huge offer of monetary support. The Ford Motor Co. said it will donate $1 million to the cultural institution that is set to open its doors on the National Mall in 2016. (Photos from Left: Ford Motor Company, Smithsonian Institute)

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Minneapolis Bar’s Dress Code Called ‘Racist’ - "It's the new Jim Crow being enforced in a colorblind way," Michelle Horovitz, told Fox 9 News. Bar Louie, located in Uptown Minneapolis, Minnesota, is rubbing some the wrong way with a sign that lists several items of clothing as banned from their establishment. Flat-billed hats, large chains, sleeveless under shirts and excessively baggy clothing are mentioned. "You might as well say, 'No black folks allowed," she continued. (Photo: KMSP/Fox 9 Minnesota)

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Chicago Gun Violence: 11 Dead, 60 Wounded - Gun violence in Chicago this past Independence Day weekend left 11 people dead and 60 people wounded from Thursday evening through Monday morning. Mayor Rahm Emanuel is calling the number of shootings "simply unacceptable." (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Newspaper Uses N-Bomb Headline for Op-Ed About Obama - Page 15 of the WestView News, a hyper-local New York City newspaper, has the shocking headline that reads, "The N----r in the White House." Ironically, the piece is a pro-Obama op-ed by writer James Collier, who was criticizing racism against Obama from far-right Conservatives.  (Photo: Pix 11/New York)

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Family of Woman Beaten by Highway Police Wants Justice - The family of a woman who was beaten repeatedly by a California Highway Patrol officer wants authorities held accountable for harming the “great-grandmother.” Her loved ones have not released her name or age. A video that shows the officer pinning the woman down and another officer eventually cuffing her hands along Interstate 10 west near downtown Los Angeles recently surfaced.  (Photo: David Diaz/AP Photo)