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Harlem Businesses Ban Hoodies - Plus family and friends paid their respects to Vonderrit Myers at funeral Sunday. — Natelege Whaley (@Natelege_)Three businesses in Harlem consider you trespassing if you're wearing certain types of clothing. The owners posted signs that read, “Do not enter with Hoodie or mask. If so you are now trespassing.” Some residents told CBS News New York that they feel the rules are discriminating. But the owners feel the rules protect their stores from being robbed. “Sometimes they shoplift. If they have a mask I can’t recognize them,” Jose Abru said to CBS.(Photo: WLNY-TV, CBS 2 NY Local News)

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Vonderrit Myers Funeral Held Sunday - Dozens gathered Sunday at the Prince of Peace Missionary Church in Berkeley for the funeral for Vonderrit Myers, a St. Louis teen who was shot and killed by an off-duty cop on Oct. 8. Myers was struck six times. “It’s a little tough in America for those whose skin has been kissed by nature’s sun,” Pastor Willie E. Kilpatrick said as he delivered the eulogy for the teen, the St. Louis Dispatch reports.(Photo: Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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Man Publicly Shames Daughter for Lying About her Age - A man known as Kevin Jones has used public shaming to teach his 10-year-old daughter, Janiyah, a lesson. Jones posted Facebook photos of his daughter wearing a shirt showing her age after she apparently lied about her age and used several social media accounts, which is against all of his rules. "Heres the consequences behind her actions. An age defining shirt. Yes people she is 5'9 & 10 years old. #‎BuddiesBarrettesBallBalls‬," he wrote last week.     (Photo: Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images)

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Teacher Accused of Using Racial Slur When Speaking With Students - A substitute teacher has been banned from a Chicago suburb middle school for calling students the n-word during a class, NBC Chicago reports. Four Black eighth graders said the teacher called them African-American. However the students said they did not want to be called that because none of them were from Africa. The teacher responded and said, "Well, back then you guys would be considered a [N-word.]" The students said the teacher continued to repeat the word, leading them to report her to the school administrators.(Photo: NBC Chicago)

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Texas Student Loses Battle With Cancer - Days after a special early graduation event held in her honor, Lynzee Ford of Texas succumbed to her nine-month battle with leukemia. The 17-year-old received her diploma at the ceremony Oct. 20. Her classmates were planning to have an early prom for the senior in November. "The kids, they loved her and she loved them. She was the epitome of courage, strength; she loved life. God, this hurts! This is killing me, but I know she's in a better place," says relative Alice Hunt to KLTV. Funeral services are scheduled for Nov. 1. (Photo: KLTV, Texas Local News)

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Sister 2 Sister Magazine Files for Bankruptcy - Sister 2 Sister magazine, an entertainment magazine geared toward African-American women, has filed for bankruptcy and will focus on expanding its digital footprint, The Root reports. "The community does not want us to go away," publisher Jamie Foster Brown told The Root. The publication was founded in September 1988. (Photo: Sister 2 Sister Magazine)

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Massachusetts Man Wins Lottery Twice - Luck should be Kenneth J. Stokes’s middle name. The Massachusetts man won the lottery twice this month by playing the same numbers. He won two $25,000-a-year lottery tickets for 20 years. After taxes, his total payout is $546,000, because he chose the one-time payment option. He plans to put some of the money in a college fund for his daughter and to take his family on vacation, Good Morning America reports.(Photo: Mass State Lottery)