Bring That Week Back: Week of Aug. 16
“Wire” star pleads guilty, Obama kicks off bus tour, more.
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Black GOP Candidate Still Thinks He Can Win - Despite his fifth-place showing in last weekend's Ames straw poll, Herman Cain remains optimistic about his chances to win the Republican presidential nomination. The former Godfather's Pizza chief executive received just nine percent of the votes. First-place winner Rep. Michele Bachmann won the poll with 29 percent.(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Obama Starts Midwest Bus Tour - President Obama began a three-day bus tour of the Midwest on Monday following the news of his lowest poll numbers ever. According to Gallup poll findings, his approval rating dropped to 40 percent from Aug. 8 -- 14 and during that period, hit a low of 39 percent for Aug. 11 -- 13.(Photo: AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Atlanta Church Saves Morris Brown With Donation - On Sunday the Cascade United Methodist Church of Atlanta handed over a $22,000 check to Morris Brown College, helping the school eliminate its hefty debt to the U.S. Department of Education. "We are truly, truly blessed that you have embraced us in this campaign," Morris Brown President Stanley Pritchett said. "[The check] helps us to insure that the future is stable for Morris Brown Colored College and all of our HBCU institutions."(Photo: AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Researchers Find Links to High Fibroids Risk in Black Women - Poor diet, obesity and the use of contraception may contribute to why Black women are three times more likely to experience uterine fibroids, according to research from the National Institute of Environmental Health Services.
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Chicago to Study Disparities in Black Communities - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn approved a new commission that will study social and economic issues including health services, employment and education in Black communities in Chicago. The group will make recommendations to reduce social and economic inequalities. "We know that disparities exist within the African-American community, preventing some from achieving their full potential," Quinn said in a statement.
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NYC Mandates Sex Education for Public School Students - This week, Mayor Bloomberg's office announced that starting the 2011 -- 2012 school year, for the first time in almost 20 years, all public school students in middle and high schools will be required to receive comprehensive sex education. There will also be a special focus on educating African-American and Latino boys to address the rising HIV and STI rates among young men of color in the city.(Photo: Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
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NFL Pre-Season Kicks Off - Months after they were locked out, NFL players from across the league returned to the field Thursday for pre-season games. The lockout did claim one casualty though-- the official preseason kickoff was supposed to be Sunday's Hall of Fame game between the St. Louis Rams and Chicago Bears, but the game was cancelled due to the work stoppage.
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Black Ohio Serial Killer Sentenced to Death - Anthony Sowell will die by lethal injection for murdering 11 African-American women and dumping their bodies around his property, Judge Dick Ambrose ruled Friday. Police say that Sowell lured women to his home with the promise of alcohol or drugs. The women, who started disappearing in 2007, were disposed of in garbage bags and plastic sheets.(Photo: AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Marvin Fong, Pool)
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First Black Fire Company to be Honored in D.C. - Cultural Tourism D.C. is set to honor a site of Fire Engine Company No. 4, Engine 4, the first all-Black firehouse in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 23. In 2006 Cultural Tourism D.C. first began the landmark-designating project that highlights notable places in local African-American history.(Photo: Larry Downing/Reuters/Landov)
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Ex- Atlanta School Official Says She Wishes She Would Have Seen Cheating Coming - The former superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools is speaking out in response to the cheating scandal in her former district. In a column posted on Wednesday in Education Week, an industry magazine for educators, Beverly Hall says that the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal is not the "whole" story and that she "deeply" regrets not doing more during her nearly 12 years in charge to prevent the cheating.(Photo: AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Connected to Premature Births in Black Women - By analyzing 839 women -- 41 percent were African-American -- from August 2005 to March 2008, researchers from the University of Michigan found that women with PTSD who suffered abuse during childhood were more likely to have premature babies and give birth to babies who weighed less. Babies born to women with PTSD weighed on average a half pound lighter than babies born to women who did not suffer from PTSD. They also found a strong connection between low birth weight and women who suffered from PTSD due to childhood abuse.(Photo: The Record/MCT/Landov)
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Report: Oregon Mandatory Laws Push Black Youth Behind Bars - According to a new report, an oversized number of Black youth are being pushed into Oregon's adult criminal justice system based on mandatory sentencing laws. The report, "Misguided Measures," was released by the Partnership for Safety and Justice and the Campaign for Youth and Justice, a Washington, D.C.-based group that advocates removing youth from the adult system.(Photo: Courtesy of the Partnership for Safety and Justice)
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Philly Mayor Scolds Philadelphia Youth Mobs - Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter gave a public verbal lashing to the so-called flash mobs taking over his city. "You have damaged your race," Nutter said in a speech from the pulpit of Mount Carmel Baptist Church in West Philadelphia on Sunday (Aug. 7) aimed toward Black youth involved in the recent violent attacks. In the mobs, random groups of teens have been attacking people on the streets of the city's tourist and fashion shopping districts.(Photo: David Maialetti/Philadelphia Daily News/MCT)