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Detroit Residents Want to Turn Malcolm X’s House Into Landmark - A high school in Pennsylvania cancels a Trayvon Martin-themed day after parents complain; Georgia police kill diabetic man after family calls for a paramedic, plus more news. —Natelege Whaley A group of suburban Detroit residents known as Project: WE Hope, Dream and Believe are leading the effort to get the former 1950s home of Malcolm X restored and designated as a historic landmark. The organization hopes to house memorabilia and have the property opened for tours.(Photo: Terry Disney/Getty Images)

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High School Cancels Trayvon Martin-Themed Day - After receiving numerous complaints from parents, Carrick High School in Pittsburgh canceled its Trayvon Martin-theme day during the school’s homecoming week. The students wanted to wear hoodies to commemorate Martin, who was killed in February 2012. (Photo: courtesy KDKA/ CBS Pittsburgh)

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Degrees at-Risk for Students Taking Fraudulent Courses - Forty-six students and alumni at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill are at risk of losing their degrees after taking fraudulent courses in the African and Afro-American studies department between 1997 and 2009. They are being asked to take a special make-up course, sit for an exam or to present prior work to be evaluated by faculty. (Photo: Shawn Rocco/Landov/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT)

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Photo of Memphis Halloween Attraction Deemed Racially Offensive - A photo posted to Instagram of a popular Halloween attraction in Memphis has sparked controversy for being racially offensive. In the photo, an executioner stands next to a young man in Black face hanging from a noose. The owner of the annual event says it is a “medieval scene out in a corn maze” and described the black makeup as a camouflage in place of a mask. (Photo: Instagram via WMCTV)

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Black Cowboys Celebrate 39 Years in Oakland - The Oakland Black Cowboy Association held their 39th annual parade and festival on Saturday. More than a dozen riders participated in carrying on family traditions of the riders’ predecessors. (Photo: Mario Villafuerte/Getty Images)

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Parents Protest Chuck E. Cheese for Violating Rights of Special Needs Child - Mark Eschoe of Atlanta took his daughter Marley, 9, to a Chuck E. Cheese party for special needs children. Eschoe asked the supervisor for permission to use the women’s room and she rudely told him no. ”I don’t care if she’s special needs,” he recalled her saying. “I’m not going to treat her any differently than I do my other patrons.” The men’s room was busy at the time. (Photo: Chuck E. Cheese's)

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NYPD Searching for Autistic Teen - Avonte Oquendo, 14, of New York City has been missing since Friday. The teen, who has autism and who cannot verbally communicate, was last seen on a surveillance video running away from his Long Island City school. Oquendo is 5-feet three-inches tall and weighs 125 pounds. He was wearing a gray-striped shirt, black jeans and black sneakers when he was last seen. Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.(Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

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Four Bikers Charged in Attack on SUV Driver - Robert Sims, 35, Reggie Chance, 37, Christopher Cruz, 28, Craig Wright, 29, are four motorcycle bikers who have been charged in attacking a driver of an SUV on Sept. 29 in New York City. Alexian Lien bumped into biker Christopher Cruz, who swerved in front of Lien’s car and stopped. Other bikers surrounded his SUV. Lien then ran over Edwin Mieses Jr., whose spine and legs were broken.(Photo: David Karp/AP Photo)

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Black Waitress Gets $10,000 After Being Called N-Word - Toni Jenkins, a waitress from Tennessee who received the n-word on her tip receipt last month has received $10,000 from a fund called “Tips for Toni.” A California man created an online fundraiser in which people donated after the story went viral. (Photo: Facebook via Toni Christina Jenkins)