Bring That Week Back: Mississippi Officially Ratifies Anti-Slavery Law
A pro-Dorner rally, Jesse Jackson Jr.'s fate and other news.
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Bring That Week Back: Mississippi Officially Ratifies Anti-Slavery Law - A pro-Dorner rally, a gun bill named after Pendleton, Jesse Jackson's fate, and other news headlines. --Dorkys Ramos Mississippi has officially ratified the 13th Amendment of the Constitution that banned slavery in 1865, making it the final state to do so. The state approved the amendment in 1995, but because it was never sent to the Office of Federal Register, it wasn't official until now. (Photo: WikiCommons)
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Pro-Dorner Protestors Rally at LAPD HQ - Dozens gathered in front of the Los Angeles police headquarters Saturday to protest the LAPD's tactics saying they believe Christopher Dorner was right to call the department out as racist. They also disagreed with the manhunt that led to the former officer's death. (Photo: REUTERS/Alex Gallardo)
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Students to Apologize for Racist Costumes - Highland Hills Middle School students will apologize for wearing racist costumes to a basketball game against Parkview Middle School. Several students wore Black masks, a gorilla mask and a mask of President Obama. (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)
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NJ Assemblyman in Hot Water Over Facebook Likes - Jersey City Assemblyman Charles Mainor has had to defend the pages he's liked on Facebook particularly one called "Big Booty Freaks," which contains photos of women with large rears, and another of fights caught on camera. Mainor denied liking the pages and said it's a smear tactic by opponents of his anti-gun measures. (Photo: Courtesy of Assembly Dems)
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New Gun Bill Planned to be Named After Hadiya Pendleton - Illinois senator Mark Kirk has asked the parents of late teen Hadiya Pendleton if an anti-illegal gun trafficking law could be named after the 15-year-old. Pendleton was shot and killed in Chicago in January after two young men fired at Pendleton and a group of friends mistaking them for a rival gang. (Photo: Hadiya Pendleton/Facebook)
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Jesse Jackson Jr. Could Receive 57-Month Prison Sentence - Former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is awaiting sentencing, but could serve more than three years in prison for conspiracy and fraud charges. Jackson Jr. and his wife, former Chicago alderman Sandi Jackson, who's been charged with filing false joint tax returns, are both planning to plead guilty to charges. (Photo: REUTERS/Mitch Dumke)
