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Hurricane Sandy Lashes the East Coast - Hurricane Sandy devastates the East Coast, California man cited for hanging Obama in effigy for Halloween stunt, Obama speaks out about Chicago's gun violence, plus more. – Britt Middleton Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jersey Monday night with 80 mph winds and killed at least 29 people and cut power to more than 7.4 million homes and business from the Carolinas to Ohio.(Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

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Blacks Still Face High Level of Racism - It is sad to say, but people still don’t like African-Americans. Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since Obama was elected president, an Associated Press poll found. In all, 51 percent of Americans now express explicit anti-black attitudes, compared with 48 percent in a similar 2008 survey. (Photo: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Secret Service Cites Man Who Hanged Obama Effigy  - A California man who hanged President Obama in effigy as a Halloween decoration was hoping it would be a hit with trick-or-treaters, but instead got a visit from the Secret Service last week. Eddie Million said he thought it would make for a "spooky" addition to the zombies and headstones he set up in his yard for the occasion. (Photo: Courtesy New York Daily News)

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Was Michael Darby’s Death a Hate Crime? - Was Michael Luke “Boulon” Darby killed because he had Black friends? The FBI may investigate Darby’s death as a hate crime because he was killed by three white guys who harassed him as he was leaving a bar in Louisiana with two Black friends, reports the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate crimes. (Photo: via eunicetoday.com)   

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Volunteer Killed at Atlanta Mega Church - A volunteer was shot and killed last week by a former church employee as he lead prayer service at the World Changers Church, the congregation led by Rev. Creflo Dollar, in Atlanta. According to police, the suspected shooter, Floyd Palmer, was also charged in a mosque shooting in 2001 and had been previously committed into a psychiatric hospital. (Photo: Yahoo News)

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Teacher Suspended After Criticizing Students on Facebook - Tameka Gatewood, a kindergarten teacher from Memphis, has been suspended without pay after posting messages about two of her students on Facebook. "The girl in my class hair is nappy almost every day and the boy wears dirty clothes, face nasty and can’t even read," Gatewood wrote, in addition to messages that suggested using guns against unruly children. (Photo: newsone.com)

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No Gag Order for Zimmerman's Lawyer - A Florida judge last week denied the state's request for a gag order for George Zimmerman's lawyer, Mark O' Mara. Prosecutors argued O'Mara was using social media and a website to sway possible jurors.   (Photo: REUTERS/George Skene/Pool/LANDOV)

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Texas Moves to Defund Planned Parenthood - Planned Parenthood in Texas lost its most recent court appeal to receive state funding for abortions under the Texas Women's Health Program, which provides about 130,000 low-income women with health screenings among other services. Planned Parenthood previously sued the state after the passing of a law forcing clinics to certify they would not perform abortions. (Photo: Planned Parenthood)

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Obama Speaks Out About Chicago Violence - In an interview with MTV, President Obama revealed how gun violence in Chicago's South Side neighborhood has affected him personally, stressing the need for tighter regulations to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. This week, Chicago recorded its 436th homicide of 2012 — matching the total number of killings for all of 2011. (Photo: Courtesy MTV News)