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A New Direction for FAMU - A new direction for FAMU's marching band, gun target resembling President Obama pulled, plus more national headlines. — Britt Middleton Sylvester Young, a former music professor at Ohio University, was named Florida A&M University's new marching band director this week. The Marching 100 was suspended indefinitely following the 2011 hazing death of drum major Robert Champion. Its former director, Dr. Julian White, was later fired.  (Photo:  Florida A&M University)

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Neighbor Saves Three Women From Captivity - Thanks to the quick efforts of one Cleveland man, three women, who were held captive for nearly a decade, are finally free. Charles Ramsey told reporters kicked down the door of a neighboring home after seeing one woman frantically calling for help. Police say three kidnapping suspects are in custody. (Photo: AP Photo/Plain Dealer, Scott Shaw)

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Allegations of Racial Profiling Follow USC Party Bust - A police investigation is underway to decide whether Los Angeles Police used excessive force in responding to a noise complaint at a University of Southern California graduation party over the weekend. More than 75 officers raided the gathering, attended largely by Black and Latino students, and six people were arrested. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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Obama Rallies Ohio State Grads to "Dream Bigger" - At his May 5 commencement address, President Obama offered worlds of encouragement — as well as a challenge — to Ohio State University graduates. "It depends on you, as citizens, how big you want us to be, how badly you want to see these changes for the better," the president told the crowd of 10,000 students. (Photo: Matt Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Lauryn Hill on Lockdown - Songstress Lauryn Hill was sentenced to three months in jail on Monday for failing to pay income taxes on about $1.8 million in earnings. The 37-year-old pleaded guilty to three counts of tax evasion last year. (Photo:  Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)

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Zombie-in-Chief? - Last weekend, the National Rifle Association asked a vendor to remove a shooting target from its annual convention because it beared an uncanny resemblance to President Obama, BuzzFeed reported. The life-sized target, created by Zombie Industries, marries what appears to be Obama's facial features with ghoulish, green-tinged skin and bloody wounds. (Photo: Courtesy Zombie Industries)

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He's Back! - Three years after his failed bid for governor of New York, Jimmy "The Rent Is Too Damn High" McMillan is back on the political scene, recently announcing his run for New York City's 2013 mayoral seat. With a message as distinct as his mutton chops, McMillan made waves in 2010 after his YouTube rap anthem, "The Rent Is Too Damn High," went viral. (Photo: Audrey C. Tiernan-Pool/Getty Images

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Pepsi Co. and Weezy Are No More - PepsiCo has ceased its multi-million dollar contract with Lil Wayne, who was a spokesperson for Mountain Dew, following outcry over a controversial lyric in Future's track "Karate Chop," where Weezy suggests performing a sexually aggressive act against women that will amount to the brutality suffered by Emmitt Till, the Black teen murdered in Mississippi by white supremacists in 1955. (Photos from left: Wikicommons,Prince Williams/FilmMagic)

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Friend of Tsarnaev Makes Bail - Robel Phillipos, one of the three friends of Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev taken into police custody last week, posted bail on Monday. The two other suspects, Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, remain in custody. All three are accused of helping to cover up evidence tying Tsarnaev to the April 15 bombing. (Photo: CNN)

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Tragedy in San Mateo - Thirty-one-year-old bride-to-be Neriza Fojas and four friends gathered for her bachelorette party were tragically killed when the limo they were riding in caught fire as it crossed California's San Mateo-Hayward bridge last Saturday night. Police are still investigating what caused the blaze. (Photo:  AP Photo/Oakland Tribune-Bay Area News Group, Jane Tyska)

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Ja Rule Released From Custody - Ja Rule (real name Jeffrey Atkins) was released from federal prison in upstate New York on Tuesday and will remain on home confinement until his sentence officially ends on July 28, TMZ reported. The "Between Me and You" rapper was serving a two year and a 28-month sentence for illegal gun possession and tax evasion. (Photo: AP)