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The Year in Review

Bring That Year Back: The Top News Stories of 2012

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FEMA Ask Hurricane Victims to Return Relief Money - The Federal Emergency Management Agency this week announced that it is seeking to recover more than $385 million — about $4,622 per recipient per recipient — it says was mistakenly paid to victims of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. Congressional testimony revealed FEMA workers made clerical errors and failed to properly interview applicants wanting to receive financial aid.—Britt Middleton(Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Bring That Week Back: Dec. 29

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Little Black Girls Are Still Missing

Police fear some of disappeared kids may never be found.
12/27/2011
Police Suspect Jahessye Shockley Was Murdered - On Dec. 21, Arizona police revealed that Jahessye Shockley, the five-year-old who has been missing since Oct. 11, had likely been killed and her body dumped in a trash can before her mother reported her missing. Authorities say the child’s mother, Jerice Hunter, is still the “No. 1 focus” in the little girl’s disappearance. They believe the child’s body may be in a landfill south of Phoenix(Photo: AP Photo)

Police Suspect Jahessye Shockley Was Murdered

Police say Jahessye’s mom is “No. 1 focus” in the case.
12/21/2011
Investigation Launched After Police Pepper Spray Occupy Protesters  - The president of the University of California college system plans to review law enforcement procedures on all 10 campuses after Occupy protesters were doused with pepper spray by campus police on Nov. 18. Two officers were placed on administrative leave in the incident.(Photo: AP Photo/The Enterprise, Wayne Tilcock)

Bring That Week Back: Nov. 22

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Mother of Jahessye Shockley arrested, Michelle Obama booed at NASCAR event and more. -   Police arrested Jerice Hunter, mother of Jahessye Shockley, on Nov. 21, on child abuse charges “directly related” to Jahessye and told reporters that there was now little hope the 5-year-old girl, who has been missing since Oct. 11, would be found alive.(Photo: AP Photo/Maricopa County Sheriffs Office)

Jahessye Shockley’s Mother Arrested on Child Abuse Charges

Police say there is little hope Jahessye is still alive.
11/22/2011

Jahessye Shockley Is Still Missing

Arizona police still have no leads in her disappearance.
11/15/2011

Update: Police Continue to Search for Jahessye Shockley

Five-year-old Arizona girl has been missing since Oct. 11.
11/02/2011
Police Suspect Jahessye Shockley Was Murdered - On Dec. 21, Arizona police revealed that Jahessye Shockley, the five-year-old who has been missing since Oct. 11, had likely been killed and her body dumped in a trash can before her mother reported her missing. Authorities say the child’s mother, Jerice Hunter, is still the “No. 1 focus” in the little girl’s disappearance. They believe the child’s body may be in a landfill south of Phoenix(Photo: AP Photo)

Grandma of Missing Girl Says Racism Hindering Investigation

Missing child's grandmother says racism is to blame.
10/23/2011
March for Jobs and Justice in Washington D.C. - In an effort to reflect their disapproval of the lack of jobs, hundreds of people marched from the Washington monument to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on Saturday in a rally and march headed by Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network and other civil rights organizations.(Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESSAP)

Bring That Week Back: Oct. 18

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Police Suspect Jahessye Shockley Was Murdered - On Dec. 21, Arizona police revealed that Jahessye Shockley, the five-year-old who has been missing since Oct. 11, had likely been killed and her body dumped in a trash can before her mother reported her missing. Authorities say the child’s mother, Jerice Hunter, is still the “No. 1 focus” in the little girl’s disappearance. They believe the child’s body may be in a landfill south of Phoenix(Photo: AP Photo)

Have You Seen Jahessye Shockley?

The 5-year-old has been missing since last Tuesday.
10/17/2011