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Week In Review

Tom Joyner is off the air in Dallas

November 22, 2014

ABOVE PHOTO:  Tom Joyner Morning Show cast By David Schechter WFAA  DALLAS — Listeners who tuned in to hear the Tom Joyner Morning Show on K-Soul 94.5 got a big surprise Monday morning. Joyner was gone. “It’s not a small decision. It’s a huge decision,” explained Gary Spurgeon, general manager of Radio One in Dallas….

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Harvard and UNC sued over their admission policies

November 22, 2014

By Philip Marcelo Associated Press BOSTON — Lawsuits filed Monday against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill argue that affirmative action policies should be banned at colleges across the nation. The federal suits allege Harvard and UNC rely on race-based affirmative action policies that impact admissions of high-achieving white and…

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Forensics expert to testify at Ferguson grand jury

November 15, 2014

ABOVE PHOTO:  Marchers rally against racism after the shooting death of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. (Rena Schild / Shutterstock.com) By Jim Salter Associated Press ST. LOUIS — A private forensic pathologist who performed an autopsy on Michael Brown will testify before the grand jury deciding whether to charge the Ferguson police officer who shot him, the attorney…

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Court weighs role of race in Alabama redistricting

November 15, 2014

By Mark Sherman Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with a dispute over the use of race to redraw political districts that turns the usual arguments on their heads. The complicated case argued at the high court involves the use of a landmark voting rights law that led to the election of…

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Union workers, SEPTA reach tentative deal; strike averted

November 9, 2014

associated press Union negotiators and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority reached a tentative contact deal Friday night, averting the possibility of a strike. SEPTA Board Chairman Pat Deon said in a statement that the authority and Transport Workers Union Local 234 reached a two-year agreement. Deon says the tentative settlement “is due to the hard…

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Woman abducted in Philadelphia is home; man arrested

November 9, 2014

ABOVE PHOTO: Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, age 22, (insert) seen abducted by Surveillance footage in Germantown, PA.  (Philadelphia Police Department / MGN) By Natalie Pompilio Associated Press An abducted woman’s fighting spirit likely helped keep her alive until law enforcement agents rescued her and arrested her alleged captor, Philadelphia’s police commissioner said Thursday. “My understanding is, even after she…

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In Search of the Buckeye State

October 31, 2014

ABOVE PHOTO:  Unions who represent Septa employees led by Local president Willie Brown meet at Local 234’s Union Hall to derive a plan.  (Photo courtesy:TWULocal234) Right now, the two sides in the SEPTA labor dispute aren’t even in the same time zone.  The only way to avoid an Election Day walkout is to get them…

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Denver jury: Deputies used too much force in death

October 25, 2014

ABOVE PHOTO:  This undated photo provided by the Denver Department of Safety shows Marvin Booker, a homeless Denver street preacher. Jury selection gets underway Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, in the civil trial for five Denver sheriff’s deputies accused of causing the 2010 death of Booker in the downtown jail. Booker died after deputies shocked him…

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