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Nine dead after hate crime in historic S.C. black church
June 18, 2015The gunman stayed for nearly an hour at the prayer meeting Wednesday night before shooting the victims - six females and three males.
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Iraq says ISIS demolishes ruins to cover up looting operations
May 12, 2015Experts speculate that large pieces are destroyed for the benefit of the cameras, while more portable items are smuggled to dealers in Turkey.
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Patent Office cancels Washington’s disparaging trademark
June 18, 2014The group argued that the Redskins should lose their federal trademark protection based on a law that prohibits registered disparaging names.
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Ruby Dee, 91: Iconic actress, civil rights activist
June 12, 2014Ruby Dee, an acclaimed actress and civil rights activist whose versatile career spanned stage, radio television and film, has died at age 91.
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Author, poet, activist Maya Angelou dies at age 86
May 28, 2014Angelou, a Renaissance woman and cultural pioneer, died Wednesday morning at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, her son, Guy B. Johnson, said in a statement.
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Catastrophic destruction from floods in Balkans, landmines swept away
May 21, 2014Floodwaters triggered more than 3,000 landslides across the Balkans, laying waste to entire towns and villages and disturbing land mines leftover from the region's 1990s war.
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College athletes can unionize, NLRB says
March 27, 2014A federal agency said Wednesday that football players at Northwestern University can create the nation's first union of college athletes.
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Thousands in Washington protest government spying
October 28, 2013The march attracted protesters from both progressive and conservative groups in opposition to unlawful government spying on Americans.
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