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One on One with Obama Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett
Category: National Written by Atlanta Daily World
VALERIE JARRETT
by Kenya King
ATLANTA--To this day, the remembrance of an oral argument in law school gives her a ghastly uneasiness. But now she finds a way to joke about her abysmal experience and how she ultimately overcame her fear of public speaking. After all, it is the reason she didn't become a litigator and instead began working in public service.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 30 May 2013 18:25
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'Black is Beautiful' pioneer Ophelia DeVore's papers at Emory
Category: National Written by Atlanta Daily World
Ophelia DeVore Mitchell, a model, businesswoman and pioneer in the "Black is beautiful" movement, has placed her papers at Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL).
Last Updated on Thursday, 30 May 2013 18:07
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Wife: I'm sorry for trusting Pa. abortion doctor
Category: National Written by Maryclaire Dale - Associated Press Writer
Pearl Gosnell, wife of Kermit Gosnell, walks to the center for criminal justice, May 29, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The wife of a Philadelphia abortion doctor, a cosmetologist who admitted helping him perform very late-term abortions at his corrupt, grimy clinic, said Wednesday that she was sorry for trusting her husband and was sentenced seven to 23 months in prison.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 May 2013 17:10
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Little Richard gets honorary doctorate from Mercer University
Category: National Written by Courier Newsroom
GOOD GOLLY—Little Richard acknowledges the crowd while being wheeled onstage during Mercer University’s commencement ceremony.
by Wayne Crenshaw
MACON, Ga.--Not far from where he grew up decades ago in poverty and segregation, Mercer University bestowed music legend Little Richard with an honorary doctorate of humanities.
Last Updated on Thursday, 30 May 2013 11:52
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Detroit officer on trial in death of girl, 7
Category: National Written by Ed White - Associated Press Writer
Aiyana Stanley-Jones, 7, was shot and killed May 16, 2010, by a shot from a Detroit police officer during a raid of a Detroit home in search of a murder suspect. (AP Photo/Family Photo via The Detroit News)
DETROIT (AP) — Police accompanied by a reality TV crew fired a stun grenade through a window as they raided a Detroit home in search of a murder suspect. A gunshot then went off inside, fatally striking a 7-year-old girl in the head while she slept on a couch.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 May 2013 16:53
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