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Details: Written by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent; Published: 22 September 2014

The poverty rate for Blacks was 27.2 percent compared to a 9.6 percent poverty rate for Whites in 2013

Details: Written by Matthew Daly, Associated Press; Published: 22 September 2014

Former clinic director says the Veterans Administration is minimizing the scandal and protecting the guilty

Details: Written by Jim Salter, Associated Press; Published: 19 September 2014

If the panel does not indict Officer Michael Brown audiotapes will be released

Details: Written by Eric Tucker, Associated Press; Published: 18 September 2014

Holder says researchers will look at five still-to-be-decided cities

Details: Written by Josh Boak, AP Economics Writer; Published: 18 September 2014

Because consumer spending fuels about 70 percent of the economy, weak pay growth typically slows economic growth

Details: Written by Andrew Taylor, Associated Press; Published: 18 September 2014

Senate is expected to approve plan to arm and train rebels in hopes they can halt advance of Islamic State militants

Details: Written by Jim Salter, Associated Press; Published: 15 September 2014

Decision on whether Officer Darren Wilson will face charges is expected in October

Details: Written by Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press; Published: 15 September 2014

In the most recent city election in April, only 1,484 of Ferguson's 12,096 registered voters cast ballots

Details: Written by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press; Published: 15 September 2014

The new sign-up period could expose underlying problems with the law itself that are less easily fixed than a computer system

Details: Written by Julie Pace, AP White House Correspondent and Albert Aji, Zeina Karam, Associated Press; Published: 11 September 2014

In recent weeks, the militants have released videos depicting the beheading of two American journalists in Syria