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Decision follows no confidence vote by the board of trustees

(CNN) -- The president of Florida A&M University announced his resignation Wednesday, more than seven months after the drum major for the university band died following a hazing incident.


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Gallup tracking poll shows just five percent of Blacks support Romney

(CNN) -- Mitt Romney knows he has a problem with African-American voters: Polls show they overwhelmingly prefer President Obama. A recent Gallup tracking poll showed just 5% of blacks supporting Romney, compared with 87% for the president.

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New law requires abortion providers to be certified with privileges at local hospitals

JACKSON, Mississippi (CNN) -- A federal judge will decide Wednesday whether Mississippi's only abortion clinic can continue to stay open under a temporary order or whether it should permanently shut its doors under a new state law.


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Hybrid gangs form to accomplish anything from crime to going to the movies together

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Gangs in Wichita are changing the way they operate, occasionally collaborating, creating challenges for officers trying to investigate crimes and diffuse tensions between rivals, according to Wichita police.


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DOJ says about 600,000 registered voters in the state lack a state-issued ID

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Texas state officials went to federal court Monday to defend a controversial new voter identification law, dismissing suggestions the requirement would deny hundreds of thousands of people -- many of them minorities -- access to the ballot.


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House of Bishops approved the provisional policy 111-41 with three abstentions Monday

(CNN) -- Episcopal priests would be allowed to conduct services blessing same-sex relationships under a policy up for final approval Tuesday at the church's national convention in Indianapolis.


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One-year extension would keep Bush-era tax cuts for people earning less than $250,000 a year

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Barack Obama revitalized his push for holding down middle class tax rates Monday, calling on Congress to pass a one-year extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for people earning less than $250,000 a year.


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Nina Rhodes-Hughes insists Sirhan was not the only gunman firing shots

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- A woman who witnessed the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy says she has agreed to testify for Sirhan Sirhan's new defense team.


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A reporter from El Salvador finds himself in a position similar to many of the sources he covers

ATLANTA (CNN) -- A reporter from El Salvador who has been reporting for years about immigration issues in Atlanta, Georgia, finds himself in a position similar to that of many of the sources he covers.


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By a number of objective measures, America is not No. 1

(CNN) -- Forget Social Security. The third rail of American politics is acknowledging we may not be the greatest country in the world.

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