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Mayor Bloomberg had publicly considered ending the tradition of reading victims' names

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Politicians will be barred from speaking at this year's commemoration ceremony on the anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks, according to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum.


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DOJ says Black and Hispanic borrowers got more costly subprime loans and higher fees

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Wells Fargo has agreed to pay $175 million to settle allegations that it discriminated against minority borrowers, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.

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E-mails between Zimmerman and ousted Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee will be released as well

(CNN) -- Florida's state attorney released FBI reports Thursday that may shed light on whether race played a role the night George Zimmerman shot and killed an unarmed teen.


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President appeared in pre-taped video before Vice President Joe Biden spoke

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Barack Obama's re-election campaign insisted a "scheduling conflict" is behind the president's decision to skip this year's NAACP convention.


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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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