Abardeed, S.D.  –  Barack Obama has resigned his 20 year membership in the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago in the aftermath of inflammatory remarks by his longtime pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and more recent fiery remarks at the church by another minister.
Obama campaign communications director Robert Gibbs said Obama had submitted a [...]

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By Micheline Bowman
People say that if you want to learn something, pick up a book.  But in this case, I say pick up a magazine. I had the opportunity to speak with Paris Fenwick, Vice President of OUR TEENS MAGAZINE and she’s passionate about the articles printed in this magazine. 
Paris along with the magazine’s President, [...]

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By CARYN ROUSSEAU
Associated Press Writer
CHICAGO  –  Barack Obama again distanced himself Thursday from a controversial sermon given at his Chicago church, saying he was “deeply disappointed” to hear a priest mock Hillary Rodham Clinton’s tears just before the New Hampshire primary.Obama supporter and Chicago activist the Rev. Michael Pfleger apologized Thursday for [...]

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By The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES  –  Not everyone can be Dr. Cliff Huxtable, the quick-with-a-quip dad that Bill Cosby played on TV for eight years.But for the right price, you could dress just like him this Father’s Day.
Cosby’s daughter, Evin, said her mother and father were cleaning out a closet [...]

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By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Sports Writer
KISSIMMEE, Fla.  –  More than a few players at this week’s NBA predraft camp have looked at the people studying them from the stands and acknowledged getting goosebumps.Michael Jordan is here, scouting for talent. Larry Bird’s seat is in the front row near midcourt. Pat Riley [...]

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By NEDRA PICKLER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON  –  Barack Obama is considering a visit to Iraq this summer, his first since becoming a presidential candidate.The Democrat, who has been criticized by Republican rival John McCain for not visiting Iraq since 2006, revealed his plans to The New York Times. He also [...]

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By BECKY BOHRER
Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS  –  Historic New Orleans is reinventing itself as it recovers from Hurricane Katrina, with efforts under way to help make this a safer, more vibrant city, Mayor Ray Nagin said in his annual State of the City address.
Drawing from the riverside location from where he [...]

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Supermodel To Face 5 Counts After April Arrest
By The Associated Press
LONDON  –  Naomi Campbell has been charged with assaulting two police officers during an alleged luggage rage incident at Heathrow Airport, her lawyer and prosecutors said Thursday.
The 38-year-old supermodel was charged when she reported to Heathrow police station to answer bail over the April 3 [...]

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Matthai Kuruvila
San Francisco Chronicle
The Bay Area’s Benjamin Jealous, who will become the youngest president in the history of the NAACP when he takes office in September, embodies a shift in the country’s African American leadership.
African American leaders have typically ascended out of the church and the civil rights movement, while younger activists [...]

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