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Jury Deliberates in Dixon Trial
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By Melanie Holmes
AFRO Staff Writer
Mayor Sheila Dixon(Courtesy Photo)
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(November 19, 2009) - Now that closing remarks have been made in the State of Maryland v. Sheila Ann Dixon court proceedings, jurors must choose between one of the state’s two theories in the trial: either she initially intended to distribute the gift cards to needy families but later decided to steal them, or, she planned to pocket them all along.
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Ex-NBA Player Jayson Williams Takes Plea Deal
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By AFRO Staff
Former NBA player Jayson Williams (Courtesy Photo/goerieblogs.com)
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(November 19, 2009) - The Associated Press reported former NBA center Jayson Williams has agreed to a plea deal that includes a sentence of up to three years in prison for shooting his limousine driver.
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Mayor Dixon Trial Update
Dixon Trial May End This Week
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Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon (Courtesy Photo)
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By Melanie R. Holmes
AFRO Staff Writer
(November 18, 2009) - Closing arguments will be made tomorrow, as the defense rested its case today in Mayor Sheila Dixon’s trial.
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(November 19, 2009) - Conservative commentators are in an uproar over President Barack Obama’s deep bow to Japan’s Emperor Akihito during his visit to the country this weekend, claiming the American president was “groveling” before the leader, The Associated Press reported.
(November 19, 2009) - The Pennsylvania swim club that drew national criticism this summer after banishing a group of African-American and Latino campers from its grounds, has fallen into financial turmoil, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
(November 19, 2009) - Police are investigating the death of Michael Scott, the Chicago school board president, and early reports say Scott committed suicide near the banks of the Chicago River, according to chicagobreakingnews.com.
(November 19, 2009) - The prosecutor handling the trial of a young woman facing 15 years in prison for an incident involving her cutting a line at Walmart in Kennett, Miss., has voluntary recused himself.
(November 19, 2009) - The body of Shaniya Davis, a 5-year-old North Carolina girl who has been missing for several days, was found Nov. 16, Theresa Chance, public information officer for the Fayetteville Police Department, confirmed.
(November 15, 2009) - Brian LoPinto is only one man, but for one of the last Negro League ballparks, he’s an important one.
(November 15, 2009) - National service organization The Links recently welcomed a new chapter based in Atlanta, Ga.
(November 15, 2009) - Larry Ottinger, a Maryland resident and avid supporter of voting rights in the District of Columbia, has a plan to urge drivers in all states to put a D.C. voting rights license plate on their car.
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(November 10, 2009) - Remember the days when your friends would call you and say, “Let’s go to a party?” The first thing one would say is, “What type of music are you in the mood for – R&B, rock, jazz, etc.?”
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JONATHAN MCCOY AND THE "N" WORD
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Gabby’s ‘Precious’ Gabfest
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Gabourey Sidibe stars in the critically-acclaimed film Precious. (Courtesy Photo)
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By Kam Williams
Special to the AFRO
(November 9, 2009) - Gabourey “Gabby” Sidibe was born in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn in 1983 to R&B/gospel singer Alice Tan Ridley and Ibnou Sidibe, a cab driver from Senegal.
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Precious Collections Celebrates 26th Anniversary
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“My music is the spiritual expression of what I am; my faith, my knowledge, my being … When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hang-ups … I want to speak to their souls.” - John Coltrane
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(November 14, 2009) - It was a very busy month last month and this month looks no different. Tell me, what do you think? Are we going to have a long, cold winter?
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