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Double Duty Classic celebrates African-Americans in baseball
Tribune staff reporterSeventy-five years after the old Comiskey Park played host to the first Negro League East-West All-Star Game, the home of the White Sox will house the debut for another event celebrating African-Americans in baseball. The first Double Duty Classic will...Tags: Jermaine Dye, U.S. Cellular Field, Jackie Robinson, National or Ethnic Minorities, Major League Baseball
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Black students helped end 'Massive Resistance'
Associated Press WriterThe "Norfolk 17" were honored Sunday at the church that educated them 50 years ago when six of the city's all-white public schools closed under Virginia's defiant response to court-ordered desegregation. Ten of the 14 surviving members of the Norfolk...Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Court Administration, Christianity, Baptist, Elementary Schools
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Gay diagnosed with mild leg strain
Sprinter Tyson Gay has a mild strain in a muscle in the back of his left leg, and he has been told to restrict himself to light physical activity for the next two weeks. Gay pulled up abruptly in the first 40 meters of his 200-meter qualifying race...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Multi-Sport Events, Injuries, Physical Fitness
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Sprinter Gay diagnosed with mild strain
The Associated PressSprinter Tyson Gay has a mild strain in a muscle in the back of his leg and he has been told to restrict himself to light physical activity for the next two weeks. Gay pulled up abruptly in the first 40 meters of his 200-meter qualifying race Saturday at...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Gays and Lesbians, Injuries, Physical Fitness
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'Public' online spaces don't carry speech, rights
AP Internet WriterRant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative. Say it on the Internet, and you'll find that free speech and other constitutional rights are anything but guaranteed....Tags: New York Mets, National Government, Sexual Assault, Internet, Sex
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Will Michelle Obama unite nation's feminists?
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — Gina McCauley's blog on African-American women in pop culture has never attracted this kind of attention. The 3-year-old site has a mostly African-American audience. But she launched a new Michelle Obama Watch blog in June to monitor...Tags: Primaries, Barack Obama, Heavy Engineering, Hillary Clinton, Dance
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Online free speech has its limits
The Associated PressRant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative. Say it on the Internet, and you'll find that free speech and other constitutional rights are anything but guaranteed....Tags: New York Mets, Sexual Assault, National Government, Internet, Sex
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Effect of illegals policy is debated
Sun ReporterNearly a year after Anne Arundel Executive John R. Leopold announced that the county would no longer hire contractors that employ illegal immigrants, no ties have been severed with any firm the county does business with. The order Leopold issued in...Tags: Employees, Contracts, Court Administration, Immigration, Illegal Immigrants
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Injury knocks Gay out of Beijing 200
Tyson Gay accelerated through the first curve. Then, he started flying. Not in the figurative sense, but in an all-too-real way - a shocking sprawl to the ground that cost him an Olympic spot in the 200 meters and made him look like less than a sure...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Beijing Games, Ohio State University, Multi-Sport Events, Athletics, Track and Field
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School system mourns loss of Glenelg worker
The county school system community recently mourned the loss of Melvin Hackett, who had worked as day supervisor for Glenelg High School for 44 years. He died June 17 at age 64. It is believed that Hackett, who had lived in Mount Airy, spent his...Tags: Boeing Co., Mount Airy, Technology, Teaching and Learning
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