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Sharpton Calls Another NYC Protest

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Filed Under: Top News

NEW YORK (AP) -- A day after his carefully orchestrated protests briefly blocked rush-hour traffic, the Rev. Al Sharpton on Thursday promised to stage another mass protest over three police detectives' acquittals in the 50-bullet killing of an unarmed man.

Sean Bell Case

Valerie Bell, right, mother of the late Sean Bell, meets singer Patti LaBelle on stage during the "Divas With Heart" concert at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, May 4, 2008. LaBelle had invited Bell onto the stage during her song, "Two Steps." The concert benefits the Masonic Medical Research Laboratory in Utica, N.Y. (AP Photo/Scott Wynn/Scott Wynn Photography)

Nicole Paultre Bell (L) and Trent Benefield (C) listen as Al Sharpton speaks about the Sean Bell trial during his live radio broadcast in New York May 3, 2008. Sharpton is organizing a rally on Wednesday to protest against the not guilty verdict of the three detectives involved in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. Sean Bell was killed in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES)

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Nicole Paultre Bell (L) and Trent Benefield listen as Al Sharpton speaks about the Sean Bell trial during his live radio broadcast in New York May 3, 2008. Sharpton is organizing a rally on Wednesday to protest against the not guilty verdict of the three detectives involved in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. Sean Bell was killed in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES)

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Nicole Paultre Bell (L) listens as Al Sharpton speaks about the Sean Bell trial during his live radio broadcast in New York May 3, 2008. Sharpton is organizing a rally on Wednesday to protest against the not guilty verdict of the three detectives involved in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. Sean Bell was killed in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES)

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Al Sharpton speaks about the Sean Bell trial during his live radio broadcast in New York May 3, 2008. Sharpton is organizing a rally on Wednesday to protest against the not guilty verdict of the three detectives involved in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. Sean Bell was killed in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES)

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Sean Bell's fiance, Nicole Paultre Bell, holds her daughter Jordyn during a news conference Sunday, April 27, 2008 at National Action headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)

People block the intersection of 125th Street and 7th Ave. during march to protest the acquittal of the three NYPD detectives on all charges stemming from the November 2006 killing of Sean Bell Sunday, April 27, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)

Sean Bell's fiance, Nicole Paultre Bell, 3rd -left, sits with her mother, 2nd-left and shooting victim Joseph Guzman, 2nd-right, as Rev. Al Sharpton speaks, Sunday, April 27, 2008 at National Action headquarters in New York. The women at far right and left are unidentified. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)

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7 more cops pulled from Philly streets over taped beating

Posted: Friday 05/09/08 10:04 AM EDT

Filed Under: Top News

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Seven more police officers were taken off street duty Thursday as investigators look into the videotaped police beating of three shooting suspects during a traffic stop.

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Obama Reportedly Will Declare Victory

Posted: Friday 05/09/08 09:12 AM EDT

Filed Under: Elections, Top News

Not long after the polls close in the May 20 Kentucky and Oregon primaries, Barack Obama plans to declare victory in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

And, until at least May 31 and perhaps longer, Hillary Clinton's campaign plans to dispute it.

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Star Jones Criticizes Walters

Posted: Thursday 05/08/08 03:59 PM EDT

Filed Under: Entertainment News, Top News

Reacting to Barbara Walters' new memoir, Star Jones says it's sad that her former 'View' co-host has "reduced to publicly branding herself as an adulterer, humiliating an innocent family with accounts of her illicit affair and speaking negatively against me."

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100 Nabbed: San Diego College Drug Ring

Posted: Thursday 05/08/08 05:14 PM EDT

Filed Under: Top News

San Diego State University suspends six fraternities in the wake of a huge drug bust on campus. Police arrested nearly 100 people, most of them students, and seized a wide array of drugs and at least $60,000 in cash after an extensive undercover operation. According to a court document, profits from drug sales were used pay for some fraternity activities.

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R. Kelly Defense Wants Another Delay

Posted: Thursday 05/08/08 03:36 PM EDT

Filed Under: Entertainment News, Top News

Defense attorneys for R. Kelly have asked a judge to postpone the R&B singer's trial on child pornography charges that's set to start Friday.

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Clinton's In the Race Until It's Over

Posted: Thursday 05/08/08 12:26 AM EDT

Filed Under: Elections, Top News

Hillary Clinton says she has no plans to withdraw her presidential bid, although she lost ground in the latest primary contests and her campaign suffers from financial woes. "I'm staying in this race until there's a nominee," she said.

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