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Original Tuskeegee Airman Leonard Yates greets Quinn Thorne on his birthday.

Tuskegee Airman grants b'day wish

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Original Tuskeegee Airman Leonard Yates greets Quinn Thorne on his birthday.

Tuskegee Airman grants b'day wish

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Twin Falls, Idaho (KMVT-TV) - A five year old boy who became a fan of the Tuskegee Airmen after seeing the movie 'Red Tails' got the birthday surprise of a lifetime...
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In this May 17, 2012 photo, youths play with soccer balls in a field that is part of the L'Athletique D'Haiti sports program at the northeastern edge of Cite Soleil, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Investors plan soccer stadium for Haiti

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A local sports hero, a New York real estate developer and a well-known architect are teaming up to build a soccer stadium in Haiti's notorious Cite Soleil, hoping to revive the seaside shantytown known throughout the hemisphere for its extreme poverty and gang battles...
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South Africa's Soweto gets 1st fashion week

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Struggling but deserving designers will get a chance to show work inspired by the creativity and history of South Africa's most famous township in Soweto's first fashion week opening Thursday...
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Orlando Morel, 24, of the United States Coast Guard

Rescued Haitian refugee joins the Coast Guard

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Orlando Morel, 24, was just 6-years-old when he was recused at sea by the United States Coast Guard...
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Amar'e Stoudemire enrolls at UM

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MIAMI - Amar'e Stoudemire is officially a Cane. The New York Knicks forward has enrolled in the general studies program at the University of Miami...
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Online hiring platform helps teachers get jobs

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Brian Martinez has created an online platform that gives schools and teachers something they cannot find anywhere else...
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Convicted felon now a Morehouse scholar

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Today Genarlow Wilson is a part-time Morehouse student, but nine years ago his world was turned upside down after he was convicted of aggravated child molestation...
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Abdul-Jabbar honored as Ford Freedom Award Scholar

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NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the New York Renaissance basketball team will be honored as Ford Freedom Award Scholars for their outstanding achievements...
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MLB, NCAA partnership could increase scholarships

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(AP) - Major League Baseball would fund scholarships and exert greater influence over Division I college baseball under what would be an unprecedented partnership with the NCAA...
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National Cathedral to install statue of Rosa Parks

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Washington National Cathedral is preparing to dedicate a new carving of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks in a section of the church devoted to human rights...
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