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Why did a 7-year-old commit suicide?

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theGRIO REPORT - In the aftermath of the suicide of a 7-year-old Detroit boy last week, police cand family members are seeking answers to how a young child could end his life. The CEO of the charter school that he was attending insists that there were no signs that he was bullied as has been speculated...
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Pregnant woman set on fire, shot by ex-boyfriend gives birth

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theGRIO REPORT - The pregnant Detroit woman who was kidnapped, set on fire, and shot early Saturday morning has successfully given birth to a baby boy...
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7-year-old's suicide shocks Detroit community

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A boy's 14-year-old sister had to look through the keyhole of a locked door to find her brother hanging from a bunk bed with a belt around his neck, according to a police report...
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Marvin Winans' license suspended when carjacked

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DETROIT (AP) - Records show Detroit pastor and gospel singing icon Marvin Winans' driver's license was suspended and there was a warrant out for his arrest when he was carjacked last week...
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Did Marvin Winans get preferential treatment?

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theGRIO REPORT - After days of silence, Rev. Marvin Winans spoke publicly Sunday for the first time since he was assaulted and carjacked by a group of four men at a Detroit gas station. Winans, still showing signs of injury from the attack, said that he knew that he was in trouble as soon as he went to pay for his gas...
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3 charged in Marvin Winans carjacking

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DETROIT (AP) - Three young men were arraigned Sunday in the assault and carjacking of popular Detroit pastor and gospel singing icon Marvin Winans...
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Suspects identified in Winans carjacking

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Pastor Marvin Winans was carjacked on Wednesday afternoon while pumping gas at at a Detroit gas station...
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Rosa Parks: Parks was not the first person to challenge Jim Crow laws mandating that African-Americans sit at the back of the bus but, yet, her act of defiance on December 1, 1955 became the knock-out blow.  As the critical spark for the Montgomery Bus Boycott that brought Dr. King to national and international prominence, Parks became the “mother of the civil rights movement.”

Judge, lawyers allegedly drained Rosa Parks estate

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DETROIT (AP) - An attorney claims a judge and two lawyers involved in a long-running dispute over civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks' estate conspired to drain the estate's cash.
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Marvin Winans assaulted, carjacked in Detroit

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DETROIT (AP) - Popular Detroit pastor and gospel singer Marvin Winans was assaulted and carjacked Wednesday afternoon at a gas station on the city's west side...
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SEC sues ex-Detroit mayor for influence peddling

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is facing federal civil charges of taking part in an influence-peddling scheme involving the city's public-employee pension funds...
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