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New details emerge on mom accused of drowning 2 kids

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ORANGEBURG, South Carolina (AP) - Broke, jobless and berated by her mother for her failings, Shaquan Duley suffocated her young sons, then strapped their lifeless bodies into their car seats...
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Sheriff: SC mom killed kids, dumped car in river

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ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) - Murder charges expected to be filed against Shaquan Duley, the mother of two young boys who were pulled dead from the child seats in their car in Edisto River...
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Doctors prescribe swim lessons for kids this summer

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VIDEO - In an effort to prevent childhood drownings, some pediatricians are prescribing swimming lessons for children under the age of four...
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La. man saved teen, couldn't stop 6 from drowning

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SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Christopher Patlan was hanging out with friends on the Red River when he heard the desperate screams coming from seven teenagers...
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6 La. teens drown as they try to save each other

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SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - 'They had one lifejacket here. As you can imagine, everybody started yelling for help. Nobody could swim'...
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Effort aims to bridge swimming gap for minorities

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KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) - A study released in May that showed 69 percent of black children and 58 percent of Hispanic kids either had low or no swimming ability...
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Senior citizen swimmers overcome racial segregation

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VIDEO - Even after the formal end of segregation, John and Bradford Tatum, said they still didn't feel welcome swimming within integrated pools during the 1960s...
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Swim or die: The battle to save black kids from drowning

Harriette Cole
OPINION - Not only do most black kids not know how to swim, the concept of 'most' is not an exaggeration. 70 percent of black youth across America cannot swim...
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