Texas woman's execution halted; DA won't appeal

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HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - State District Judge Larry Mitchell issued a reprieve for 51-year-old Kimberly McCarthy less than five hours before she could have been taken to the death chamber for the 1997 slaying of a neighbor...

Female raincoat robber still at large

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PHILADELPHIA - Police hope surveillance pictures will help find the woman accused of robbing two NJ banks Tuesday morning...

Rapper Azealia Banks comes out of the closet 'I'm bisexual'

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Rapper Azealia Banks came out of the closet during a recent interview with the New York Times...

First black, female mayor elected in Gary, Indiana

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CHICAGO - By an overwhelming margin, residents elected Karen Freeman-Wilson, 51, as the city's first female mayor, making her the first black female mayor in the state of Indiana, according to the Northwest Indiana Times...

TheGrio's 100: Christina Oliver, translating as part of a rare team in Afghanistan

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TheGrio's 100 - Before 25-year-old Cpl. Oliver and 39 other female Marines were deployed to interview rural Afghan women last year, the U.S. military had no point of access to the female half of the population...

Black female judge, a former third-grade teacher, makes Supreme Court nominee list

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President Obama has assembled a list of about 10 candidates and aims to look outside the box - and take his time -- in his search for a new justice...

African-American named nation's only female HS football coach

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VIDEO - A petite, unassuming young science teacher made history when she became what's believed to be the only female high school head football coach in the country ...

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Texas woman's execution halted; DA won't appeal

Female raincoat robber still at large

Rapper Azealia Banks comes out of the closet 'I'm bisexual'

First black, female mayor elected in Gary, Indiana

TheGrio's 100: Christina Oliver, translating as part of a rare team in Afghanistan

Black female judge, a former third-grade teacher, makes Supreme Court nominee list

African-American named nation's only female HS football coach

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