Bring That Week Back: March 10- March 15

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Returning to the NFL? - Former New York Giants star running back Tiki Barber, who retired in 2006 to pursue a career in broadcasting, wants to return to football. Despite his highly publicized and expensive split with pregnant wife Ginny, which cost him his job at NBC, Barber says his decision to return isn’t financially motivated. “After seeing how much fun [twin brother Ronde] is still having it reignited my fire,” he told FOXSports.com. (Photo: AP Photo/Richard Drew)

BET Africa - After more than 20 years, BET Networks announced this week that it is now offering BET in 29 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, taking Black Entertainment television beyond the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and the United Kingdom.

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Lee Named to Presidential Board - On Thursday, President Obama named BET CEO Debra Lee to serve on the President’s Management Advisory Council. The board, established in April 2010, is made up of the nation’s top CEOs and was created so they could share their ideas and practical experience about how the federal government can operate more efficiently and effectively.

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Jump in Black NYC Murders - New York City’s Black murder rate shot up 31 percent last year while there was a 27 percent decrease in the number white victims, according to new crime statistics from the NYPD. This wide disparity exists despite the fact that Blacks only make up about 25 percent of the city’s population. Young Black males – between 15 and 29 – made up a third of all murders reported in the city in 2010, though they only make up 3 percent of the population.

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82 Percent Failing? - A shocking 82 percent of schools in the U.S. would be labeled as “failing” under the current No Child Left Behind Act this year, Education Secretary Arne Duncan warned Wednesday. Currently, 37 percent of schools are on the failing list, but the number would skyrocket due to states toughening their standards to meet the law’s requirements. "This law has created a thousand ways for schools to fail and very few ways to help them succeed," Duncan said. President Obama said reforming the law, launched in 2002, is one of his administration’s priorities.(In the photo a teacher talks with Duncan, center, during his visit to the high school in Denver) (Photo: AP Photo/ Ed Andriesk)

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National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day - On Thursday, the nation marked National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. On this day, groups across the nation held events aimed at encouraging women to get tested and seek treatment if necessary.

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Wisconsin Protests - Following weeks of raucous protests and even Democratic state senators fleeing the state in an attempt to block the vote, Wisconsin state Republicans voted nevertheless to pass controversial legislation which takes away most collective bargaining rights from public workers. Republicans were able to pass the law without any Dems present by removing the bill’s spending items. Inclusion of the spending items would have required both parties be there. On Saturday, the Democrats returned to the state, attending a rally at the Capitol against the legislation.

Devastation in Japan - On Friday, Japan was rocked by twin disasters – a powerful 8.9 magnitude earthquake and a tsunami. The death toll is expected to surpass 10,000 just in the hard-hit Miyagi Prefecture region alone. In addition, the quake set off explosions at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, resulting 180,000 people having to be evacuated from the local area. The natural disasters also have wreaked havoc on the nation’s economy, with Japan’s stock market taking a nearly 11 percent nosedive Tuesday. (Photo: AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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Devastation in Japan - On Friday, Japan was rocked by twin disasters – a powerful 8.9 magnitude earthquake and a tsunami. The death toll is expected to surpass 10,000 just in the hard-hit Miyagi Prefecture region alone. In addition, the quake set off explosions at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, resulting 180,000 people having to be evacuated from the local area. The natural disasters also have wreaked havoc on the nation’s economy, with Japan’s stock market taking a nearly 11 percent nosedive Tuesday. (Photo: AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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Dwyane Wade Awarded Sole Custody - Following a long custody battle with ex-wife Siohvaughn Wade, Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade was awarded sole “care, custody and control” of his two sons Friday. Siohvaughn will have “regular parenting time” every other weekend in Miami and several other times throughout the year. The Wades’ divorce was finally finalized last summer, almost three years after the couple separated. During the bitter custody hearings Siohvaughn alleged that Dwyane was abusive to the boys, but the court found that claim to be baseless. (Photo: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

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Former Philly Mayor in Hot Water - John F. Street, the former mayor of Philadelphia, could face some legal trouble soon. While Street was chairman of the Philadelphia Housing Authority, he and his team abused his position to award several million dollars in contracts to outside legal firms, included one his son Sharif Street, worked for, according to a report released by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG). The PHA allegedly made $4.5 million worth in “unnecessary payments” between April 2007 and August 2010 and also went the extra step to spend $1.1 to obstruct audits. (Photo: AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Aristide’s Return to Haiti - Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide could return to his homeland within a week, a South African official Tuesday. Aristide, the nation’s first democratically elected president, has lived in exile South Africa since 2004 and has been saying for months that he’d like to return to Haiti to help his homeland recover from last January’s devastating earthquake. The U.S., however, thinks that the timing of Aristide’s planned return, ahead of the nation’s runoff elections Sunday, is suspicious. It “can only be seen as a conscious choice to impact Haiti’s election,” U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said. (Photo: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko)

Leading Women Defined - On Tuesday, BET Networks kicked off its second annual Leading Women Defined summit in Washington D.C. The three-day conference featured programs on education reform, activism, self-esteem, and mentoring, as well as forums with celebrity guests such as Venus Williams, Star Jones, and Tracee Ellis Ross. In this photo Tatyana Ali, Marvelyn Brown, Kari Fulton, and Zedia Wright sit on a panel. (Photo:  Brad Barket/PictureGroup)

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Leading Women Defined - On Tuesday, BET Networks kicked off its second annual Leading Women Defined summit in Washington D.C. The three-day conference featured programs on education reform, activism, self-esteem, and mentoring, as well as forums with celebrity guests such as Venus Williams, Star Jones, and Tracee Ellis Ross. In this photo Tatyana Ali, Marvelyn Brown, Kari Fulton, and Zedia Wright sit on a panel. (Photo: Brad Barket/PictureGroup)