Bring That Week Back: Charles Ramsey Signs Book Deal

Girl left brain dead moving to new facility, plus more news.

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Charles Ramsey Signs Book Deal - Jahi McMath, a girl who was left brain dead after surgery, will be moved to a new facility; Illinois suburb investigating KKK fliers; plus more national news. — Natelege Whaley (@nateIege) Charles Ramsey, who became famous after freeing Amanda Berry from a decade of captivity earlier this year, has signed a book deal with Gray & Co. Ramsey is to write a memoir of his life before and after the incident with writer Randy Nyerges. “What you saw on TV doesn’t even begin to tell the story,” Ramsey said.  (Photo by Lucian Perkins/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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Girl Left Brain Dead to Be Moved to New Facility - The family of Jahi McMath, 13, is looking to move the girl, who was left brain dead after a tonsillectomy, to another facility. A California judge ruled that Jahi should be taken off life support earlier this week. Her family is hoping for a miracle. The hospital described the procedure on Jahi as “complicated” although it was supposed to be routine. (Photo: AP Photo/Courtesy of McMath Family and Omari Sealey, File)

On the Bright Side - A Ku Klux Klan rally that was to be held at the Gettysburg National Military Park on Oct. 5 has been cancelled because of the federal government shutdown.   (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Illinois Suburb Investigating KKK Fliers - Police in Tinley Park, Cook County, is investigating the origins of fliers that were discovered in several driveways in the neighborhood Monday. “You can sleep tonight knowing the Klan is awake!” one read and also had a candy cane attached to it. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Daughter of NYC Mayor-Elect Reveals Past Substance Use - Chiara de Blasio, 19, shared her story of battling depression and past substance abuse in a new video. "People are suffering from this disease and dying from this disease every day and we really can't do anything as a society to help those people until we start talking about it," she said. (Photo: Chiara de Blasio via YouTube)

George Zimmerman Painting Sells for More Than $100,000 - With the sale of a painting he made on eBay for $100,099.99, George Zimmerman has begun to lighten the $2.5 million he owes his defense attorneys. "I found a creative way to express myself, my emotions and the symbols that represent my experiences," writes Zimmerman.  (Photo: eBay.com)

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George Zimmerman Painting Sells for More Than $100,000 - With the sale of a painting he made on eBay for $100,099.99, George Zimmerman has begun to lighten the $2.5 million he owes his defense attorneys. "I found a creative way to express myself, my emotions and the symbols that represent my experiences," writes Zimmerman.  (Photo: eBay.com)

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Black Business Leaders Call for Boycott of San Francisco Tourism - The San Francisco African-American Chamber of Commerce is calling for a boycott of the San Francisco tourism industry in 2014. The organization claims the San Francisco Travel Association maintains discriminatory hiring practices and does not promote Black and Latino neighborhoods and businesses to tourists. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Black Business Leaders Call for Boycott of San Francisco Tourism - The San Francisco African-American Chamber of Commerce is calling for a boycott of the San Francisco tourism industry in 2014. The organization claims the San Francisco Travel Association maintains discriminatory hiring practices and does not promote Black and Latino neighborhoods and businesses to tourists. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

11-Year-old Killed on His Way to Get a Haircut - Donovan Turnage died Saturday after a car being chased by police crashed into his father’s vehicle. Donovan was on his way to the barbershop with his father and older brother. The impact of the accident threw the boy out of the back seat window. (Photo: CBS2 Chicago)

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11-Year-old Killed on His Way to Get a Haircut - Donovan Turnage died Saturday after a car being chased by police crashed into his father’s vehicle. Donovan was on his way to the barbershop with his father and older brother. The impact of the accident threw the boy out of the back seat window. (Photo: CBS2 Chicago)

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Another Black Shopper Files Profiling Lawsuit - Halim Sharif of Mount Vernon, New York, says he was humiliated by Macy’s security workers at the 34th street flagship store in April and filed a lawsuit against the retailer Friday. Sharif says he was singled-out and detained after buying a $2,400 Louis Vuitton bag and that other shoppers who “lacked pigmentation” were not stopped. (Photo: Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)

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Atlanta Family Robbed of Presents Days Before Christmas - This was not be a Merry Christmas for one Atlanta family. Thieves broke into Ebony Walker’s apartment and stole all the gifts she bought for her four young children including an Xbox, cellphone and a basketball hoop. She cannot repurchase the presents. “I don’t know where to start, the little money I had is gone,” Walker said. (Photo: WGCL-TV CBS Atlanta)

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Atlanta Family Robbed of Presents Days Before Christmas - This was not be a Merry Christmas for one Atlanta family. Thieves broke into Ebony Walker’s apartment and stole all the gifts she bought for her four young children including an Xbox, cellphone and a basketball hoop. She cannot repurchase the presents. “I don’t know where to start, the little money I had is gone,” Walker said. (Photo: WGCL-TV CBS Atlanta)

Zero Black Owned TV Stations - The number of Black-owned and operated full-power TV stations has dropped to zero, according to a report by New America Media. There were 18 in 2006 and five in 2012. Earlier this month the last of the African-American owned stations, which were owned by Roberts Broadcasting, were sold to ION Media. The report blames the loss on the FCC’s scaling back on TV ownership regulations.  (Photo: WOLFGANG RATTAY/LANDOV)

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Zero Black Owned TV Stations - The number of Black-owned and operated full-power TV stations has dropped to zero, according to a report by New America Media. There were 18 in 2006 and five in 2012. Earlier this month the last of the African-American owned stations, which were owned by Roberts Broadcasting, were sold to ION Media. The report blames the loss on the FCC’s scaling back on TV ownership regulations.  (Photo: WOLFGANG RATTAY/LANDOV)

NY Postal Worker Catches Twin Boys From Burning Building - Jermaine Shirley deserves the key to the city. He saw smoke coming from his apartment building and banged on his neighbors’ doors. After evacuating his own family, he helped save Everdean Codner and his family, who were trapped in their third floor apartment. Codner tossed the boys safely from his fire escape to Shirley, who climbed on a shed to get closer.  (Photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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NY Postal Worker Catches Twin Boys From Burning Building - Jermaine Shirley deserves the key to the city. He saw smoke coming from his apartment building and banged on his neighbors’ doors. After evacuating his own family, he helped save Everdean Codner and his family, who were trapped in their third floor apartment. Codner tossed the boys safely from his fire escape to Shirley, who climbed on a shed to get closer.  (Photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)