Bring That Week Back: Week of Aug. 2

Debt deal, Bishop Long accuser, Black churches, plus more.

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Principal of Bronx School Fired After White Supremacist Past Revealed - On Tuesday, Frank Borzellieri, the principal of a Catholic elementary school in the Bronx was fired for being a white supremacist. Reports in recent days revealed that Borzellieri, whose former school had mostly Black and Latino students, wrote for white supremacist publications and authored a book entitled Don't Take It Personally: Race, Immigration, Crime and Other Heresies where he called diversity a "weakness."(Photo: Book Cover, "Don't Take It Personally: Race, Immigration, Crime and Other Heresies," Cultural Studies Press)

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Archeologists Uncover Secrets of Black NY Village - In an eight-week dig led by professors from Barnard College, City College of New York, Columbia University and NYU, archeology students delved into the historical secrets of Seneca Village, where Central Park now stands. Seneca Village was a diverse but predominantly Black community of nearly 300 people that existed between the 1820s and 1850s. But then came plans for Central Park, and Seneca Village, and the thriving community that lived there, was decimated.(Photo: Joe Corrigan/Getty Images)

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Obama, Lawmakers Reach Debt Deal - President Obama held his third news conference in the past 10 days to announce that he and congressional leaders from both parties and chambers have reached a deal to raise the debt ceiling. The details have yet to be finalized, but it would raise the debt ceiling through 2012 in two stages; make $1 trillion in immediate spending cuts; and create a special congressional panel that must recommend and get through Congress an additional $1.8 trillion in spending cuts.(Photo: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Plaxico Burress Back in the NFL - Plaxico Burress, the former New York Giants receiver who was recently released from prison after serving 20 months on a gun charge, reached a one-year, $3 million agreement with the New York Jets, the team said Sunday.

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Fifth Bishop Long Accuser Revealed - Reports show that a fifth accuser was involved in the sexual misconduct lawsuit.  Centino Kemp, 22, is claiming that Long had a sexual relationship with him while he was in college. In May, Long settled a lawsuit with four other young men who accused the bishop of bribing  them with lavish gifts, trips and money in exchange for sexual encounters.(Photo: John Amis-Pool/Getty Images)

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Omega Psi Phi Celebrates Centennial - From July 27 to July 31 the brothers from Black fraternity Omega Psi Phi descended on Washington, D.C., to celebrate their centennial. The group was founded at Howard University on Nov. 17, 1911.

Butch Lewis Funeral Plans Announced - Plans for the service of legendary boxing promoter and manager Ronald "Butch" Lewis have been announced. The ceremony took place Aug. 1 at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware. Rev. Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy. Lewis died of natural causes at his home in Bethany Beach, Delaware, on July 23. He was 65.(Photo: Ronnie Wright)

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Butch Lewis Funeral Plans Announced - Plans for the service of legendary boxing promoter and manager Ronald "Butch" Lewis have been announced. The ceremony took place Aug. 1 at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware. Rev. Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy. Lewis died of natural causes at his home in Bethany Beach, Delaware, on July 23. He was 65.(Photo: Ronnie Wright)

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Is the Economy Improving? - The Labor Department announced Thursday that the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits has dropped to the lowest level since early April. It is the first time that applications have fallen below 400,000 in 16 weeks.(Photo: AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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Researchers Find Calorie Counts Are Off - As more and more places around the country are posting calorie counts in their menus, research shows that the numbers are off. After ordering from 42 restaurants including Pizza Hut, Boston Market, Olive Garden and Outback Steakhouse and analyzing 269 different food items from appetizers to desserts, researchers found that for the most part, the foods were inaccurate, most by 10 calories, and out of the 269 food items, 141 actually had fewer calories than stated.(Photo: David Eulitt/The Kansas City Star)

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Was Black H.S. Student Denied Sole Valedictorian Because She Is Black? - Kymberly Wimberly, an 18-year-old Black student, was told that she could not be valedictorian at McGehee High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, because it would create a "big mess" at the predominately white school. Wimberly has now filed a complaint in federal court in response to school administrators treating her as inferior to her peers, though, in fact, she was a better student.(Photo: Express-Times /Landov)

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Obama's Approval Amongst Blacks Falls - According to a new Washington Post/CBS poll, "The number of African-Americans who believe the president's actions have helped the economy has dropped from 77 percent in October to just over half of those surveyed." Even liberal Democrats are finding it harder and harder to stomach Obama's handling of the nation's flagging economy -- less than one-third of liberal Democrats now support Obama's record on jobs.(Photo: AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Man Sentenced for Threatening Black Churches - A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for sending threating letters to burn Black churches and NAACP offices in three states. On Monday, Jeffrey Smith pleaded guilty to 11 counts of mailing letters threatening to burn down seven predominately Black churches and four NAACP offices in Cambridge, Roxbury and Medford, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island; and Charlotte, North Carolina.(Photo: Birmingham News/Landov)

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Report: Black Women More Likely to Die From Breast Cancer Than Whites - A new study finds that higher obesity rates in Black women with breast cancer in the U.S. may not explain why only 78 percent survive five years after diagnosis, compared to 90 percent of white women, Reuters reports.(Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)