Bring That Week Back: Nov. 1

Black bank receives a bailout, Occupy updates, and more.

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First Lady’s Book Title Unveiled - More than eight months after announcing that First Lady Michelle Obama would be writing a book about healthy eating, Crown Publishing unveiled the title and cover image for the book on Monday, Oct. 24. American Grown: How the White House Kitchen Garden Inspires Families, Schools, and Communities will arrive in bookstores and be available for digital download on April 10, 2012.(Photo: Courtesy Random House Publishing)

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Foreclosure Help On the Way - On Monday, the federal government announced that it would revise its Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP). In 2009, HARP was implemented in order to help those who are "underwater" on their home mortgage — they owe more than their homes are now worth. The program will allow borrowers to refinance regardless of how far their homes have fallen in value, an option many critics thought should have been in the original plan.(Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Chicago Defender Lays Off Workers to Tackle Tough Times - Another historic Black-owned newspaper has let some of its own go. The executive editor and news editor were among those laid off at Chicago Defender  last week as the publication — months behind on its rent — tries to stay afloat.(Photo: Matthew Staver/Landov)

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Oldest Black Bank Receives a Bailout From Wall Street - The oldest Black bank received a bailout from Wall Street on Tuesday, Oct. 25. Carver Bankcorp, the nation’s largest bank founded and run by African-Americans, voted to cede control of the Harlem-based institution to financial institutions, the U.S government and other key investors in return for $55 million cash to rescue their bank. Under the plan, Wall Street banks will hold 73 percent of Carver's shares, the U.S. government 25 percent, and the rest will be retained by Carver's existing stockholders.(Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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Occupy Oakland Gets Violent - Scott Olsen, 24, an ex-Marine and veteran of the Iraq War, suffered a fractured skull when police flung an object — possibly a tear gas canister — at a group of Occupy Oakland protesters on Tuesday. Other demonstrators rushed to his aid but, to their surprise, as they helped Olsen, an officer tossed another canister toward the group, a video shows.(Photo: AP Photo/Jay Finneburgh)

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Don King Supports Occupy Wall Street - In an exclusive interview with BET.com, the legendary boxing promoter says that he feels the demonstrators’ pain because he was once poor too.  (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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ACLU Calls Out Chicago Police in Lawsuit - In a lawsuit against the Chicago police department filed by the ACLU last week, the organization claims that the level of police presence in majority African-American and Hispanic communities is disproportionately low given the number of  911 calls made from those neighborhoods, resulting in slower response to emergencies than that of predominantly white neighborhoods. In the wake of the lawsuit, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel pledged to ensure that more police are available in high-crime neighborhoods.(Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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The Students of Detroit Need Books - Last week a survey conducted by the Detroit Federation of Teachers uncovered a shortage of some 8,300 books in just 29 of the city’s public school buildings; 10 buildings reported no missing books, and 88 schools did not file a report. The data that has been collected, though incomplete, hints at a much broader shortage of textbooks.(Photo: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/Landov)

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Howard University Joins the Occupy Movement - A group of Howard University alumni, students, faculty and supporters led a March for Jobs and Justice through Washington, D.C., in solidarity with the Occupy movement on Oct. 28.(Photo: AP Photo)

What Are the Advantages of Prepaid Cards? - Prepaid cards are a parallel, relatively low-cost way to bank for people who cannot open a traditional account because they distrust financial firms, don't have appropriate identification, or cannot qualify to open an account. Prepaid card customers can get access to thousands of ATMs, use major payment systems to buy goods, and even use online bill pay services. Prepaid cards are also attractive because the other options for "unbanked" people, like check cashing or money order stores, can be more expensive. Carrying cash can be risky because it is hard to trace and recover in cases of theft. (Photo: Danny Moloshok/Landov)

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Bank of America Ends Their Debit Card Fee - On Tuesday, Bank of America announced that it would end their fee that charged customers $5 a month to use a debit card. (Photo: Danny Moloshok/Landov)

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Starbucks Helps to Create Jobs Through Small Businesses - Buy a cup of coffee, help create a job. It may be a simplified formula, but that’s the gist of Starbuck’s new Create Jobs for USA program, which launched Nov. 1. The program will help raise capital for community-based businesses, in an effort to help spur hiring. Their idea is if the local businesses have capital, they will hire.(Photo: YURIKO NAKAO/Reuters /Landov)

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Testimony Ends in Michael Jackson Doctor Trial - Dr. Conrad Murray told a judge on Tuesday, Nov. 1, that he would not testify in his own defense.(Photo: AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, pool)