Bring That Week Back: May 23
Eight people shot after NBA playoff game, plus more.
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Eight People Shot Following NBA Playoff Game - Eight people shot following NBA playoff game, a report finds half of Black defendants are wrongly convicted of crimes, NAACP backs marriage equality, plus more. —Britt Middleton Following the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 106-90 playoff win over the Los Angeles Lakers, eight people were shot, one critically injured, as fans poured out from the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City. Police have detained two people for questioning. The Thunder now advances to the Western Conference finals.(Photo: AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Sarah Phipps)
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Orlando Magic Coach and GM Fired - The Orlando Magic parted ways with head coach Stan Van Gundy and general manager Otis Smith on Monday, again sparking rumors that contention between Van Gundy and Magic center Dwight Howard had reached a breaking point. In April, Van Gundy said team officials told him that Howard had asked management to fire Van Gundy as a condition of the basketball player signing a long-term contract beyond 2013. Howard has denied those claims.(Photo: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
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Cory Booker Bashed for Obama Comments - In an interview on Sunday’s Meet the Press, Newark Mayor Cory Booker said he’s “very uncomfortable” with the ad campaign that President Obama’s re-election team launched last week attacking the private equity firm Republican rival Mitt Romney once led, Bain Capital. Booker, who has served as an Obama campaign surrogate spokesman, said he has been used by Republicans as propaganda to advance the GOP agenda. He took to Twitter and recorded a four-minute video in an effort to quell doubts about his support for Obama. (Photo: Courtesy MSNBC)
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Oprah Winfrey Gives Road Advice to Spelman Graduates - Graduates of Spelman College were treated to a heart-to-heart from the one-and-only Oprah Winfrey on Sunday. The guest speaker delivered the commencement address, telling the graduates they "must have some vision for your life. Even if you don't know the plan, you have to have a direction in which you choose to go." (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images)
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Report Finds More Than Half of Falsely Convicted Prisoners Are Black - Confirming years of criticism from the African-American community that Blacks are disproportionately imprisoned and wrongly convicted, groundbreaking data compiled by the University of Michigan Law School and the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law reported that half the 873 exonerated defendants in their study were African-American, and nine out of 10 were men. Researchers estimated the defendants spent more than 11 years each in prison for crimes they did not commit. (Photo: LUCY NICHOLSON/Landov)
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