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Tragedy Near Texas A&M University - Shooting leaves three dead near Texas A&M University, legendary editor Helen Gurley Brown dies, George Zimmerman's lawyer drops "Stand Your Ground" defense, plus more. —Britt Middleton Three people were killed in a shooting at a home near Texas A&M University on Monday, including the suspected shooter, 35-year-old Thomas Alton Caffall, and a county law enforcement official. Authorities are still investigating the incident, but they believe it happened after the county official arrived at Caffall's home to serve him an eviction notice. (Photo: AP Photo/City of College Station)

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Helen Gurley Brown Dies at 90 - Celebrated author and magazine editor Helen Gurley Brown passed away in New York City on Monday at the age of 90. The author of the 1960s tome Sex and the Single Girl, Brown also served as editor of Cosmopolitan magazine from 1965 until 1997 and is revered as a pioneer for introducing open dialogue about sex in women's magazines. (Photo: AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)

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Shooting Near Times Square  - After they were unable to disarm him, New York City Police fatally shot a man armed with a large knife near Times Square on Sunday. Fifty-one-year-old Darrius Kennedy was reportedly smoking marijuana on a street corner and wielded an 11-inch knife when police approached. (Photo: AP Photo/Lincoln Rocha via The New York Times)

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White President of NAACP Chapter at HBCU Found Dead - Forty-year-old Michael Teasley, a student at Jackson State University and the first white president of a NAACP chapter among historically black colleges and universities, was found dead in his apartment last week. He appeared to have died from natural causes. (Photo: Courtesy of Jackson State University)

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Separate and Not Equal - According to a recent report from the Pew Research Center, in the past 30 years, Americans are increasingly living neighborhoods with people of similar economic status. For example, 28 percent of lower-income households in 2010 were found in neighborhoods where at least half the residents were also lower income and 18 percent of upper-income households were located in neighborhoods of the same income bracket. (Photo: Bert Klassen / Getty Images)

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Prosecutors Mistakenly Release Photos of Trayvon Martin's Body - Last week, prosecutors in the Trayvon Martin murder trial released a packet of unauthorized documents to the public, including a chilling photo of the slain teen lying face down on the ground after he had been shot and copies of George Zimmerman's college transcripts. (Photo: ABC News)

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Zimmerman's Attorney Won't Use "Stand Your Ground" Law - In another twist, Zimmerman's lawyer Mark O'Mara announced on Monday that he will seek a traditional self-defense filing over Florida's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law because he said Zimmerman did not retreat from the beating he allegedly sustained from Trayvon the night of the shooting. (Photo: Gary Green/The Orlando Sentinel-Pool/Getty Images)

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The State of Black Men in California - A new study from the Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color found that young Black men in California that don't have a high school diploma or its equivalent were, by a 36 to 27 percent ratio, more likely to be in prison than working a job. Adding to the forecast, the group estimates that Black kindergarteners were three times more likely to doubt their academic abilities than white children. (Photo: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)

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The Divide Over Affirmative Action - At the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, the Obama Administration spoke out for the first time in support of affirmative action programs at universities, which aim to increase the pool of Black and Latino students. In October, the High Court will rule on the appeal of Abigail Fisher, a rejected white applicant who accused the University of Texas of racial discrimination. (Photo: AP Photo/Al Behrman)