Bring That Week Back: Dallas Judge Halts Execution of Woman

Kwame Kilpatrick released from jail and other news.

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Bring That Week Back: Dallas Judge Halts Execution of Woman - NAACP exposed with conflict of interest, Rosa Parks stamp to debut, Kwame Kilpatrick released from jail, and other news headlines. —Dorkys RamosA Dallas judge halted the execution of a Texas woman who was scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday evening for the 1997 murder of her 71-year-old neighbor. Kimberly McCarthy, 51, would have been the first woman since 2010 to be executed in the U.S. (Photo: AP Photo/Texas Department of Criminal Justice, File)

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NAACP Opposes NYC Soft Drink Ban - The NAACP is causing some controversy by speaking out against New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's soft drink restrictions. The New York Times reported that the civil rights organization had ties with several large soft drink companies. (Photo: AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

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University of Illinois to Honor First Black Female Grad - University of Illinois' Urbana-Champaign campus is naming a new residence hall after its first Black female graduate, Maudelle Tanner Brown Bousfield, who graduated in 1906. (Photo: Courtesy University of Illinois)

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USPS to Commemorate Rosa Parks' 100th Birthday - The U.S. Postal Service is releasing a Rosa Parks Forever Stamp on Feb. 4 in honor of the civil rights icon's 100th birthday. Ceremonies in Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan, will celebrate the occasion. (Photo: Courtesy US Postal Service)

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Kwame Kilpatrick Released From Jail - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been released from jail after spending the weekend behind bars. Kilpatrick was arrested for violating his parole for a 2008 criminal conviction. (Photo: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

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Mother Loses Fourth Child to Gun Violence - A string of Chicago homicides on Saturday have left six wounded and seven dead — including a 34-year-old man whose mother had already lost three other children due to gun violence. (Photo: WLS Chicago, ABC)

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Witnesses Make Statements in Trayvon Martin Case - George Zimmerman's lawyers have begun to take statements from witnesses before the trial begins in June. Zimmerman is being charged with second-degree murder for shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in February 2012. (Photo: Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel-Pool/Getty Images)