Bring That Week Back: Colleges Vie for Oakland Teen With 5.0 GPA

Plus, Sharpton won't apologize for informant allegations.

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Akintunde Ahmad Offered Many Spots at Colleges This Fall - Rev. Al Sharpton "refuses to apologize" after F.B.I. informant allegations arise; body of Michigan woman may have been found; plus more national news. — Natelege Whaley (@natelege)  Akintunde Ahmad, 17, was accepted to Yale, Brown, Columbia, Northwestern, the University of Southern California, UCLA, Howard, Chapman, Cal Poly and Cal State East Bay of Oakland. He has a 5.0 GPA and scored 2100 on the SAT. (Photo: Courtesy of KGO TV)

Rev. Al Sharpton: "I Refuse to Apologize" - Rev. Al Sharpton's tweeted Tuesday about news stories reporting his alleged involvement as an F.B.I. informant. "Leaving the NAN House of Justice dealing with this 30-year-old F.B.I. informant story. I refuse to apologize for doing right, then or now," he wrote. (Photo: Al Sharpton via Twitter)

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Rev. Al Sharpton: "I Refuse to Apologize" - Rev. Al Sharpton's tweeted Tuesday about news stories reporting his alleged involvement as an F.B.I. informant. "Leaving the NAN House of Justice dealing with this 30-year-old F.B.I. informant story. I refuse to apologize for doing right, then or now," he wrote. (Photo: Al Sharpton via Twitter)

Woman's Body Found in River May Belong to Michigan Doctor - Authorities believe a body found early Sunday morning in Indiana may be Teleka Patrick. The 30-year-old woman went missing from Kalamazoo, Michigan, in December 2013.   (Photo: Courtesy of WDIV 4)

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Woman's Body Found in River May Belong to Michigan Doctor - Authorities believe a body found early Sunday morning in Indiana may be Teleka Patrick. The 30-year-old woman went missing from Kalamazoo, Michigan, in December 2013. (Photo: Courtesy of WDIV 4)

Detroit Man, 72, Uses Cane to Fend Off Pickpocket - A 23-year-old thief's plan to pickpocket Chet Dunham, 72, of Detroit, quickly backfired on him. A video shows Jeffrey Darnell Jones II reaching in Dunham's pocket and Dunham slapping him with his cane. A bank teller was able to call the police before Jones got away. (Photo: Courtesy of WILX TV)

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Detroit Man, 72, Uses Cane to Fend Off Pickpocket - A 23-year-old thief's plan to pickpocket Chet Dunham, 72, of Detroit, quickly backfired on him. A video shows Jeffrey Darnell Jones II reaching in Dunham's pocket and Dunham slapping him with his cane. A bank teller was able to call the police before Jones got away. (Photo: Courtesy of WILX TV)

Gone Too Soon: 4 Young Adults Die in Tragic Accident - Four young adults died in a tragic car accident in Queens, New York, after a vehicle flipped over into a creek Saturday. The families of Darius Fletcher, 21, Jada Monique Butts, 19, Crystal Gravely, 19, and Jaleel Furtado, 20, are mourning their deaths. (Photo: AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Gone Too Soon: 4 Young Adults Die in Tragic Accident - Four young adults died in a tragic car accident in Queens, New York, after a vehicle flipped over into a creek Saturday. The families of Darius Fletcher, 21, Jada Monique Butts, 19, Crystal Gravely, 19, and Jaleel Furtado, 20, are mourning their deaths. (Photo: AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Charges Dismissed for Woman in Depraved Heart Murder Case - A judge in Columbus, Mississippi, dismissed murder charges against Rennie Gibbs, who was arrested after her baby was stillborn in 2006. Gibbs was accused of using cocaine during her pregnancy and charged with depraved heart murder, a "callus disregard for human life."    (Photo: Courtesy of Lowndes County Circuit Court)

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Charges Dismissed for Woman in Depraved Heart Murder Case - A judge in Columbus, Mississippi, dismissed murder charges against Rennie Gibbs, who was arrested after her baby was stillborn in 2006. Gibbs was accused of using cocaine during her pregnancy and charged with depraved heart murder, a "callus disregard for human life."  (Photo: Courtesy of Lowndes County Circuit Court)

11-Year-Old Killed By 2-Year-Old Brother - Jamara Stevens, 11, was killed by her 2-year-old brother who accidentally shot her in Philadelphia. The incident happened when her mother, Tiffany Goldwire, went to the bathroom and left the children in her bedroom. Authorities still have not determined who owns the gun.    (Photo: Courtesy of NBC 10 Philadelphia)

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11-Year-Old Killed By 2-Year-Old Brother - Jamara Stevens, 11, was killed by her 2-year-old brother who accidentally shot her in Philadelphia. The incident happened when her mother, Tiffany Goldwire, went to the bathroom and left the children in her bedroom. Authorities still have not determined who owns the gun.  (Photo: Courtesy of NBC 10 Philadelphia)