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Wracked With Guilt - In the wake of laying her beloved family members to rest, Jennifer Hudson blames herself for the tragic murders of her mother, brother and nephew in Chicago. According to “The Daily Star,” the singer/actress feels she should have convinced her family to move out of the troubled neighborhood.
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The 44th – The First - America wrote history this week by electing Barack Obama, a 47-year-old first-term senator from Illinois, as the first African-American president of the United States. Obama won 52 percent of the nation's popular vote, and had a 338-163 advantage in electoral votes.
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Kenya Celebrates - Once it was announced that their blood was elected the president-elect of America, Obama's relatives in Africa went off. Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki declared Nov. 6 a public holiday to celebrate the victory of one of their own.
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Obama’s Grandmother Dies - Sadly, Obama’s grandmother passed away just a day before her grandson became president-elect. Madelyn Payne Dunham, whose personality shaped much of Obama's life, died after a battle with cancer. She was 86.
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Newspapers Sell Out - Obama's victory proved to be a boom for struggling newspaper sales, with U.S. publishers rolling extra copies off the presses by the thousands and still failing to meet demand. News of his victory even led the opportunistic to sell copies of sold-out papers on eBay, where copies sold for more than $200.
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Nas Records Pro-Obama Song - On the day Obama became America's President-elect, Nas recorded a song titled, "Election Night." In the song, the rapper says he plans to be at Obama's inauguration and also pays tribute to the president-elect's grandmother, who died Monday. Nas along with Juelz Santana and Busta Rhymes became first-time voters in the 2008 election.
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Jesse’s Caught - Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson caught the attention of TV cameras at Obama's victory celebration. Jackson said he was crying because he was thinking about his father and how in World War II "they fought the Nazis in Europe and they came back home and had no rights," about his grandmother who couldn't read or write, and about "the martyrs" of the civil rights movement.
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Bey’s Ready - Beyoncé said she’s fully available for the inauguration. "Whatever they want - if they need me to volunteer, they need me to sing, I'm there, and I'm ready," the R&B diva said in an interview the day after Obama made history. "I've never been so patriotic!...I'm just beyond excited."
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Assassination Fears - Among Obama's challenges is his own security. He's already been the target of at least two assassination plots and delivered his victory speech from behind bulletproof glass. Obama and his family are under 24-hour guard by squads of elite, heavily armed Secret Service agents.
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NBA Star Elected Mayor - Former Phoenix Suns point guard Kevin Johnson secured a victory similar to Obama's this week. He made history by becoming the first African-American mayor of Sacramento, Calif. He is expected to take office officially on Nov. 25.
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