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Weekly News Headlines (Jun. 30 - Jul. 6)
Staff Reporter | Posted July 7, 2008 3:52 AM
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America celebrated its Independence, Will Smith released another fourth of July blockbuster, Starbucks slashed jobs, oil prices continued to rise, Mugabe continued to rule, Obama moved to the right, and Wimbledon came to an exciting end. All of that happened last week.
These are the headlines from the past week.
Arts & Entertainment
- Jay-Z's 40/40 club sued by waiters
- DMX arrested again
- Cheadle, stars pitch in for Darfur
- 50 Cent: I get to kiss white girls
- T.I. turns to civil rights icon as mentor
- Teen sexuality blamed on 'Juno'
- Russell Simmons settles custody battle
Business
International
- African Union quiet on Zimbabwe
- Famine threatens Ethiopia, Somalia
- Mugabe's rival reject unity talks
- Mugabe sworn in for 6th term
Politics
- Jesse Helms dead at 86
- Obama may 'refine' Iraq timeline
- Half a million jobs lost this year
- Obama talks sacrifice, national service
- Obama courting evangelicals
- Mandela taken off terror watch list
- Obama calls for role for religious groups
- No more fist bumps for Obama
- Obama discusses his chat with Bill Clinton
- Colin Powell meets with McCain, Obama
- New poll: Obama, McCain in dead heat
- Black lawmakers seek ban on menthol cigs
- Obama turns his focus on black voters
- Cars vandalized with anti-Obama slurs
Race Issues
- Yearbook gives blacks "ghetto" names
- Historic school for blacks, disabled closes
- Talented 20 program works for blacks
- White Texan cleared in killing of 2 'black' burglars
- First black bishop appointed in MD
- Black Americans on long road to equality
Sports
- Nadal wins Wimbledon
- Williams sisters win at doubles
- Venus wins Wimbledon
- Mike Tyson linked to NYC killing
- Tiger Woods enters rehab
- Tyson Gay runs world record time (sorta)
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