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After the NAACP passed a resolution declaring the Tea Party to be a “racist” organization, Tea Party-backed Florida Congressional candidate Allen West held a town hall meeting in Fort Lauderdale to address the concerns of voters. He also wrote blog posts defending the Tea Party, while at the same time attacking the NAACP.

From the NY Post: An EMT who was accused of ignoring a dying, pregnant woman during his coffee break last year was shot and killed yesterday in a dispute near a SoHo nightclub, police said.

FROM NYDailyNews.com: Poverty is perhaps the most important factor in whether inner-city heterosexuals are infected with the AIDS virus, according to the first government study of its kind.

MANNING, S.C. — In his first campaign appearance, South Carolina’s surprising U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene avoided any major gaffes Sunday as he hit his three major themes of jobs, education and justice.

FROM NYTimes.com: Every family deserves a vacation right? Well maybe, unless you are the President of the U.S. that is. President Obama and his family are planning a get away to Maine for the weekend, but not without much disapproval.

From Minnesota.PublicRadio.org: Cyclists from across the country were in St. Paul this weekend for what’s believed to be the first event of its kind: an African American-focused bike festival.