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FILE - This Aug. 28, 2013 file photo shows National Urban League President Marc Morial speaking at the Let Freedom Ring ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. While unemployment has been a major impediment to African Americans' economic progress, underemployment is a bigger obstacle for them than it is for whites or Hispanics, the National Urban League says in its latest State of Black America report. The annual report, called “One Nation Underemployed: Jobs Rebuild America,” noted that African Americans are twice as likely as whites to be unemployed. The unemployment rate for blacks was 12 percent in February, compared to 5.8 percent for whites. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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In this Sept. 11, 2013 photo provided by Innamorata Photography, Megan Smith, left, proposes to Lindsey Wagoner, who later changed her last name to Smith, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Winning a contest held by the American Civil Liberties Union, they and four other couples will get logistical and financial help from the ACLU to get married the week of April 28, 2014 in one of the 17 states, plus Washington D.C., which do allow gay marriage. The Smiths had a wedding celebration in Chattanooga on Sunday, March 30, 2014 even though Tennessee doesn't recognize gay marriages, and they plan to be legally wed in a few weeks in Washington, D.C., outside the U.S. Supreme Court building. (AP Photo/Innamorata Photography, Melody Hood)
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This Sunday, Dec. 1 2013 photo provided by the couple shows Jeremiah Pyant, left, and Jeff Robertson during their proposal ceremony in Cancun, Mexico. Winning a contest held by the American Civil Liberties Union, they and four other couples will get logistical and financial help from the ACLU to get married the week of April 28, 2014 in one of the 17 states, plus Washington D.C., which do allow gay marriage. They hope to marry aboard a hot air balloon taking off from Texas, where same-sex marriage is banned, and fly over the border into New Mexico, where it is legal. (AP Photo/Mexican Wedding Photography, Mikel Razo)
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A South Texas school bus driver was back to her regular route Monday morning after being caught on video bullying a little girl for crying and encouraging others to join in. (Wikipedia)
