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Florida A&M University’s famed marching band is being suspended until 2013.
FAMU President James Ammons told the school’s board of trustees on Monday that he will keep The Marching 100 off the field for the upcoming school year.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP/WAOK) — The embattled head of Florida A&M University’s marching band is retiring.
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A prosecutor says 13 people will be charged in the death of a Florida A&M university drum major who died after being beaten during a hazing ritual in November. Florida State Attorney Lawson Lamar announced the charges at a news conference Wednesday. The charges come more than five months after 26-year-old Robert Champion died aboard a chartered bus parked outside an Orlando hotel.
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Atlanta fire officials say the structure of a building at filmmaker Tyler Perry‘s studio is fine after part of it caught fire, sending flames into the night sky. Fire Capt. Jolyon Bundrige says there were no reports of injuries from the blaze that started before 9 p.m. Tuesday and burned through the building’s exterior surface.
Authorities say they plan to file charges against five band members accused in the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said on Tuesday that multiple defendants will be charged in the death of Robert Champion.
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In a court hearing today in the George Zimmerman case, Judge Kenneth Lester decided to postpone a ruling on what will happen to a pot of money that has been donated for Zimmerman’s defense.
The Florida judge ruled that Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of killing an unarmed Trayvon Martin in February, will not immediately have to turn over donations made to his website that now total more than $200,000.
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President Barack Obama will be returning to Georgia again this month but this time for a different reason than his fund raising trip in March. President and Mrs. Michelle Obama will be making the trip south to Georgia on Friday to visit with troops and military families at Fort Stewart.
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A Douglas County judge has accepted a guilty plea in the November 2010 stomping death of teen Bobby Tillman. Emanuel Boykins pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole Tuesday. He would be eligible for parole after serving 30 years.
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The Sanford, Fla., city commission has rejected the resignation of the police chief. Bill Lee had been harshly criticized for his handling of the Trayvon Martin case. Lee temporarily stepped down as police chief on March 22, saying he wanted to let tensions cool.
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George Zimmerman, the man facing second degree murder charges in the death of Trayvon Martin, is out of a Florida jail on 150-thousand-dollars bond. Zimmerman was released around midnight after his attorney Mark O’Mara and the prosecutors in the Florida District Attorney’s office worked out a deal to take him to an undisclosed location.
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George Zimmerman took the stand at his bond hearing today and told the family of Trayvon Martin, “I am sorry for the loss of your son.” Zimmerman appeared in court before Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester in an effort to get a bond for a second degree murder charge in the death of Martin.
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Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman is being charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teenager whose death ignited nationwide protests. Special prosecutor Angela Corey says that 28-year-old Zimmerman is in custody.
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Where is George Zimmerman? Attorneys for the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen have withdrawn as his counsel, saying they haven’t heard from him since Sunday.
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Actress Milla Jovovich arrives at the 84th Annual Academy Awards held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 18: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) (L-R) Lonnie Ali, boxing legend Muhammad Ali and recording artist Sean "Diddy" Combs appear onstage during the Keep Memory Alive foundation's "Power of Love Gala" celebrating Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena February 18, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event benefits the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and the Muhammad Ali Center. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Keep Memory Alive)
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