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Super Bowl 2013: The 7 best halftime shows of all time
For Super Bowl 2013, Beyonce will have some big shoes to fill. Here are the 7 all-time best halftime shows from past games.
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Obama or Romney? Why 5 undecided voters are still on the fence.
The presidential election will be decided by a tiny fraction of American voters – those in swing states who have not made up their minds. What are these 1 million people waiting for? The Monitor talked to five undecided voters to find out.
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Virginia State student deaths renew debate over hazing abuse
The apparent drowning deaths of two Virginia State University freshmen are refocusing attention on the role of college and university officials in curbing a culture of hazing and abuse on campus.
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Super Bowl 2013: The 7 best halftime shows of all time
For Super Bowl 2013, Beyonce will have some big shoes to fill. Here are the 7 all-time best halftime shows from past games.
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Amid rise in high school hazing, concern over increasingly sexual nature
Allegations of hazing against two high school sports teams – one in California, one in Massachusetts – point to an increase in high school hazing as well as a turn toward sexual acts.
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Obama or Romney? Why 5 undecided voters are still on the fence.
The presidential election will be decided by a tiny fraction of American voters – those in swing states who have not made up their minds. What are these 1 million people waiting for? The Monitor talked to five undecided voters to find out.
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FAMU blames hazing victim for his own death: Heartless or prudent?
Florida A&M University’s assertion that drum major Robert Champion is to blame for his own death after a hazing ritual last year will be a test of schools' legal responsibility to control hazing.
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Abuse on campus: Will Florida A&M death bring crackdown on hazing?
The hazing death of a member of the Florida A&M marching band has led to the resignation of the university president and a wrongful death lawsuit and likely will serve as a warning to US campus leaders.
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George Zimmerman fund-raising appeal for $1 million bond
George Zimmerman must pay $100,000 to a bail bond company and have collateral worth $1 million to get out of jail. Can George Zimmerman raise the money?
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Florida A&M hazing arrests bring cloud
The future of the nationally-renowned marching bad is in doubt amid revelations that brutal hazing is traditional.
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Florida A&M hazing charges underscore larger problem
More and more, hazing has moved from a private matter for universities to a public matter for prosecutors. Thirteen were charged in the latest scandal, where a Florida A&M drum major died after being beaten by bandmates.
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13 charged in Florida A&M University band member's hazing death
The charges came more than five months after Robert Champion died aboard a chartered bus parked outside an Orlando hotel following a performance against a rival school.
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Florida A&M hazing: Charges could clip violent traditions (+video)
Florida A&M hazing case might be paving the way for a new era of reform. On Wednesday, 13 individuals were charged in the hazing death of FAMU drum major Robert Champion last November.
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Trayvon Martin case: George Zimmerman trial could be months off
For now, George Zimmerman's second-degree murder case hinges on two things: whether the judge will allow him to be free on bail, and whether the case is dismissed as justifiable homicide under Florida's Stand Your Ground law.
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Trayvon Martin: Prosecutors say Zimmerman followed teen
The affidavit filed today gives clues to the prosecution's case.
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Florida students rally to arrest white neighborhood watch leader
College students plan to rally Monday in Sanford, Fla., and on the campus of Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. Rev. Al Sharpton is also planning a rally on Thursday.
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FAMU hazing, Robert Champion: Violent rituals don't make men stronger
They make worse human beings. The hazing death of Florida A&M marching band member Robert Champion proves it. At a historically black college especially, slavery-style abuse shouldn't be a badge of pride.
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Death by hazing? Why even tragic FAMU case won't end such rituals.
Initiation rites are so ingrained in parts of college life that even egregious incidents aren't enough to eradicate hazing, experts say. Investigations into last month's death of a FAMU band major are under way.
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Hazing may have played role in death at FAMU
Hazing is being blamed for the death of a Florida A&M University student. His family says the school has a culture of hazing.
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Linda McMahon, NBA's Bradley lose elections
Linda McMahon, the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment who presented herself as a shrewd businesswoman, was beaten for the US Senate seat by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal.
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