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Black undercount found in 1940 census records

FILE - In this July 6, 1957 file photo, Althea Gibson, of New York City, holds the women's singles tennis trophy at Wimbledon, England, while being kissed by her finals opponent, Darlene Hard, of Montebello, Calif. Gibson, who became the first African-American to win a Wimbledon championship, was among the more than a million black people who weren’t counted in the 1940 census. There is no record of Gibson and her family in the decennial census, the records of which were released online to the public by the U.S. Census Bureau on April 2 after a 72-year confidentiality period lapsed. (AP Photo, File)As a teenager, tennis legend Althea Gibson played paddle tennis on the streets of her New York City neighborhood.


Millions look skyward as eclipse crosses Asia, US

The annular solar eclipse is seen as the sun sets behind the Rocky Mountains from downtown Denver late on Sunday, May 20, 2012. The annular eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun, was visible across Asia as well as the southwest part of the United States. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)Skywatchers from Mount Fuji to the Grand Canyon enjoyed a treat: the moon nearly blotting out the sun to create a dramatic 'ring of fire' over a narrow strip of eastern Asia and the western United States.


Survivor: Honduran police fired on passenger boat

Lucio Adan Nelson Quin, 22, rests while recovering in a public hospital from the wounds caused during an attack involving U.S. helicopters in a DEA-supported anti-drug crackdown by Honduras police in Las Mosquitia region, in La Ceiba, Honduras, Sunday, May 20, 2012. On Friday May 11, Lucio and more than a dozen others dove from a riverboat into the water for cover from Honduran police, who with DEA agents aboard, say they were hitting drug traffickers who fired first. Four died.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)Lucio Adan Nelson dozed on a riverboat ferrying him home from a visit with his mother when helicopters appeared overhead and started shooting. He and about a dozen other passengers traveling in the middle of the night jumped into the water for cover.


Miss. prison riot leaves guard dead, 8 hurt
A prison guard was killed Sunday during a riot that also injured five other correctional officers and hurt three inmates at a privately run facility in Mississippi that holds illegal immigrants, authorities said.
Tropical Storm Alberto weakens off SC coast

This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, May 19, 2012, shows tropical storm Alberto 140 miles (225 km) east of Charleston, S.C. Alberto is the first tropical storm of the season and formed Saturday off the coast of South Carolina with top winds of 45 mph (75 kph). (AP Photo/Weather Underground)Tropical Storm Alberto hovered off the South Carolina and Georgia coasts on Sunday, canceling tourist cruises, producing showers and serving as a reminder that the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is just around the corner.


Alibaba in talks to raise $2.3 billion equity for Yahoo deal: sources

Employees play table tennis inside the headquarters office of Alibaba (China) Technology Co. Ltd on the outskirts of HangzhouSINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese Internet firm Alibaba Group is in talks with existing shareholders, including Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings, to raise about $2.3 billion in equity to partly finance its deal with Yahoo Inc., two sources said. Entrepreneur Jack Ma is buying back up to half of a 40 percent stake in his Alibaba Group from Yahoo for $7.1 billion, in a deal that moves the Chinese e-commerce leader closer to a public listing. Alibaba is looking to raise about a third of the $7.1 billion through issuance of equity to shareholders, one of the sources told Reuters. ...


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