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Nathaniel Claybrooks and Christopher Johnson's suit, according to the Vancouver Sun, says ABC has never put a single person of color - whether African American, Hispanic or Asian - in the central role of The Bachelor or The Bachelorette.

Attorney representing Claybrooks and Johnson, Cyrus Mehri told Entertainment Weekly, "...[the producers of the show and ABC] are sending a message of exclusiveness - of denying people opportunity - and that has a negative effect on this country that we plan today to start to turn around."

As reported by the Pioneer Press, Minnesota legislators were put in the hot seat after the visit from the commissioner, insisting that if a new Vikings' stadium was not approved this year, the team would have no other choices but to relocate.

"This is the time to get things done," Goodell said to the Star Tribune. "I've been here several times tone the stadium front over the years. In 2006, they moved forward with a stadium for the Twins and the Gophers. We were asked to move to the next year. And it's now 2012."

According to the Star Tribune, Fox brutally stabbed and killed Baker in her apartment as she tried to break up with him.

It is also reported key witnesses to the murder included inmates who served time with Fox, so disturbed by his demeanor, decided to help convict Fox.

Pioneer Press reports Fox was formally charged with first-degree premeditated murder and first-degree intentional murder committed in the course of aggravated robbery. Fox faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without possibility of release.

The prosecutors deliberately struck black potential jurors in death penalty cases.

According to the NY Times, Friday Judge Gregory A. Weeks order the death sentence of the convicted to be changed to life in prison without parole, which is the first decision of its kind under the controversial Racial Justice Act of North Carolina, passed in 2009.

It is also reported Weeks said in a 167-page ruling the prosecutors "intentionally used the race of [jury pool] members as a significant factor in decisions to exercise peremptory strikes in capital cases."

Prosecutors plan to appeal the decision.

It is also reported the quake hit nearly 29.8 kilometers beneath the ocean floor near the north coast of the Papua province.This earthquake closely follows a 6.1-magnitude struck off Indonesia's Sumatra Island, RTT News reports.

The Guardian reports that although the powerful earthquake hit and panicked residents to vacate buildings, homes, and schools, authorities said it did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami.

It is also reported that the area has suffered a few quakes exceeding 8.0 magnitude, and is prone to these natural disasters due their location along what is named the "ring of fire" on the Pacific Ocean.

"These rumors are completely untrue ... our lifestyle hasn't changed," Jada told the magazine, according to the LA Times. "Before we had the kids, we were already far away from each other quite often because of separate projects."

After a media frenzy, circling her marriage for months, Jada put a stop to the circus, according to People magazine, after she was quoted replying to a question of the couple living at separate estates, "That's ridiculous. We've always lived together."

Jody Patzner Jr. died after collapsing onto the sidewalk a few blocks from home after being gunned down, while he delivered food to a neighbor, according to PostBulletin.com.

The Pioneer Press reports Hezekiah Hamiliton, 24, was arrested in connection with the murder Wednesday, one block away from where police were called after the shooting according to a Minneapolis police spokesperson Sgt. Stephen McCarty.

The Pioneer Press also report that Hamilton is expected to be charged Friday.

As reported by ABC News, the young woman testified Monday that at 12-years-old, she was expected to sexually service gang members for free.

They also report she told jurors gang members used force to lead the 6th grader into sex trafficking between Nashville and Minneapolis.

According to the Associated Press via Star Tribune, the young woman is one of four unidentified Sdomali female victims listed in the originally, unsealed indictment in 2010. The majority indicted were of Somali descent, and were members or associates of three Somali gangs: the Somali Outlaws, the Somali Mafia, and the Lady Outlaws.

RT News also reports 48 of the 50 states in the U.S. are experiencing at least moderate drought conditions, and this experience could lead to catastrophe for the country's agricultural and economic businesses.

According to USA Today, this year's 61% of 48 states in the "abnormally dry" drought conditions is the highest percent of dry or drought conditions since September 2007.

USA Today reported the U.S. has not been this dry in five years and wildfires and brush fires have become common in recent weeks because of the dryness and windy conditions.

According to CNN, two small explosions took place in Cartagena, far from where the world leaders gathered for the beginning of the Summit, one near a bus station and the second near a shopping mall.

Two further bombs exploded near the American embassy in the capital Bogota, as reported by EuroNews. They also report police say they may have been planted by leftist rebels.

It is also reported no one was killed or injured in the attacks.

I asked a co-worker of mine to comment on the language of this particular article as it relates to Nigerian people, as she herself is from Africa.

She spoke of the resistance to celebrating religion, as attacks on churches holding Easter services were not surprising to her. "These type of things happen in my country," she says to me, shaking her head, "it just is how it is. I don't feel like they lie about us at all in this story. It is a real representation."

She later shared with me although it is troubling to see her Nigerian heritage in the news all over the world painted as terrorists, it is a reality in certain parts of her home country.

University Police Chief Greg Hestness told reporters Tinsley was found unresponsive in his apartment at Roy Wilkins Hall, according to ESPN.

A senior graduating this May, Tinsley completed his athletic eligibility with the U, ending with 87 career tackles last season.

According to the Pioneer Press, the death of the Jacksonville, Fla. Native will be treated by investigators as "suspicious" because it involved a "young athlete," Hestness said, mentioning there was no evidence of foul play, He also told reporters the police were not aware of any pre-existing medical conditions that may have caused his death.

An autopsy is planned, and the cause of death will not be released prior to those results.

This arrested followed the police ordering the activists to take down their tents, where they set up camp at Peavey Plaza, near Orchestra Hall.

According to MPR News, Police spokesman Sgt. Steve McCarty said officers warned the group at Peavey they were violating city ordinances and blocking public access and needed to leave. Following the demonstrators march through Hennepin Ave and 5th street, were McCarty said they blocked intersections and impeded an ambulance on an emergency call and that is when officers arrested 12 protestors.

MPR News reports in a release, Occupy protestors say they were marching peacefully when officers "attacked" them,

The Star Tribune reports Minneapolis has the nation's second-highest bike commuter rate, thanks in large part to programs, such as Nice Ride, that promote bicycle commuting.

According to MPR News, 1,200 bicycles are available at 116 stations in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Nice Ride Executive Director Bill Dossett told NPR News, "Last year we added 51 stations and that's what got us to 116 and that expansion was both in Minneapolis and St. Paul. This year, we're going to be adding 30 more stations, and 26 of those are going to be in downtown St. Paul."