SHARPTON APPARENTLY RELATED TO THURMOND
The New York Daily News reported on February 25, 2007 that civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton (R, 2004 file photo) is related to former segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond (L, 1985 file photo) through Sharpton's great-grandfather. Sharpton has asked for a DNA test to determine whether the genealogists' findings are correct. (UPI Photo/Files)
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NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- The New York Post apologized Friday for a cartoon it said mocked the stimulus plan but some interpreted as a racist slur against U.S. President Barack Obama.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- The New York Post apologized Thursday for offending those who saw a cartoon of a chimpanzee as racist, while saying no racism was intended.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Kirsten Gillibrand, the upstate congresswoman named to replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate, came to New York City Saturday to meet the locals.
NEW YORK, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- The Rev. Al Sharpton was convicted of disorderly conduct Wednesday for his role in protests following acquittals in the police shooting of an unarmed black man.
NEW YORK, July 22 (UPI) -- U.S. prosecutors are ending their criminal investigation of the Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network organization, law enforcement sources said.
