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Federal prosecutors are demanding $4.5 million from former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick for widespread corruption during his tenure as mayor. Kilpatrick entered federal prison last month to kick off the beginning of a 28-year prison sentence for taking bribes and rigging contracts.

After a lengthy court battle, the rightful creator of the “Super Soaker” toy has been awarded $72.9 million. Johnson Research and Development Co. and founder Lonnie Johnson were in a royalty dispute with Hasbro toy company since February over royalties accrued for the Nerf line toys between 2007 and 2012.

According to most recent data collected by the U.S. Census, 1 in 6 Americans are living in poverty. The number of poor people in the country is 3 million higher than the official count.

A pastor of a North Carolina megachurch is calling his new $1.6 million home a “gift from God.” Elevation Church Pastor Steven Furtick’s 16,000 square-foot home drew national media attention last week due to its size and cost.

Penn State University will pay a total of $59.7 million to 26 victims of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. The school also indicated that more settlements could come in the future. Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of child sexual abuse in June 2012.

Thaddeus Jimenez was just 13-years-old when he was convicted of Eric Morro’s murder in 1993 in Chicago. He served nearly 20 years in prison for the crime that he says he didn’t commit. Now a 7th Circuit judge has awarded Jimenez $25 million for the wrongful conviction.

More than 50 Head Start programs were forced to shut their doors on October 1 as a result of the government shutdown. But two philanthropists have donated $10 million to keep the nation’s Head Start programs running.

Jurors in Chicago awarded $1 million to man that was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to prison for over a year. John Collins was arrested on charges of aggravated battery to a police officer in 2006.

Bank of America Corp was ordered to pay $2.18 million to more than 1,100 black job applicants over racial discrimination in hiring. The suit ruled that the bank’s practices kept qualified candidates from getting jobs.

Ten black former contestants of American Idol are suing the show for $25 million. They allege that American Idol produces targeted the contestants because of their race, and then illegally dug up their criminal records in order to expose and disgrace them on national television.

The city of Chicago closed 50 public schools because of a budget shortfall; but that hasn’t stopped them from dedicating $100 million to a new “event center,” including a 500-room hotel and basketball arena for DePaul University.

Dr. Dre’s generous $35 million gift to USC made headlines across the country. But in a recent editorial, Dillard University president Walter M. Kimbrough posed an interesting question:Why didn’t Dr. Dre give that money to a black college?