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Funeral services held for slain Black Ferguson, Missouri teen Michael Brown, Rev Al Sharpton delivers eulogy, thousands attend to pay respects

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog  K a thy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) The casket of slain Ferguson, Missouri teen Michael Brown Slain Missouri teen Michael Brown ST LOUIS, Missouri - Funeral services were held on Monday for Michael Brown, the  Black teen slain two and a half weeks ago in Ferguson, Missouri by police officer Darren Wilson, whom witnesses say gunned him down when he was surrendering with his hands up. The case is currently before a county grand jury on whether to charge Wilson, who is White, with crimes relative to the unprecedented shooting. Some 4,500 people packed Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St

Former WOIO 19 Action News Anchor in Cleveland Sharon Reed lands new anchor job, her lawyer says rumors about LeBron James fathering her baby are false, had threatened to sue on her behalf, Reed is famous for posing nude for Spenser Tunick's nude group photo shoot

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Sharon Reed By Kathy Wray Coleman, Executive Publisher, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's most read online Black and urban newspaper  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND,Ohio- Former WOIO 19 Action News Anchor Sharon Reed, whose  contract  with the Cleveland television news station was non-renewed last year, has joined KNOV Channel 4 in St Louis, Mo. as a news anchor.   Reed will co-anchor the 4 and 10 pm news with Larry Connors and anchor along side of Jasmine Huda at 5 pm, station officials said. Like 19 Action News, KNOV Channel 4 is also a CBS affiliate. This summer rumors circulated the Internet linking Reed's  pregnancy, the non-renewal of her contract with 19 Action News,  and her subsequent new born baby to NBA basketball star and Miami Heat star player LeBron James, coupled with claims that she was living in Miami,  Fl.   Her lawyer quickly denied the rumors and threatened to sue. James, 27 and a nativ