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Florida A&M "Marching 100" Drum Major Robert Champion
/ AP Photo/Don Juan Moore(CBS/AP) ORLANDO, Fla. - The parents of a Florida A&M band member who died after being hazed filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday against the owner and driver of the charter bus where the ritual took place. The suit also revealed new details about what might have happened the night Robert Champion died.
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The "Marching 100" band from Florida A&M University performs during halftime of Super Bowl XLI football game at Dolphin Stadium in Miami on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007.
/ AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian(CBS/AP) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The president of Florida A&M University announced Tuesday that he is temporarily suspending the school's band camp program and clubs in response to a recent rash of hazing incidents.
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The FAMU Marching 100, from Florida A&M University, performs at halftime of Super Bowl XLI at Dolphin Stadium in Miami on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007.
/ AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian(CBS) - Florida A&M University has been given a Feb. 7 deadline to provide documents related to their anti-hazing program to the Florida Board of Governor's Office of the Inspector General.
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The Florida A&M Marching 100 band performs during halftime of Super Bowl XLI at Dolphin Stadium in Miami on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007.
/ AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian(CBS/AP) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The four students charged last week with hazing pledges of a Florida A&M University marching band clarinet group known as the Clones have been dismissed from the school.
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In this Feb. 7, 2010 file photo, the Florida A&M University band performs on the field before Super Bowl XLIV in Miami.
/ AP Photo/Rob Carr, File(CBS/AP) TALLAHASSEE, Fla.- Four members of the Florida A&M marching band were arrested Friday and charged with hazing.
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According to police records, pledges of the band club for clarinet players known as the Clones were punched or paddled while they played music during a hazing initiation.
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Florida A&M "Marching 100" drum major Robert Champion
/ AP Photo/Don Juan Moore(CBS) ORLANDO, Fla. - The parents of Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion Jr. have spoken out, adding a new twist to the hazing investigation of their son's death. They revealed he was gay, something previously unknown about him, reports CBS This Morning.
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FAMU President James Ammons
/ Bill Cotterell,AP Photo/Tallahassee Democrat(CBS/AP) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida A&M's University's president James Ammons will keep his job the school's board of trustees decided on Monday, rejecting a call from Gov. Rick Scott that Ammons be suspended while the suspected hazing death of marching band member Robert Champion is investigated.
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Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion during a performance at Bragg Memorial Stadium on Oct. 8, 2011 in Tallahassee, Fla.
/ AP Photo/Don Juan MooreFAMU students confront Fla. gov
Robert Champion
/ WKMG(CBS/AP) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida A&M University students confronted Gov. Rick Scott at his home in Tallahassee late Thursday night, upset over his call to suspend their university's president amid investigations into the death of marching band member Robert Champion.
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Robert Champion
/ WKMG(CBS/AP) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Authorities investigating the death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion say they have uncovered possible employee fraud and misconduct at the school.
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