FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2010 file photo, former Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod speaks during a news conference at the Agriculture Department in Washington. Sherrod, the former Agriculture Department official whose supposed racist remarks on video ignited a firestorm, has reached a tentative settlement with the widow of a conservative blogger who posted the edited images, a federal judge said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)