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NYPD Finally Cops to Profiling?
By fighting new profiling bill, the department finally stops pretending it doesn’t profile.
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Blacks Get Weave; Can Whites Get Locks?
Race Manners: You can, but it's not the same. Don't expect to enjoy the style without the scrutiny.
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America: More Diverse yet Less Equal?
A decline in white births comes at a time when two key civil rights programs may be dismantled.
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Bill Clinton Needs to Shut Up
The ex-president's willingness to speak out on Syria spells disaster for Obama in more ways than one.
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Pay Up, Kwame
Court denies Kwame Kilpatrick's appeal on probation violations involving restitution owed.
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Freaknik: The Musical. There Is No Punchline.
The show airs Sunday. Are we brave enough to review it? Yes; yes we are.
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John McWhorter Has His Own Black Expulsion List
We did one. Now McWhorter is doing his own, starting with Malcolm X.
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Apple Announces iPad Release Date
In the meantime, you can take a magnifying glass and stare at your iPhone.
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Gunman in Pentagon Shooting Acted Alone
John Patrick Bedell is not thought to have any connection to a terrorist plot.
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White House May Reverse Field on KSM Trial
Obama's advisers to recommend military tribunal for 9/11 plotters.
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Baylor Star Mollywhops Player on Court
Brittney Griner has been suspended two games for throwing a punch in a game against Texas Tech.
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Time Will Tell If David Paterson Resigns, But Not Yet
He is still New York's governor as of Friday, he tells reporters
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Dramatics Lead Singer Passes Away at 58
Ron Banks of The Dramatics lead one of R&B's legendary acts.
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