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Old-School Tips for Better Finances
Mixing Dad's advice with sound financial planning can help us regain stability.
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My Man Wants Me to Drop My Male Bestie
Ask Demetria: A suddenly insecure boyfriend may mean that something's changed in your relationship.
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Obama at Morehouse: Try Another Listen
You might find that attacks on his commencement speech -- a hit among graduates -- missed the mark.
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Oklahoma and Defense of Big Government
The GOP's notion of "self-reliance" won't hold up after disaster hits one of the nation's poorest states.
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Check It Out: Spike Jonze and Kanye West's 'We Were Once A Fairy Tale'
Short film begins with a nightclub setting, but then gets "really weird."
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Listen Up! Is Harry Reid Tough Enough?
Because right now, the Nevada senator is the key to health care reform...
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UCONN Football Player Fatally Stabbed
Cornerback Jasper Howard was killed outside a school dance after a fight broke out between two groups...
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Rap Responds to Derrion Albert's Murder
David Banner, 9th Wonder, others group in Chicago for MTV special/"Something's Wrong" video shoot.
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Breaking the Last Racial Taboo?
White candidate for NYC Public Advocate Places black wife and kids front and center.
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Obama Too Cautious, Slow on Judicial Posts?
Delays having a ripple effect in fed courts; caseloads are backed up.
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Obama, Bush 41 Team Up in Service Initiative
The presidents have joined forces to urge citizens to volunteer...
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Four Troops Killed in Afghanistan
The troops were killed in a roadside bombing attack...
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Judge Crawls Out of Medieval Times, Denies Marriage License to Mixed-Race Couple
Louisiana Judge Keith Bardwell has denied a marriage license to a young couple, one partner white, and the other black.
