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Soyinka on 'Obscene' Push for Achebe Nobel
A Nigerian Nobel laureate wants fans of the late fellow writer to table calls for a posthumous prize.
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Child-Support Laws: A Boon for Gold Diggers?
Experts say that flaws in the system punish poor parents and motivate others to have kids for money.
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Doggie Racism Is Real! Here's How to Deal
Race Manners: Maybe your friends' pets are doing you a favor? At least now your social circle can't ignore race.
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What Black High School Grads Need to Hear
Show Me the Numbers: Graduation speakers often opt for tough love. Here's what they should say instead.
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Roger Goodell Likes Mike Vick More than Rush Limbaugh
Apparently, the NFL commish is none-too-keen on having a public intellectual such as Limbaugh having anything to do with owning a team of any kind. Not even the Rams...
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Baucus Bill Passes Senate Finance Committee
Bill passed by 14-9 vote, Sen. Olympia Snowe the lone Republican to vote in support of the bill...
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Has Hip-Hop Come "of Age"?
"We were tired of the drugs, the gangs, the burning buildings. This was our way to say: We're going to do what we want."
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Russian FM: "Hey Hils, Easy on the 'Iran Sanctions' Talk"
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow believed that such threats would not persuade Iran to comply and that negotiations should continue to be pursued...
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Over 1,000 Killed in E. Congo According to Aid Groups
More than 1,000 civilians have been killed and nearly 900,000 displaced in eastern Congo by Rwandan Hutu militiamen and Congolese forces since January, humanitarian groups said Tuesday...
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Teens Wept: Sidekick Phones Lose Data, Contacts
T-Mobile's popular phone was the victim of a remote server #Fail...
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Not-So-Good Deeds? Dems Wonder about Va. Candidate
Some are starting to wonder if Creigh Deeds was the best horse to back in the Virginia gubernatorial race...
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King Kids Settle Lawsuit Over Estate
After more than 14 hours of discussion, the heirs of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. reached a settlement late Monday that will keep the family from a public jury trial...
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Fox Report: Black Republicans Will RUN 2010
"I certainly don't hate myself," one GOP candidate said, explaining why his attacks against Obama are race card-proof.
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Obama Sending More Troops to Afghanistan on the Hush
Troop levels now rival Dubya; Nobel prize looking more and more like a set-up every day.
