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IRS Apology for Tea Party Racists?
If any other group called for the government's demise, the GOP would have a fit.
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Which Slave Sailed Himself to Freedom?
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro: Life took him from a daring sea escape to a stint in Congress.
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I'm Creole. Why Do I Have South Asian DNA?
Tracing Your Roots: Several reasons could explain a questioner's surprising genetic testing results.
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School a Beacon of Hope in Nigeria
At a university in Yola, graduates offer a glimpse of a promising future in a strife-torn region.
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VIDEO: Joe Jackson Confirms MJ's Love Child in Interview
So...maybe Billie Jean was his lover?
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Corrective Rape: An Ugly Contradiction
In South Africa, thirty-one lesbians have been reported raped and murdered since 1998. According to one rights group, only two of those cases have ever made it to the courts...
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Remember When We Didn't Like Wall Street?
"Investment banks, of all things, are making serious money again, thanks in part to government aid. Ironically, they are benefiting from the crisis they helped to create. As profits go up, so do salaries -- only this time, it's the taxpayers who are shouldering the risks..."
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Sgt. Crowley: No Racial Comments. A Fellow Cop...Not So Much
This internet machine has a way of coming back to bite people...
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Twitter Hi-Jinks: How Black Are You?
"This Week in Blackness" funnyman Elon James White wants to know...
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AKAs: Get Your Girl Post Haste
In a skeewee heard 'round the world, the sorority is looking to fire its national president for a $900,000 dalliance of the wax figure persuasion...
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Nigeria Tracking Down Islamist Fighters While the Block Cools Down a Bit
With the block a little less hot, Nigeria's army hunts members of the Islamist group Boko Haram...
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UPDATED VIDEO: Generally Speaking: Colin Powell on Arrest of Dr. Gates
Powell sat down with Larry King and, among other things, shared his thoughts on the arrest of Dr. Gates...
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12-Year-Old Boston Girl Hit By Stray Bullet
She was watching television when a round from an AK-47 came through the siding of her home...
