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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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First Black Ref in NFL Passes Away
After suffering a career-ending knee injury in a 1952 college All-Star game, Burl Toler turned to officiating and was hired by the NFL in 1965...
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VIDEO: Michael Jackson's Doctor Releases a Message
Dr. Murray wanted to say thanks to the seven people who are currently supporting him...
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Breaking: Conservative Columnist Robert Novak Succumbs to Cancer
Novak wrote the longest-running current U.S. syndicated political column...
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Obama "Joker" Artist is NOT a Conservative
He has no affiliation to speak of other than the Rahm Emanuel Is Not My Homeboy Club...
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The NFL on Vick: The Pot Calling the Kettle Black
Tommy Craggs of Deadspin wonders why the NFL doesn't take itself more to task for its cruel treatment of human beings...
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Man Brings Street Sweeper to Anti-Obama Rally
With a nation embroiled in the health care debate, now's as good a time as any to toss the right to bear arms into the mix...
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Nigerian Police Round Up Hundreds of Boko Haram
The arrests on Saturday came weeks after a radical sect killed almost 800 people in the north of the country...
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Troy Davis Allowed to Present Evidence to Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave Troy Anthony Davis the chance to present evidence in court that the condemned man has said for years will clear him of the murder of a Savannah police officer...
