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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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'Scandal' Withdrawal: It's a Real Thing
Here's what the ABC drama's obsessed fans plan to do with their time now that its second season is over.
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94 Years Later, S. Carolina Pardons Two Death Row Inmates
Two great-uncles of radio show host Tom Joyner were pardoned after being wrongfully accused of murder...
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Ghosts of Katrina Await Obama in New Orleans
The president is set to speak at a town hall in New Orleans and see the uneven rebuilding process taking place following Hurricane Katrina...
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Who Doesn't 'Swastika' Obama?
The Secret Service and local police are investigating an odd message carved into the green of a Massachusetts golf course...
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UCLA Chem Lab Stabber Pleads Not Guilty
Damon Thompson pleaded not guilty to premeditated attempted murder on a fellow student in UCLA's chemistry lab...
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Morehouse Takes a Page Out of GQ
Morehouse College enforces stricter dress code to bring a touch of professionalism back to the classroom...
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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...
