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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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Americans Split Over 9/11 Trials
Half want accused tried in criminal courts, half are in favor of military tribunals...
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Body of Missing 5-Year-Old Girl Found
North Carolina authorities discovered what's believed to be the body of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis, who had been reported missing by her mother...
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Obama and Jintao: The Newest Planeteers
The world's greatest producers of greenhouse gases are teaming up to put a shoe in climate change...
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The Supreme Court Doesn't Care About Native American People
And thus passed on taking up their grievance with the Washington Redskins name...
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Charlie Last Name Wilson Says: Get Your Prostate Checked
The Gap Band frontman gets real about prostate health...
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Obama To Chinese: Get On Your Human Rights (Please)!
The president didn't go in too hard, seeing as they're bankrolling our wars and all...
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Check It Out: You're Off-Base, Chairman Steele
The Republicans don't fear you because you're Black...
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So, About Gay Marriage in DC...
The Catholic Church has threatened to pull all funding and social programs if D.C. goes through with a same-sex marriage law...
