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Lakers Repeat as NBA Champions
The Los Angeles Lakers repeated as NBA Champions with a win over the Boston Celtics in game 7 with a final score of 83-79. This is the first time in the history of one of the greatest basketbal rivalries known to man that the Lakers have been able to pull out a win in game…
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Utah Executes Prisoner by Firing Squad (Update)
Convicted killer Ronnie Lee Gardner is scheduled to be executed by firing squad tonight, unless he is granted a stay by the governor. Gardner, 49, was sentenced to death for a 1985 capital murder conviction stemming from the fatal courthouse shooting of attorney Michael Burdell during an escape attempt. He was actually at the court…
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GOP Calls BP's $20 Billion Escrow Account an Obama Shakedown
Fresh from the cuckoo file, the GOP has apologized to BP on behalf of the American people for President Obama’s “shakedown.” The “shakedown” that they speak of is the $20 billion escrow account that BP set up for the immeasurable amount of damage that the oil spill has caused the Gulf region. Rep. Joe Barton…
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Trial of BART Cop Accused of Murdering 22-year-old Postponed
Justice takes a break. The trial of BART cop Johannes Mehserle, who is accused of fatally shooting 22-year-old Oscar Grant, was postponed temporarily because of California furloughs. Yes, you read right. The state of California does not have enough money to make sure that Officer Mehserle—facing trial for shooting Grant, who was on the ground…
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Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
Just what we need — another reality show. Just what black folks don’t need — another reality show making black folks look crazy. Buckle up because Donald Trump Presents the Ultimate Merger airs tonight on TV One featuring reality show vixen Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth. You may remember her from the first season of The Apprentice and…
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Yearly Oil Spills in Nigeria Top BP Oil Disaster
If you thought the BP oil disaster in the Gulf region was the worst oil spill in the history of the world, think again. It is being reported that foreign oil companies spill more than 1.5 million tons of oil each year in Nigeria. Thanks to the spillage, the Niger region is one of the…
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BP Chairman Eats Oil-Covered Crow
As if the BP oil debacle couldn’t get any worse, it has. BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg on Tuesday apologized for speaking “clumsily” by referring to those hurt by his company’s oil spill as “small people.” Come again? Svanberg apologized, saying that he was trying to say that he “understands how deeply this affects the lives…
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MD Town Still Bans Blacks and Asians From Property Ownership
Cape St. Claire, Md., has some explaining to do. It seems that in 2010, the town still has language in the books barring blacks and Asians from owning property. Cape St. Claire Improvement Association board members are working to remove racially discriminatory language from covenants that date back to the 1940s. The language reads: “At…
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Uruguay Beats South Africa 3-0
Uruguay handed Bafana Bafana, South Africa’s national team, a loss that may push them out of the 2010 World Cup soccer tournament. The World Cup is being held on African soil for the first time in the history of the tournament. Bafana Bafana is considered a “Cinderella team” because of its soccer ranking (83 out…
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Put Up and Shut Up: Redskins Want $21 Million From Haynesworth
The saga continues with the Redskins’ prima donna Albert Haynesworth, who failed to show for mandatory mini-camp. The two-time All Pro defensive tackle is refusing to suit up and has gone on a public relations blitz to be traded to another team because he feels “betrayed.” How so? Redskins coach Mike Shanahan switched to a…
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