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Obama: Oil Spill 'Worst Environmental Disaster' U.S. Has Ever Faced
A short and simple speech could have been shorter and simpler. In a 17-minute speech, his first Oval Office address, President Barack Obama told the nation the oil spill resulting from the April 20 explosion at BP’s Deepwater Horizon Drilling rig is “the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced,” and is like an “epidemic,…
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A Deadly Mix: Sex Workers and the World Cup
Professional athletes aren’t the only pros at the FIFA World Cup. It is being reported that approximately 40,000 prostitutes are in South Africa to score off the soccer field with frisky male attendees. Prostitutes aren’t new to the World Cup, particularly when it’s held in countries where prostitution is legal. With the mind-boggling rate of HIV…
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Scientists: Up to 2.5 Million Gallons of Oil Spilling Into Gulf Daily
If you thought the BP oil debacle couldn’t get any worse, brace yourself. A government panel of scientists provided a new estimate for the amount of oil gushing from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico that indicates it could be leaking between 1.47 to 2.52 million gallons of crude a day. These figures…
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New Birth Control Pill Effective Up to Five Days After Unprotected Sex
It’s the 50th anniversary of the birth control pill. Many have heard of the Plan B pill, a one-step emergency contraception available over-the-counter to women 17 years of age or older that can be taken up to 72 hours after unprotected sex to terminate unwanted pregnancy might have competition. Now the FDA is studying a…
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Woman Claims Son Is Tiger Woods' Love Child
Besieged golfer Tiger Woods has more drama than an episode of All My Children, pun intended. One of Woods’ mistresses is claiming that the golfer fathered a child with her out of wedlock in 2001. Porn star and escort Devon James told RadarOnline.com that the golfer is the father of her son, who was born…
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Closing Arguments on California Gay Marriage Ban Wednesday
A federal judge in San Francisco will hear closing arguments Wednesdayin a lawsuit challenging Prop. 8, which banned gay marriage in California. The judge issued 39 questions for lawyers to answer by tomorrow. The questions range from the expected to the ridiculous. Some of these questions include, “Where’s the data that gay marriage reduces discrimination…
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GOP Lawmaker Says Obama 'Favors the Black Person'
We’re glad that Colorado Republican candidate Cory Gardner didn’t co-sign to this nonsense. (AP) – A Republican congressman suggested that President Barack Obama favors blacks over whites, prompting a GOP candidate to cancel a fundraiser headlined by the Iowa lawmaker. Rep. Steve King, known for sometimes incendiary remarks about immigration, Abu Ghraib and other issues,…
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Two Men Charged With Killing Maryland State Trooper at Applebee's
An off-duty Maryland State Trooper Wesley Brown, 24, was murdered outside an Applebee’s restaurant after escorting an unruly customer from the premises after a dispute paying a bill. After finishing his part-time shift as a security officer at the restaurant, he was ambushed and killed after an altercation. Police have charged Cornelius Williams, 27, and…
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President Obama: Gulf Coast Will Be in Better Shape Than Before
Either President Barack Obama is really feeling himself or he’s on that stuff. On the heels of his latest visit to the Gulf Coast, President Obama promised that life would return to normal for people living on the stricken Gulf Coast and that the Gulf Coast would be better than before. Better than before? That…
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Prince to Receive BET Lifetime Achievement Award
His Royal Badness, aka Prince Rogers Nelson, will receive a lifetime achievement award at the BET Awards on June 27. Prince will join previous winners Al Green, James Brown, Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston and Diana Ross as a recipient. Prince is regarded as a musical genius and is one of the most iconic figures in…