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The Flub Five: 5 Black Ads That Need to Not Exist
Some commercials featuring black actors/performers just make you want to shake your head and cry a little. Below, The BVX goes in on five such monstrosities, one of which being the new Old Spice ads. 2. Mandigo Meets Cujo Meets Godzilla No, it’s not the story Glenn Beck tells his children to make them eat…
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Former Fla. GOP Chair Busted for Bilking Benjamins From Party
Former Florida GOP chair Jim Greer has been charged with a number of felonies in connection with trying to skim from the Florida GOP. The former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida has been arrested for allegedly running a scam bilking money from the party. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement took Jim Greer…
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Buzz (Saw) Kill: Effort to Contain Gulf Spill Stalled
Another effort to stem the geyser in the Gulf Coast has hit a snag. The risky effort to contain the nation’s worst oil spill hit a snag Wednesday when a diamond-edged saw became stuck in a thick pipe on a blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen…
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Today in Post-racialism: Study Finds Blacks Barred From Southern Juries
A study conducted by the Equal Justice Initiative has found that blacks’ exclusion from sitting on Southern juries is a practice that remains in vogue and unchecked. In late April in a courthouse in Madison County, Ala., a prosecutor was asked to explain why he had struck 11 of 14 black potential jurors in a…
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Blog Noir: "Skinny People Shop at Whole Foods"
Over on Think Progress, Jamelle Bouie explores the link between poverty and obesity. In the excerpt below, Bouie explains that the problem can’t merely be linked to access to more nutritional food It’s not that healthier ingredients are absent or too expensive — even lower-priced supermarkets have plenty of fresh produce available — it’s that…
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Bloody Gorgeous: Naomi Campbell's Blood Diamond Link to Be Investigated
Did Naomi Campbell receive blood diamonds from Charles Taylor in 1997? The prosecution in the war crimes trial of the former Liberian president want to bring in the supermodel to testify and find out If the prosecution gets its wish, the trial could take the cantankerous Campbell away from her hobbies of throwing phones at…
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Henrietta Lacks' Grave Finally Given Headstone
Henrietta Lacks has finally been given a proper headstone at her grave site in Virginia Friends and family gathered for a small ceremony in Clover, Virginia where Lacks has been buried on a family plot since 1951. Since her death from cervical cancer Lacks’ cells — the infamous “HeLa” line — have been cultivated by…
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Malawi Gay Couple Pardoned
A Malawi gay couple has been pardoned by the president after receiving 14-year prison sentences for getting engaged Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga were given 14-year jail terms earlier this month after being convicted of gross indecency and unnatural acts. The case has sparked international condemnation and a debate about homosexuality in the country. Mr…
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Supreme Court Rules Suspects Must Explicitly Say They Want to Remain Silent
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled a suspect must declare their desire to remain silent in the face of interrogation. A right to remain silent and a right to a lawyer are the first of the Miranda rights warnings, which police recite to suspects during arrests and interrogations. But the justices said…
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