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  • British Petroleum Spill May Not Be Capped Until August

    British Petroleum continues to fail at plugging the Deepwater Horizon leak and it looks like that bad boy’s gonna keep on gushing for some time A top Obama administration official warned Sunday that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill might not be stopped until late summer after BP’s latest attempt to plug the leak failed.…

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  • Today in Common Sense: Beck Apologizes for Malia Obama Comments

    Someone on the Glenn Beck’s radio show had sense enough to tell him that teasing an eleven-year-old girl was not a good look and that he should probably apologize In a statement posted on his website Friday afternoon, Beck said he broke his own rule about “leaving kids out of political debates.” “In discussing how…

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  • Keith Olbermann Changes Sign Off, Takes Shot at Obama

    George W. Bush is no longer the object of Keith Olbermann’s criticism at the end of his show on MSNBC This week Olbermann transitioned from closing the program with a shot at former Pres. George W. Bush to one that takes aim more at Pres. Barack Obama. Since early 2006, Olbermann has closed his Countdown…

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  • Jamaican Drug Lord Allegedly Seeking Asylum Abroad

    A lawyer says she’s spoken to drug lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke and says he’s seeking sanctuary abroad Hannah Harris Barrington said she talked to Christopher “Dudus” Coke seven times as loyalists barricaded his stronghold in the Kingston slum of Tivoli Gardens to block his extradition to the US. She said Mr Coke, 42, reputed to…

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  • Controversy Mounts Over Arrest of U.S. Lawyer in Rwanda

    Practicing human rights law can be perilous. American attorney Peter Erlinder was arrested in Rwanda when he attempted to defend Victoire Ingabire, an opposition figure. Erlinder had charged earlier that President Paul Kagame was involved in shooting down a plane that set off the Rwanda genocide in 1994. Not a good move. Kigali — Rwanda…

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  • VIDEO: Scenes From Diff'rent Strokes

    Remember Gary Coleman as cute little Arnold Jackson from the sitcom Diff’rent Strokes? No? What’chu talkin’ ’bout, Willis? Anyway, take a little trip down YouTube memory lane with The Root. Now the world don’t move to the beat of just one drum… What’chu talkin’ ’bout Willis? What’chu talkin’ ’bout Willis? (The Remix) Okay, this is…

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  • Gary Coleman Succumbs to Head Injuries

    UPDATE: The AP is reporting that Gary Coleman has passed away from head injuries sustained in a fall in Utah. Below is the initial report on Coleman’s injuries. Gary Coleman has been hospitalized in Utah, and according to a report by TMZ, the actor is in critical condition. The report, citing Coleman’s brother-in-law, claims that…

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  • Gary Coleman Dead at 42

    The Associated Press reports that Coleman suffered a brain hemorrhage on Wednesday. SALT LAKE CITY — Gary Coleman, the child star of the smash 1970s TV sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes” whose later career was marred by medical and legal problems, has died after suffering an intercranial hemorrhage. He was 42. Utah Valley Regional Medical Center spokeswoman…

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  • The Confab — May 28, 2010

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  • Memorial Day: We Honor Your Service

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