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  • Glenn Beck Goes in on Malia Obama

    Glenn Beck: Classy as ever Glenn Beck, who repeatedly and angrily tells his alleged persecutors to “leave the families alone,” spent a good chunk of his radio program this morning mocking and attacking the intelligence of President Obama’s 11-year-old daughter, Malia. Obama remarked yesterday during his press conference that Malia asked him of the Gulf…

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  • Today in The Obvious: BP Exec Calls Spill 'Environmental Catastrophe'

    Apparently, BP wasn’t exactly aware that leaking several Exxon Valdezes has the ability to create something more than modest damage. Now, apparently, they know BP’s top official, who had previously said the environmental impact on Gulf of Mexico would be modest, upgraded his assessment Friday to an “environmental catastrophe.” Also Friday, engineers in the Gulf…

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  • Senate Committee, House Approve DADT Repeal*

    The Senate Armed Services Committee and the House have agreed on a DADT compromise plan that will allow gay troops to serve openly after some conditions are met The Senate Armed Services Committee voted 16-12 to approve compromise language on the repeal in an amendment to the military policy bill. The panel then voted 18-10…

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  • Alicia Keys Pregnant

    Alicia Keys has a bun in the oven The Grammy Award-winning R&B singer has been dating producer Swizz Beatz, who has written hits for Beyonce (bee-AHN’-say), Jay-Z and others. They’re engaged to be married at a private ceremony later this year. Representatives for the couple confirmed the news Thursday night. Keys last year teamed up…

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  • O'Reilly Says Marc Lamont Hill Looks Like a Coke Dealer. Hill, Inexplicably, Doesn't Slap Him

    O’Reilly and Hill are discussing what to do to stem the flow of drugs across the border and things quickly get awkward

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  • Quick Clips: The Most Influential Blacks in Punk

    If you thought punk was an all white genre, you’re sadly mistaken. Black Voices has highlighted some of the very best in Black punk. Below is just one example 1. DeathUntil they saw an Alice Cooper show in 1973, the Hackney brothers, Bobby, David and Dannis, were just another aspiring R&B group in Detroit. But…

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  • Sex and the City 2: A Tired Romp

    Since 1998, the seminal HBO series Sex and the City has held a certain segment of the American population — a mainly female segment of the American population—in its cosmopolitan thrall. (Present company included.) It has spawned city tours, cocktails, quizzes (apparently I’m Carrie, with a touch of Miranda and Charlotte), a clothing line, a…

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  • Listen Up! "Some Recent Grads Face Health Care Coverage Gap"

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  • Worst Spill Ever? Worst. Spill. Ever.

    Despite reports that the “top kill” has stopped the Deepwater Horizon geyser, BP still takes first place in destroying an ecosystem! New oil flow estimates by scientists studying the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico would make leak the worst in the nation’s history, far bigger than 11 million gallons that spilled in the Exxon…

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  • Pause: Aide Says Obama Will Extend Freeze on Deepwater Drilling

    According to an aide, President Obama will continue to suspend deepwater drilling projects for at least six months. Planned exploration off the coast of Alaska in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas also will be delayed pending the panel’s review, according to a White House aide. Lease sales in the Western Gulf and off the coast…

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