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Quick Clips: Scenes from Arizona Protests
Below is but one of many scenes of protest in Arizona picked up by Race Wire Check out all the clips at Race Wire
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Know Your Rights App for iPhone
Know Your Rights is a free app from developer Appropos for iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads. Below is the app description We all recognize the need for effective law enforcement, but we should also understand our own rights and responsibilities — especially in our interactions with the police.This app tells you what to do if…
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Economy Doing So Badly That Ford Posts $2.1B Profit in 1st Quarter
Don’t look now, but people are kinda sorta spending money again. And, wouldn’t you know it? They’re buying American Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday it earned $2.1 billion in the first quarter, another sign that the economy is improving as people spend more on big-ticket items like cars. The automaker expects to be solidly profitable…
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UMASS Student Faces 30 Years Following Dorm Fight
A UMASS student is in the fight for his life after an on-campus fight with two white men. Controversy surrounds the incident and some say it is yet another example of racial prejudice involved in legal matters. An excerpt from Campus Progress’ feature is below On the morning in question, Vassell was in his dorm…
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Underwear Bomber Allegedly Shown in Training Video
Suspected Christmas Day Bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is allegedly shown in an al-Qaeda training video firing a rifle and making a martyrdom statement to camera A US intelligence official said the preliminary judgment was that the person in the video was indeed Mr Abdulmutallab, the Associated Press news agency reports. The footage was consistent with…
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44 Years Later, Malcolm X Killer Freed
From CNN: Thomas Hagan, the only man who admitted his role in the 1965 assassination of iconic black leader Malcolm X, was paroled Tuesday. Hagan was freed a day earlier than planned because his paperwork was processed more quickly than anticipated, according to the New York State Department of Correctional Services. Hagan, 69, walked out…
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Sen. Carl Levin Doesn't Like 'Sh*tty' Deals
Saw this over on Huffington Post. Sen. Carl Levin is a bloodhound. And a rascal. Chairman Carl Levin, to the delight of the crowd at the hearing of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, continually repeated a descriptive, colorful word typically left out of family newspapers that was used by a top Goldman executive to…
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And That's the Sound of the World Ending: Vendors Hawk Priest Sex Tape
When The Buzz saw this article, we couldn’t believe it. The world is a pretty twisted place, but all sides of this story are stunning. A priest sex tape? A PRIEST SEX TAPE? The Daily Beast dives into the unrealness below In the small Brazilian city of Arapiraca, tucked away in the poor, conservative northeast…
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France for the French (Africans)!
Interesting article from the New York Times’ Michael Kimmelman. In this global age, some fear the French language is going the way of the dodo. Below is an excerpt The issue is somewhat akin to Americans complaining about the rise of Spanish in classrooms and elsewhere, but more acute here because of France’s special, proprietary,…
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