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Jay-Z Gets to White House Before Tavis Smiley
Jay-Z dropped by 1600 Pennsylvania Ave before a concert last night During the final moments of his performance at Verizon Center Wednesday night, Jay-Z casually dropped a gigantic boast: “I just came from the White House.” White House officials were button-lipped about the visit Wednesday, but confirmed on Thursday morning that, yes, Jay-Z did indeed…
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Three LA Teachers Suspended for Being Rascals
Three LA teachers thought OJ, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul would be good Black heroes to display in a elementary school parade. The school district disagreed. Children from other classes at the school displayed photos of more appropriate black role models, such as Nelson Mandela, Harriet Tubman and President Barack Obama, Los Angeles Unified School District…
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Smithsonian Not Interested in O.J.'s Acquittal Suit
The Smithsonian isn’t interested in Orenthal’s acquittal suit. The venerable Smithsonian Institution, often dubbed “America’s Attic,” said no Tuesday to adding a piece of 1990s history to its collections. A day earlier, a California judge approved an agreement to donate the brownish-green suit O.J. Simpson wore the day in 1995 that he was acquitted of…
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Boston Globe Sports Desk Gets More Colorful
Found this over on Richard Prince’s Journal-Isms column. The Boston Globe’s sports desk has shown a commitment to diversity through hiring and not lip service “So today I am very proud of being in one [of] the most diverse sports departments in the nation,” Gregory Lee Jr., the Globe’s senior assistant sports editor, told colleagues…
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RNC Document Mocks Base, Donors
The RNC will be putting out more fires as an internal fundraising document didn’t stay quite internal enough The Republican National Committee plans to raise money this election cycle through an aggressive campaign capitalizing on “fear” of President Barack Obama and a promise to “save the country from trending toward socialism.” The strategy was detailed…
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KKK-Style Hood Found on Statue at UCSD
Okay, the racist lunacy at University of California San Diego is getting way beyond ridiculous now. Someone placed a KKK-style hood atop a statue of Dr. Seuss at the university on March 1, launching an all-out forensics investigation. The statue that stands outside of the Geisel library was found with a white pillowcase “crudely fashioned into…
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A Quick Breakdown of Obama's Health Care Speech
Here’s a nice liveblogging breakdown of what the president had to say today regarding health care reform. General tone: Let’s get this done. Three things that President Obama would change in health care system:1. Pre-existing conditions would not be a factor. Doctors should decide what’s best for patients.2. Give uninsured same choice of private insurance…
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20 Years Later: Hank Gathers
A really nice profile on Hank Gathers, the Loyola-Marymount star who collapsed twenty years ago on the court [I]it was March, and time for a West Coast Conference quarterfinal game game against Portland. Time for Gathers and the Lions to make their run. Sitting in the stands alongside Hank’s mom on that March day in…
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Naomi on the Lam! Supermodel Wanted for Questioning in Assault Case
Naomi Campbell may not yet have learned to keep her hands to herself Super-hot Naomi Campbell is sought by the New York Police for questioning, but not arrest and want the supermodel to appear after an assault claim. According to the New York Daily News, 27 year old Miodrag Mejdina claims the apparently super-strong Naomi…
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