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  • Yemen Gets It Poppin' On the Terror Tip

    There’s a Yemeni link to the attempted bombing of the Detroit-bound Northwest flight. From The Wasington Post: The al-Qaeda branch linked to the attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight has for the past year escalated efforts to exploit Yemen’s instability and carve out a leadership role among terrorist groups, say Yemeni and…

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  • Jesus of Nazareth: "I Ain't Die For This"

    Found this clip on colleague Michael Arceneaux’s Cynical Ones blog. The Buzz is really wishing we had not.

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  • Percy Sutton: Through the Years

    Percy Sutton, former lawyer for Malcolm X and towering figure on the political and business landscape of New York, died Saturday at the age of 89. The New York Times put out a slideshow of photos of Sutton covering the many years of his illustrious life and career.

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  • Holocaust Survivor Stages Hunger Strike for Gaza

    85-year-old Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein is leading a protest against Egypt’s refusal to allow a solidarity march into Gaza. From Common Dreams: American activist Hedy Epstein and other grandmothers participating in the Gaza Freedom March began a hunger strike at 1000 GMT. “I’ve never done this before, I don’t know how my body will react,…

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  • Claude Steele and Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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  • FBI Releases Michael Jackson File

    After repeated requests from The New York Post and other media outlets, the FBI has released the dossier kept on Michael Jackson. The file includes investigations into allegations of child molestation along with threats made against the singer’s life. From The New York Post: The FBI’s explosive, secret dossier on Michael Jackson was made public…

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  • Crazy Makes Threat at First Lady

    Michelle Roshia thought it would be a good idea to contact the Secret Service in advance of the First Family staying in Hawaii over the holidays. Why’d she get in touch with them? To let them know she’d kill the Michelle Obama and several Marines. Her message was not well-received. From The AP: Kristy Lee…

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  • HP Webcam Racially Profiles, Freezes in Fear

    A new viral video claims Hewlett-Packard webcams can’t see dark-skinned people. From CNN: Can Hewlett-Packard’s motion-tracking webcams see black people? It’s a question posed on a now-viral YouTube video and the company says it’s looking into it. In the video, two co-workers take turns in front of the camera — the webcam appears to follow…

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  • Quiet Goodnight for Boys Choir of Harlem

    Sad news uptown. The Boys and Girls Choir of Harlem will be no more. From The New York Times: Last week, Terrance Wright, a 39-year-old choir alumnus, picked up a microphone in front of the altar of Metropolitan Community United Methodist Church in Harlem, the choir’s last home, and delivered news that surprised few people…

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  • Mexico City Legalizes Gay Marriage

    Mexico City is electing to believe in civil rights. From The Guardian: The bill passed the capital’s local assembly 39-20 to the cheers of supporters who yelled: “Yes, we could! Yes, we could!” Leftist Mayor Marcelo Ebrard of the Democratic Revolution Party is widely expected to sign the measure into law. The bill calls for…

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