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  • Wyclef Jean Resigns from Yele to Clear Way for Presidential Run

    Grammy Award-winning singer Wyclef Jean has resigned from his music charity Yele. You may recall that Yele came under fire during the Haiti earthquake recovery period for alleged mismanagement of funds. Jean, who has unofficially announced that he will run for president of Haiti in the next election, has resigned his position at the charity…

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  • Colbert Slams Fox News Over Abysmal Number of Black Viewers

    Comedian and television show host Stephen Colbert slammed Fox News for their lack of African-American viewers. Fox News finished first for the 100th consecutive month in cable ratings. However, only 1.38 percent of its viewers are black, compared with 20 percent for CNN and MSNBC. The comedian highlighted the network’s latest snafu when Greta Van…

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  • 50 People Hurt in School Bus Collision

    Two school buses and a tractor-trailer collided near St. Louis. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Department is on the scene. Officials are not confirming any information as of yet. It has been reported that one person is dead and more than 50 are injured. This story is developing. Read more at the Associated Press.

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  • Supermodel Naomi Campbell Testifies at Blood Diamonds Trial

    Supermodel Naomi Campbell testified today in the trial against former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor, who is accused of committing war crimes. She admitted to accepting a gift of uncut “dirty pebbles” when she was the guest of then President Charles Taylor in 1997. Prosecutors believe that the stones were blood diamonds. She testified that two…

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  • President Obama's Health Care Overhaul Extends Life of Medicare

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  • Rudy Giuliani's Daughter Arrested for Shoplifting

    Fresh from the “Those who throw stones” file, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s daughter Caroline was arrested on a misdemeanor shoplifting charge in a beauty-supply store. Giuliani was caught on videotape pocketing items for which she had not paid. A current student at Harvard, Giuliani was seen taking more than $100 worth of…

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  • Senate to Confirm Kagan's Nomination

    Elena Kagan is on the brink of becoming the nation’s fourth-ever woman justice. The Senate is set Thursday to confirm President Barack Obama’s second nominee, whose addition to the court will mark the first time three female justices have served concurrently. Nearly all Democrats, the Senate’s two independents and a handful of Republicans are backing her.…

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  • Law Group Will Sue Over Michigan Oil Spill

    The Great Lakes Environmental Law Center, a group of environmental lawyers based in Detroit, issued a 60-day notice of intent to file a citizen suit against Enbridge in connection with the oil spill into a tributary of the Kalamazoo River. The intent notice is required by the Clean Water Act. The group sent the notice…

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  • GOP Wants Automatic U.S. Citizenship Reconsidered

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  • Whoopi Goldberg Has Backstage Shouting Match With Infamous Party Crashers

    The Salahis are on that stuff. Upset that The View host Whoopi Goldberg touched his wife, Michaela, during a segment of the show promoting The Real Housewives of D.C., Tareq Salahi had an “elevated and heated” exchange with Goldberg after the live telecast. Neither Goldberg nor Tareq Salahi were part of the interview, but Goldberg came…

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