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  • Charges Filed Against Rep. Maxine Waters

    It’s official. A House panel announced today that Rep. Maxine Waters has been charged with violating ethics rules. This latest ethics charge is setting the stage for a precarious election season for Democrats. The charges come just days after Rep. Charles Rangel was hit with 13 ethics charges. The charges against Waters, a 10-term California congresswoman, focus…

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  • Former White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers Finally Speaks

    Former White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers has finally broken her silence about her short-lived tenure at the White House. Rogers was lambasted for “stealing” the spotlight from the Obamas during her time at the White House. She gave a rare interview to Fox-TV in Chicago, stating that she learned a lot from her experience. “It…

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  • Mother of Mitrice Richardson Doubts Reports of Las Vegas Sighting

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  • Breitbart Joins Tea Party at Rally in Philadelphia

    Andrew Breitbart, blogger and darling of the conservative movement, surfaced this weekend at a Tea Party rally in Philadelphia. Yes, the man who edited a video that led to the downfall and subsequent uprising of former USDA employee Shirley Sherrod joined a Tea Party rally at Independence Mall denouncing a “media cabal,” the NAACP, liberals…

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  • Michelle Obama Urges Parents to Make Healthy Choices for Kids

    First lady Michelle Obama is moving forward in her quest to make America’s children healthy. As part of her “Let’s Move” campaign, Obama is asking parents to make healthier food choices for their children. In a Washington Post op-ed, Mrs. Obama does not spare the government or food industries from their role in the obesity…

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  • Diddy Calls Out Nightline Host Over 'Racist' Question

    In a Vibe magazine interview, hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs called Nightline host Martin Bashir’s question about Combs’ purchase of a Maybach for his son’s 16th birthday racist. Combs stated that rich white people buy their kids expensive cars all the time, and it is never questioned. He said, “It’s really a racist question.” Perhaps…

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  • President Obama: Military Mission in Iraq Will Change

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  • Ex-Negro League Baseball Player Honored for Outstanding Work at 104

    Ex-Negro League baseball player Emilio “Millito” Navarro is being honored as America’s Outstanding Oldest Male Worker for 2010 by Experience Works, the nation’s largest nonprofit organization training center for older workers. Navarro still keeps the books and controls the finances for the game-machine business he started years ago. Navarro is believed to be the oldest…

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  • Hip-Hop Royalty Weddings: Alicia Keys and T.I. Both Make It Official

    Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky weren’t the only high-profile couple to walk down the aisle this weekend. Rapper T.I. — aka Clifford Harris — married his longtime girlfriend, aka his “ride-or-die chick,” Tiny Cottle, of Xscape fame. The two wed in Miami (Star Island), and guests included Usher Raymond, Jermaine Dupri, Bow Wow, Nelly, Ashanti,…

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  • The Domino Effect: Rep. Maxine Waters to Be Charged With Ethics Violation

    In the words of Chris Rock in the classic film Boomerang, “First the Fat Boys break up and now this.” Legendary California Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters has been charged with an ethics violation. On the heels of a high-profile ethics-violation investigation of New York Congressman Charles Rangel, Waters appears to be next in line. She…

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