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VP Joe Biden Says Tea Party Isn't Racist
On ABC’s This Week, Vice President Joe Biden stated that he does not think the ultra-conservative Tea Party is racist. Taking a page from the Whoopi Goldberg-Mel Gibson debacle, he stated, “I wouldn’t characterize the Tea Party as racist,” but “there are individuals who are either members of or on the periphery of some of…
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The Evolution of Black Male Sex Symbols
Isaiah Mustafa is still turning heads as the Old Spice guy. After the first installment of the commercial series had 13 million hits on YouTube, the second installment is sending people into a viral frenzy. Part of this frenzy includes questioning why a black male sex symbol is able to have commercial appeal to a…
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Billionaire Bob Johnson to Build Spa in Liberia
Billionaire businessman Robert L. Johnson is building a luxury spa resort in war-torn Liberia. The property will be a 78-room, beach-side resort. Johnson, the founder and chairman of RLJ Companies, said he avoided the capital, Monrovia, because of its social problems, high number of people without proper housing and lack of reliable electricity. Instead, with…
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Alvin Greene Makes First Public Speech
In his first campaign appearance, South Carolina’s surprising U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene made his first public speech, in which he tackled education, jobs and justice. He started off with a joke and moved into those issues quite quickly, rattling off statistics. In the 6 1/2-minute speech given at the local NAACP’s monthly meeting, Greene…
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Neo-Nazi Leading Patrols in Arizona
Jason “J.T.” Ready, a man with neo-Nazi ties, is taking border control into his own hands. Ready is leading a militia in the Arizona desert to protect the borders from illegal immigrants. He has declared war on “narco-terrorists” and illegal immigrants. To date, he and his crew have found only a few border crossers, whom…
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Haiti Has Received Only a Fraction of Promised Aid
Haiti is getting shortchanged on aid. Six months after a 7.0-earthquake devastated Haiti, aid is slowly trickling in, with only a fraction of it having reached Haiti. There were pledges of billions of dollars in supplies, medical equipment and personnel for the rebuilding and recovery of the country — even a George Clooney-produced telethon, yielding…
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Mike Tyson Calls Himself 'a Pig'
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is talking candidly about himself. Giving new meaning to the colloquialism “falling on one’s sword,” Tyson admits to his bad-boy behavior and how he is finally becoming the man so many thought he was at the height of his fame and popularity. In a performance reminiscent of the riveting documentary…
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Author of NAACP Parody Ousted by Tea Party Movement
Tea Party Express spokesman Mark Williams and his organization have been kicked to the curb by the National Tea Party Federation, the loose coalition of organizations around the conservative movement. The federation says it ousted Williams’ group, a Sacramento, Calif.-based political action committee, because it refused to rebuke him for his comments about the NAACP.…
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Protesters Demand Hate Crime Charges for Dragging of Slain S.C. Man
When news came back in June that a black South Carolina man was shot to death by a white co-worker and his corpse was dragged 11 miles behind a truck, it recalled the bloody lynchings of the old Jim Crow South (not to mention the 1998 dragging murder of Texan James Byrd). Yesterday, more than…
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Serena Williams Out for the Season
Tennis legend Serena Williams is out for the season. Williams needs surgery on her right foot after cutting it on a broken glass at a restaurant. The top-ranked tennis player, who just clinched Wimbledon, will miss three tournaments leading up to the U.S. Open. Williams has withdrawn from tournaments in Istanbul, Cincinnati and Montreal. The…
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