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White House Report: $862 Billion Stimulus Created More Jobs Than Previously Stated
The White House says that the $862 billion stimulus bill has been better for the economy than previously reported. Updating its estimate of the impact the controversial law has had, the White House now projects that the vast spending act has created or saved between 2.5 million and 3.6 million jobs. A growing body of…
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Flashblood: Alarming Trend in Drug Use Involves Blood Injections
Fresh from the “double take” file, desperate heroin addicts in some countries in Africa (Tanzania, Kenya and the island of Zanzibar) are injecting themselves with another addict’s blood. The practice, called “flashblood” or “flushblood,” puts users at the highest possible risk of contracting hepatitis or AIDS. In Tanzania, many of the people who practice it…
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11-Year-Old 'Lion King' Star Needs Bone Marrow Transplant
Shannon Tavarez, an 11-year-old actress in Broadway’s The Lion King, has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. The young girl from Queens, N.Y., who got her lucky break by landing the prime role in her first professional audition, came down with a low-grade fever and sniffles just six months into her run. She is in…
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Iowa Tea Party Billboard Compares Obama to Hitler
The Iowa Tea Party has put up a billboard comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin. The billboard is drawing criticism, even from fellow Tea Party members. The North Iowa Tea Party began displaying the billboard in downtown Mason City last week. The sign shows large photographs of Obama, Nazi leader Hitler…
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Judge Orders Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. to Open Up Books
A judge has ordered Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. to turn over its financial books to the courts. Judge Daniel Riley said a representative of the sorority needs to submit the group’s check register, minutes book and wire transfer documents after the group refused to retrieve the records, which a former president won the right…
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A Trip to the Beauty Salon for Braids Ends at ER
People were up in arms over licensing hair braiders, but maybe it is a good idea. Veronica Carter of Greensboro got her hair braided. While she liked the braids, she didn’t like the migraine and antibiotic-resistant infection she got from the experience, landing her in the emergency room twice. The migraine was definitely from the…
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Four More Officers Charged in Katrina Shooting Deaths on Danziger Bridge
Four more New Orleans police officers have been charged in the deadly shootings of two people in Hurricane Katrina’s chaotic aftermath. Six current or former New Orleans officers have already pleaded guilty to helping cover up the murder of two men on the Danziger Bridge. Four other men were injured in the shootings. One of…
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57-Year-Old Teacher Calls for Help, Gets Tasered by Cops Instead
What in the world is going on? A 57-year-old teacher was tasered after calling police for help because she thought there was a prowler. Janice Wells, a third-grade teacher, called officers in rural Georgia for help. Instead she ended up on the ground getting tasered. The horrific incident was captured by the dash camera of…
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Study Says Belly Button Is Key to Determining Success in Sports
Fresh from our “double take” file, a study has determined why blacks dominate in track and whites dominate in water. According to the International Journal of Design and Nature and Ecodynamics, it’s all in the belly button. The navel is the center of gravity of the body, which is apparently most important in movement. The…
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Baseball Fans Step Up to the Plate for Negro League Players
Baseball fans are breaking the color barrier in a different way. The Negro Leagues Grave Marker Project was launched seven years ago to ensure that the league’s players would at least have a well-marked place to rest. Started by St. Louis Cardinals fan Dr. Jeremy Krock of Peoria, Ill., the project has provided grave markers…
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