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Unemployment Benefits Extension Fails
In another instance of being kicked while down, Senate Republicans and Nebraska Democrat Ben Nelson voted against a bill that would have extended unemployment benefits for another 6 months. With the death of Sen. Robert Byrd and Nelson’s nay vote, Democrats failed to protect the interests of unemployed Americans. Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan…
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Elian Gonzalez Toes the Line in Message to U.S. Relatives
On the 10th anniversary of Elian Gonzalez’s return to Cuba after a huge international custody battle, the 16-year-old speaks about his feelings about the matter. He says that he’s not angry at his Miami relatives who fought to keep him in the United States but is happy with his father in Cuba. He thanked Americans…
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Tiger Woods Interviewed in HGH Probe
Tiger Woods was questioned as part of a federal investigation involving Canadian Dr. Anthony Galea. Galea is accused of distributing human growth hormone (HGH) and has been charged with conspiracy, smuggling, distributing HGH and introducing an unapproved drug into interstate commerce by federal authorities. Woods admits that he was treated by Dr. Galea but did…
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Welfare Cash Dispensed at Strip Clubs in California
“Putting your money to work unwisely” should be California’s new motto. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered the Department of Social Services to remove strip clubs from the official list of businesses that dispense welfare cash. Apparently if you run out of money while making it rain or don’t make enough money on stage or…
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Former Star NFL Quarterback Randall Cunningham's Son Dies
Former star NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham’s two-year-old son Christian died of an apparent hot tub accident. The coroner’s office has not named an official cause of death, but it appears to be an accidental drowning in the star’s backyard hot tub. Cunningham, 47, is an ordained minister and pastor of a church, that he manages…
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Michelle Obama to Speak at NAACP's 101st Annual Convention
First lady Michelle Obama will speak at the NAACP’s 101st Annual Convention in St. Louis on July 12, 2010. Obama will continue her push to get Americans more fit and healthy by addressing the epidemic of childhood obesity. She will use this opportunity to promote her comprehensive campaign, Let’s Move! which advocates healthier foods in…
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President Obama: The Nation's First Female President?
Remember when people were making jokes about Bill Clinton being the nation’s first black president because of his most deplorable acts — womanizing, lying under oath, being raked over the coals for reasons some thought were irrelevant to his presidency? Comedians, Toni Morrison and black intellectuals felt quite free to utter those words. Now a…
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Hip-Hop Pioneer Rammellzee Dies
Rammellzee, the pioneering hip-hop artist and Wild Style (1983) star, has passed away. Hip-hop legend Fab Five Freddy announced it on Twitter. Rammellzee played himself in the cult classic Wild Style, as one half of the performance group Rammellzee and Shock Dell at the ampitheater. Rammellzee’s ten-minute-plus 1983 record “Beat Bop” is a hip-hop classic…
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Blindsided: Alleged Russian Spy Ring Casts Shadow on U.S.-Russia Unity
It’s cold in here. Just days after U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Medvedev met at the White House to thaw post-cold war relations, news of a suburban Russian spy ring has emerged. Not surprising, since the relationship between the two Cold War rivals has been marked by alleged spy rings. The saying “Keep…
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For Whom the Bell Tolls: New York Cop Sues Sean Bell's Estate
Fresh from the “are you kidding us?” file, a New York police officer involved in the fatal shooting of groom-to-be Sean Bell is suing the dead man’s estate. Officer Michael Carey’s lawsuit claims that Bell assaulted and injured him with his vehicle while driving drunk when he was leaving his bachelor party at a strip…
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