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College Athlete Dead at 19 After Collapsing
The world of college sports has been rocked by another death. Nineteen-year-old Oregon State football player Fred Thompson died yesterday after collapsing during a basketball game on campus. Thompson was immediately taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The freshman defensive tackle from California, who stood 6 feet 4 and weighed 317 pounds,…
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Newt's Gay Sister Plans to Vote for Obama
Newt Gingrich can count on not getting one vote if he wins the Republican nomination in 2012: his half sister’s. Candace Gingrich-Jones, a gay-rights activist, slammed her brother in an interview with MSNBC, saying that while they get along, they disagree on an issue extremely important to her: gay rights. Gingrich opposes gay marriage. “He…
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60 Percent of Black Females Abused Before Age 18
A new study conducted by researchers at Black Women’s Blueprint claims that 60 percent of African-American women had been sexually assaulted by a black man before turning 18. The study, which surveyed only 300 women, is part of an ongoing research by the group, which hopes to survey 700 women by March of 2012. To…
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Arrest Made in Case of Girl Found in Trash Can
A 20-year-old Georgia man has been arrested in the murder of 7-year-old Jorelys Rivera. Rivera, who disappeared from a Canton, Ga., playground last week, was missing for three days, until authorities found her body in a trash can outside her apartment complex. Police say the girl was brutally beaten, stabbed and sexually assaulted. Ryan Brunn…
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NYPD Cops Slam West Indian Parade-Goers Online
If you thought NYPD officers being caught on camera dirty dancing with West Indian Day parade-goers was bad, prepare yourself for this. The NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau might need to look into comments made by cops on a Facebook group calling the parade-goers “savages” and “animals.” One cop even took it as far as saying…
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Body of Missing Girl, 7, Found in Trash Can
The body of a missing 7-year-old girl who was abducted from a Canton, Ga., playground last week has been found in a trash can. The tragic end to the search for Jorelys Rivera has devastated her family along with the Canton community who searched frantically for the young girl. “My world collapsed. I couldn’t believed…
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Ginger White on Sex Life With Herman Cain
In a new interview with the Daily Beast, Herman Cain’s alleged mistress of 13 years, Ginger White, talked in detail about their sex life and how his “arrogance” and denial of the numerous sexual harassment accusations made her go public. While Cain has denied ever having a sexual relationship with White, he did admit to…
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Whites More Likely to Get Presidential Pardons
According to a new ProPublica study, whites are four times more likely than minorities to receive a presidential pardon. The study, which focuses on the two terms of former President George W. Bush, found that out of the 189 presidential-pardon cases that succeeded, only 13 of those pardons were given to minorities — seven went…
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