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Darren Wilson Speaks, Says Michael Brown’s Death Won’t Haunt Him
For the first time since the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown pushed the name “Darren Wilson” into the national consciousness, America got to hear the Ferguson, Mo., police officer who fatally shot the unarmed teen speak. From a secret location and only a day after a St. Louis grand jury decided not to charge…
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Ferguson Burning: 61 Arrested, 10 Businesses Destroyed, 150 Shots Fired
Shortly after Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch announced that a St. Louis grand jury would not be charging Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown, chaos erupted. Reports of gunfire in and around Ferguson permeated the news as several police cars and buildings along West Florissant Avenue, the main…
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Darren Wilson Will Not Be Charged in the Fatal Shooting of Michael Brown
After months of pouring over evidence, a St. Louis County grand jury has decided that Ferguson, Mo., Officer Darren Wilson will face no criminal charges in the Aug. 9 fatal shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown. According to Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch, the 12-person grand jury, including nine whites and three African Americans, that met…
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Marshawn Lynch: A Man of Lil Boosie and Lil Words
Marshawn Lynch still isn’t talking. Well sort of. After being fined $100,000 for refusing to do an interview, the Seattle Seahawks running back said only 55 words to answer 22 questions following Sunday’s 19-3 win over the Arizona Cardinals. He won’t talk about his back or dancing with the cheerleaders, but he will talk about…
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Journalists Take Secret Meeting, Jockey to Interview Darren Wilson
While the world awaits the Ferguson, Mo., grand jury decision as to whether police Officer Darren Wilson will be charged in the shooting death of unarmed teen Michael Brown, CNN’s Reliable Sources reports that several prominent news anchors have met in private with Wilson in hopes of securing the controversial officer’s first on-air interview. According to…
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Evidence Reviewed by Ferguson Grand Jury May Not Be Released
It looks like evidence used by the Ferguson, Mo., grand jury to decide whether to criminally charge Officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown may not be made public, according to a St. Louis County Circuit Court official, Yahoo News reports. Under normal circumstances, grand jury evidence remains sealed after…
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Marion Barry’s Story—the Way He Told It
(Editor’s Note: This article was first published in June of 2014 when Marion Barry released his biography. The 4-term former DC mayor has died at age 78 of an undisclosed illness.) It’s the 1980s and cocaine is being sucked up the nostrils of some of the world’s elite. Mayor Marion Barry is at an exclusive…
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Even George Clinton Gets Old—but the Atomic Dog Still Has a Lot of Funk Left in Him
George Clinton is an old man now. He is 73, and gone are the days when he used to hop on the table of some dinner theater’s guest, midperformance, and pour wine over his head. He doesn’t wear a diaper made out of hotel towels anymore; and he’s traded in his colorful hair extensions for…
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The Ku Klux Klan Wants You … to Join?
The Ku Klux Klan is looking for new members, and don’t let the small detail of race stop you from applying. Race hating? That’s the old Klan. The new Klan is all about inclusion and diversity, according to John Abarr, a Montana Klansman who told the Great Falls Tribune that the KKK’s white supremacist ways, at…
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Report: Adrian Peterson Prepared to Sue the NFL if He Is Not Reinstated
Now that Adrian Peterson has settled the child-abuse charges against him, he wants back in the NFL and is prepared to sue the league if it continues to keep him off the field, according to sources who spoke with Yahoo Sports. According to the website, “The NFL Players Association filed a grievance against the NFL…
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