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Police Looking for 3 White Men Who Reportedly Set Homeless Black Man on Fire
Ventura, Calif., police are looking for three white men who reportedly poured lighter fluid on a homeless African-American man and set him ablaze. According to ABC 7 Los Angeles, around 11 p.m. Saturday, the three men approached John Frazier, 58, who was sleeping inside a sleeping bag in Ventura’s Pierpont neighborhood. The men reportedly poured lighter…
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Off-Duty, Drunken Ky. Cop Found Not Guilty in Shooting of Unarmed Man
Chauncey Carthan, a former detective with the Louisville Metro Police in Kentucky, had been drinking brandy at a friend’s house Sept. 4, 2012, before he hit the road in his unmarked police car. During his drive, he spotted a speeding Ishmael Gough, 24, and decided to pull him over. According to reports, the situation at that stop…
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Who’s Joining the First Lady for the State of the Union Address?
On Tuesday the president will deliver his State of the Union address, and some special guests will have a front-row seat from first lady Michelle Obama’s box. The White House released the invite-only list on Monday; the special invited guests include the Maryland Senate majority leader, a mother saved by surgery received through the Affordable…
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CBS Suspends Sports Analyst Greg Anthony After Arrest
Updated Sunday, Jan. 18, 9:16 a.m. EST: CBS has suspended sports basketball analyst Greg Anthony indefinitely, a representative said Saturday, a day after he was arrested in Washington, D.C., on a charge of soliciting prostitution, according to Reuters. “Greg Anthony will not be working again for CBS this season,” the rep said in an email.…
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Judge Tells Ga. Mom of 5 She Can’t See Her 2 Surviving Kids After Fire Kills 3
A Georgia woman charged with three counts of felony murder and five counts of cruelty to children has been ordered to stay away from her two surviving children while she awaits her fate. Prosecutor Mirna Andrews argued that on Dec. 12, Rockell Coleman, 28, left her kids alone while she went to dinner with friends.…
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Woman Shocked to See Brother’s Mug Shot Used as Police Target Practice
The North Miami Beach, Fla., Police Department is under fire after a woman discovered that not only were police using actual mug shots of African-American men as shooting targets at a firing range, but one of the men in the photos, bearing bullet holes from a police pistol, was the woman’s brother. On Saturday, Sgt.…
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Selma’s Oscar Snub a Complete Injustice
Academy Award nominations were announced Thursday morning, and noticeably absent from almost every major category was the civil rights biopic Selma, which tells the story of Martin Luther King Jr.’s march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., for equal voting rights. It has been adored by movie critics and moviegoers alike—not to mention the grassroots movement…
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It’s On, Floyd: Manny Pacquiao Agrees to Terms to Fight Mayweather
The mega-fight that the world has been waiting for inches closer to becoming a reality now that Manny “Pacquiao and his promoter Top Rank have agreed to terms for a May 2 bout” with Floyd Mayweather Jr., according to ESPN.com. The deal is still being hammered out, ESPN notes, and Mayweather has not yet agreed…
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Watch: Gay Dads Whose Family Photo Went Viral Star in New Commercial
Atlanta fathers Kaleb and Kordale Lewis didn’t expect to become famous a year ago when they posted a photo of them doing their daughters’ hair, but the photo went viral, and the couple and their three children are now starring in a Nikon commercial as part of the camera company’s I Am Generation Image campaign. “What…
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Fla. Teen to Be Honored for Helping to Save Arresting Officer’s Life
Five months ago Fort Lauderdale, Fla., police arrested Jamal Rutledge—a juvenile defendant—on probation-violation charges involving criminal mischief and burglary. Police took him back to the precinct, where Officer Franklin Foulks began processing Rutledge’s arrest. Foulks suddenly collapsed, but instead of bolting to freedom, Rutledge came to the officer’s aid. Now Rutledge and three officers will…
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