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Burglar Returns Stolen Money, Fixes Window He Damaged to Break In
Last week a Palm Bay, Fla., woman returned to her apartment to find a burglar standing in her home. “I walk into my room, and I find all my boyfriend’s shoes and clothes thrown on the floor,” the woman told a 911 operator, according to Yahoo News. “I said, ‘So you’re trying to rob us?’…
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Police Officer Accidentally Shoots Himself in the Stomach
On Saturday night, off-duty police officer, Darryl Jouett and his wife, had just finished eating dinner in a Cincinnati, Ohio restaurant when, they boarded a parking garage elevator. Jouett then took a gun out of his pocket and somehow discharged the weapon, shooting himself in the abdomen. Surveillance video of the incident shows Jouett, who…
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2 Police Officers Shot in NYC
Two New York City police officers were shot Monday night in the Bronx after responding to reports of a robbery, according to the New York Daily News. According to the Daily News, “Andrew Dossi, 30, was shot in the arm and back, while Officer Aliro Pellerano, 38, was shot in the arm and abdomen.” Both…
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Selma, Ala., Residents Can See Selma for Free
The new movie Selma, which depicts the civil rights struggle and the 1965 voting-rights march led by Martin Luther King Jr. through the town of Selma, Ala., is being shown to residents of the town for free, but not everyone is sure that opening that old wound is good for the citizens of Selma. “I…
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Obama and Pearl Jam Frontman Kick It in Hawaii
Before ending their two-week Hawaiian vacation, the presidential family took a little trip along the island to visit with rock legend and Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder and his family, according to the Associated Press. AP reports that President Barack Obama and his daughters, Sasha and Malia (looks like Michelle Obama sat out this visit),…
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‘Black Brunch’ Protesters Stage Demonstrations Inside Businesses
Civil rights activists targeted Sunday-afternoon restaurantgoers in California and New York to remind them of the black lives lost to police violence across the country. The event, called “Black Brunch,” began last year in Oakland, Calif., according to Yahoo News, after the tragic police killings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Eric Garner in…
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Stuart Scott Spoke the Language of My Generation
We didn’t have to know you to know that you knew us, got us and embodied us. That you spoke like us and got the duality of being both a professional and a poet. That a home run ball leaving the park wasn’t “hi-yoooo!” it was “boo-yahhhh!” And you got the difference for us, the…
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John Crawford’s Girlfriend Killed in Car Crash
The girlfriend of John Crawford III, who was fatally shot by police in a Beavercreek, Ohio, Wal-Mart store, was killed in a car crash Thursday, according to ABC 22 Now. The news station reports that Tasha Thomas, 26, of Fairborn, Ohio, and 30-year-old Frederick Bailey of Dayton, Ohio, both died in the crash around 3…
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Watch: Man Arrested for Wearing 2-Finger Ring
In November, New York City-based fashion photographer Andre Perry was in the subway on his way to his SoHo office from his Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, home when a plainclothes officer stopped him at the Union Square station because of his fashion accessory. “Do you know you can hurt someone with this?” the officer, Jonathan Correa, asked…
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CEO of Revlon Believes He Can ‘Smell’ Blacks When They Walk Into a Room, Lawsuit Claims
Revlon isn’t having the best start to the new year, with an explosive lawsuit launched against the company claiming that CEO Lorenzo Delpani made several derogatory comments and believes that he can “smell” black people when they enter a room. But the allegations don’t stop there: Delpani, who is Italian, also reportedly hates “small-minded” and…
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