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Texas Father Who Overpaid Child Support Reports to Prison
Clifford Hall, the 43-year-old Texas father who made national news after he was sentenced to six months in jail for delinquent child support payments, has exhausted all appeals and reported to prison. What made Hall’s case so intriguing was that a Texas judge found Hall to be in contempt of court and ordered him to…
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Police Find Missing Detroit Boy Alive in Parents’ Basement
A missing 12-year-old Detroit boy who was the subject of a massive citywide search was found Wednesday in the basement of his family’s home. Detroit Police Chief James Craig told the Associated Press that Charlie Bothuell V, who had been missing for some 11 days, was found behind boxes and a large plastic drum in…
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Detroit Water Works: How a Bankrupt City Is Putting the Squeeze on Its Tapped-Out Residents
A total of $150 or two months of past-due water bills is all it takes for the already bankrupt city of Detroit to shut off someone’s water. With work scarce and money even harder to find, some 150,000 residents have been threatened with shutoffs by the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, and local activists told…
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Man Walks Into Queens, NY, McDonald’s With Knife Sticking Out of His Back
On Tuesday morning, 53-year-old Andrew Hardy was trying to break up a fight when he was stabbed in the back. Hardy then strolled into a Queens, N.Y., McDonald’s with the knife still sticking out of his back. With his white T-shirt soaked in blood and the knife plunged deep into the center of his back,…
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LeBron James Opts Out of Contract With Miami Heat, Becoming Free Agent
Let the frenzy begin. LeBron James has exercised “his early-termination option,” making him an unrestricted free agent on July 1, ESPN reports. While James had until June 30 to opt out of his current contract, ESPN believes that having his agent, Rich Paul, tell the Miami Heat a week before the deadline gives not only…
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Spike Lee: New Kickstarter Film Da Sweet Blood of Jesus Is Not a Vampire Movie
Spike Lee did not take Kickstarter funds to make a vampire film. “It is not a vampire film!” Lee jokingly corrected an audience member during a Q&A Sunday at New York’s SVA Theater, the Daily News reports. Lee wanted to make clear to those in attendance at the closing-night event at the 18th annual American Black…
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President Obama Plays Defender for England’s World Cup Team?
President Barack Obama is a huge sports fan and a pretty good basketball player—but he does not play defender for England’s national soccer team. That is the mistake one souvenir company recently made when it put the president’s face on a commemorative mug where England player Chris Smalling’s face should have appeared, the New York…
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Cedars-Sinai to Train Barbers in Los Angeles to Check Black Men for Hypertension
Imagine going to the barbershop to get a tight fade and coming out with a clean bill of health. Thanks to an $8.5 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to Cedars-Sinai, that could soon be a reality. Some 20 Los Angeles black barbershop employees will be trained to check patrons for…
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#PrisonBae Jeremy Meeks’ Wife Isn’t Happy With All the Attention
Jeremy Ray Meeks—aka #prisonbae, as he is known on Twitter—was arrested on June 18 along with four other men during a gang sweep. Meeks was sent to California’s San Joaquin County Jail. Last week his mug shot was posted on a police department’s Facebook page. The women of the Internets went nuts. On Friday Meeks…
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Baylor Basketball Star’s Career Cut Short After Medical Diagnosis
Former Baylor star Isaiah Austin was projected to be a late first-round pick in the NBA draft later this week, but a routine physical at a scheduled combine revealed a serious medical condition that has halted his pursuit of a career playing professional basketball. According to ESPN, early test results showed that Austin had an…
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