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Cronut Craving? Pay New York Man to Wait for It
As the holiday season looms large and lines form outside of stores’ doors for must-have items, New Yorker Robert Samuel has made a business of waiting. The 38-year-old Chelsea resident will stand in line for the everything from the latest iPhone or a cronut—a donut-croissant hybrid that’s New York’s latest baking sensation—for those who must…
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Former NFL Player Sam Hurd Gets 15 Years for Drugs
In 2011, Sam Hurd had the world in his hands. The wide receiver had just signed a three-year, $5 million contract with the Chicago Bears. But being a professional athlete making big money wasn’t enough for Hurd, who wanted to be a drug kingpin who specialized in brokering “high-end deals.” “You had everything going for…
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A Pastor Suffering in Silence Takes His Life
Pastor Teddy Parker Jr. of Bibb Mount Zion Baptist Church in Macon, Ga., told his wife and two kids to go ahead of him to church this past Sunday morning and that he would meet them there. So off they went, joining the other 800 members of his congregation. Time passed, and the preacher, who…
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KKK Targeted Black Neighborhood for New Recruits
New rule: When targeting potential members for expansion of the Ku Klux Klan, find out if the neighborhood that is being canvassed is predominantly black first. A KKK group in Florida targeted the New Smyrna Beach area, a mostly black neighborhood, with flyers, news channel WFTV reports. Tim Washington was headed to work when he…
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Instagram Photos of Fast-Food Heist Lead to Arrests
Turns out Instagram photos of food aren’t all boring, especially when they lead to multiple arrests. Three men and one juvenile have been arrested after they used a stolen credit card to purchase $120 worth of fast food and then posted photos of the feast on Instagram, the New York Daily News reports. Rocklin, Calif.,…
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Nelson Mandela's Granddaughter Bares All in New Book
It is safe to say that Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter, Zoleka Mandela, didn’t have a normal childhood. “By the time I was born, on 9 April 1980, my mother (Zindzi Mandela) knew how to strip and assemble an AK-47 in exactly thirty-eight seconds. She was twenty years old, trained in guerrilla warfare and already a full-fledged…
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Charges Dropped for 1 Suspect in Houston House-Party Shooting
On Monday, police announced that two young men had been charged in a shooting at a Houston house party that left two teenagers dead. On Tuesday, charges against one of the young men were dropped, and a community activist says the man is a hero. Harris County authorities dropped a deadly conduct charge against Willie…
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Clinton: Obama Must Keep Health Care Promise
President Barack Obama made a promise to the American people, and former President Bill Clinton believes he should keep his word. When President Obama proposed his plan for universal health care, he assured those who were happy with their insurance that they would not be forced to change their policy. The president has since had…
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New Details Emerge in Renisha McBride Shooting
The autopsy for a 19-year-old Detroit woman who was shot after, her family believes, she went looking for help because of a car accident has revealed in gruesome detail how she died. According to the Detroit Free Press, which received a copy of the autopsy report, Renisha McBride was shot in the face and not…
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Facebook-ing Suspect, 16: It Wasn't Over Jacket, It Was Over Your Mom
The 16-year-old arrested in an ice-skating rink shooting in New York City’s Bryant Park threw f-bombs and smiled at reporters as detectives escorted him in handcuffs out of the Midtown South Precinct stationhouse en route to court, the Daily News reports. Cory Dunton was arrested early Sunday after police cornered him in his apartment, even…
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