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Chris Christie Staffer Resigns Amid Bridge Scandal
A member of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s administration resigned on Friday after being subpoenaed in the investigation into an alleged plan to close lanes of the George Washington Bridge for political payback, causing massive traffic delays over four days in September 2013, the Associated Press reports. Christina Genovese Renna leaves amid claims from Christie…
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Utah School Throws Out Lunches of Students Who Owe Money
A group of up to 40 students at a Utah elementary school had their school lunches taken from them and thrown in the trash once school staff realized that the children didn’t have enough money in their cafeteria accounts, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Sophia Isom, a fifth-grader at Uintah Elementary in Salt Lake City,…
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Hampton U. President Donates Money to Raise School’s Minimum Wage
President Obama wasn’t the only president who offered a bump in pay for some workers. Hampton University’s president donated $108,403 to the school to support a wage increase for the 121 permanent, full-time staff members currently working for less than $9 an hour, the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. William R. Harvey and his wife,…
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Rutgers University Offers Course on Beyoncé
Looks like Jay Z isn’t the only the only one in the family who can brag on having a university course devoted to him, now that Rutgers University is offering “Politicizing Beyoncé.” The Department of Women’s and Gender Studies will offer the course taught by doctoral student Kevin Allred, who told the university’s online news…
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Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Trial for Corruption
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin’s federal corruption trial began Thursday, and during opening day procedures, prosecutors listed several crooked deals they say Nagin ran out of City Hall, while the defense called the evidence deceiving, the Times-Picayune reports. Prosecutors allege that under Nagin’s tenure, corruption flourished, claiming that the former mayor received money, free…
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12 O’Clock Boys: Freedom Riding With Baltimore’s Biker Boys
The black screen breaks, and Pug’s brown face appears, slim and unfazed, his cornrows hidden behind a black baseball hat cocked backward, his black T-shirt drunk around the neck. His eyes say: “I have seen more than my decade of life.” A nameless radio voice comes in offscreen like a low rumble. “I want to…
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Former Detroit Lions Running Back Suing NFL, Helmet Maker Over Concussions
Former Detroit Lions running back Jahvid Best, whose football career was cut short after he suffered several concussions, is suing the NFL and helmet maker Riddell, the Associated Press reports. Best, who was the 30th draft pick in the 2010 NFL draft after breaking multiple records coming out of California, suffered at least four concussions…
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Mall Shooter Wrote of Killing People and That He Was Ready to Die
The gunman who killed two people and injured several others before taking his own life inside a suburban Maryland mall last Saturday wrote of killing people in a journal. He also wrote that he was ready to die, police told the Associated Press, as they released new details about the shooting. Darion Marcus Aguilar expressed…
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Jonathan Martin: ‘I Felt Trapped’ in Dolphins Locker Room
Football player Jonathan Martin, who left the Miami Dolphins mid-season amid allegations of bullying and racism, sat down for his first interview since the scandal broke. Martin told NBC Nightly News, which aired the episode Tuesday evening, that the persistence of vulgar language and the climate the lockerroom made him feel trapped, forcing him to…
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Kanye West Pays Teen $250,000 to Settle Alleged Beating
The teen who allegedly called Kim Kardashian everything but a child of God and then received a reported ungodly beat-down from Yeezus has settled with the rapper out of court and received a massive six-figure payday, New York’s Daily News reports. The unidentified 18-year-old, who was alleged to have called Kim “a slut” and a…
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