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Prime Ministers Show Support for Presidential Selfie
In a show of support for President Obama, who has taken some heat for a selfie taken during Nelson Mandela’s memorial service this week, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Helle Thorning-Schmidt, prime minister of Denmark, say the photo wasn’t inappropriate. “There were lots of pictures taken that day, and I just thought it was…
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Michael Jordan ‘Flu Game’ Sneakers Go for Record Price
The game was the stuff of legend. A flu-sickened Michael Jordan, battling fatigue and a 103-degree fever, played spectacularly in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA finals, going for 38 points, seven rebounds, five assists and a game-clinching three-pointer to push his Chicago Bulls past the Utah Jazz. But it was a ball boy, who…
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Beyoncé Drops Surprise Album
Taking a page straight from her husband’s creative-marketing playbook, Beyoncé released a surprise iTunes exclusive album that no one saw coming late last night. The album, Beyoncé, features 17 tracks, including songs with Drake, Jay Z, Frank Ocean and the singer’s baby, Blue Ivy. The album had no promotion or early-release single to build…
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If This Rich Kid Has ‘Affluenza,’ Then We’ve All Got ‘Negrobetes’
Ethan Couch, a wealthy teen from the state of Texas, was charged with vehicular manslaughter after he killed four people while he was driving drunk. He was found guilty, but Couch won’t be serving any prison time because he suffers from an affliction called “affluenza.” Affluenza—a hybrid of the words “affluent” and “influenza”—his lawyer argued…
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Fox News Anchor: Santa Is White and Jesus Was, Too
Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly isn’t comfortable with the idea of a black Santa and wants to make a few things clear, especially to kids: Santa Claus is white and so was Jesus. The anchor, who had an all-white lineup on her news analysis show, cleared up any misgivings that culture blogger Aisha Harris may…
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Interpreter Claims Schizophrenic Episode at Mandela Memorial
The man who has been at the center of the controversy over “fake sign language” during Mandela’s memorial service says that he had a schizophrenic episode during the program, and that he lost concentration and started hearing voices and hallucinating, IOL News reports. Thamsanqa Jantjie says that he struggles with mental illness and that he…
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Zimmerman Avoids Charges
George Zimmerman will walk again, since his girlfriend decided she will not pursue domestic violence charges, Associated Press reports via Yahoo!. The 30-year-old was facing aggravated assault, battery and criminal mischief charges stemming from a dispute at the central Florida home that he and Samantha Scheibe shared, AP reports. If convicted of the assault charge,…
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Tutu’s Home Robbed While He Mourned Mandela
Looks like not everyone in South Africa was feeling the loving spirit of Nelson Mandela’s memorial. Police say that burglars robbed the home of retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu the same day that he spoke at the service, the Associated Press reports. Robbers broke into Tutu’s Cape Town home Tuesday night while the 82-year-old was attending…
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Man Set Free After 30 Years in Prison
A man who spent 30 years behind bars walked out of prison a free man and into the arms of his two daughters, lawyers and friends earlier today, the Associated Press reports. Fifty-nine-year-old Stanley Wrice has maintained his innocence since he was arrested in 1982. Wrice was accused of rape, yet he claimed he had…
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Photographer: Obama Selfie Not What It Seems
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but in the case of the “selfie seen round the world”—which showed President Obama taking a cellphone photo with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt, while the first lady looks away in apparent disgust— it wasn’t so. “Photos can lie,” wrote…
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