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Incognito: Jonathan Martin Also Sent Threatening Texts
The bizarre story of locker room racism and bullying continues to get more bizarre. Richie Incognito took to Fox Sports to defend using racist and profane language with Jonathan Martin, saying that doing so was a part of the Miami Dolphins “brotherhood.” He also emphasized that he “is not a racist,” and for anyone to…
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Sarah Palin: Federal Debt Like Slavery
Sarah Palin continues to link the Obama administration to slavery, comparing the administration to slave masters. During a conservative fundraiser in Iowa, the former governor of Alaska told some 750 attendees that the federal debt will keep the younger generation shackled because of the country’s spending, the Des Moines Register reports. Palin told the crowd…
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‘Stand Your Ground’ and Warning Shots Survive Hearing
A panel of Florida lawmakers shot down a proposal to repeal the state’s “Stand your ground” law but approved an amendment to allow immunity for those who fire a warning shot, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Nearly 300 people attended the vote to give their opinion on the controversial law that has been in the…
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Home Depot Pairs Fake Monkey With Black Men
Home Depot is apologizing for what some are calling a racist tweet sent out by the megastore. The tweet shows two African-American drummers and a third man in a monkey mask with the caption, “Which drummer is not like the others?” The hardware chain store tweeted the photo on Thursday and then promptly took it…
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2nd Suspect Charged in Mississippi Family Murder
A second suspect is in custody and has been charged with the abduction and killing of a Mississippi family, the Associated Press and ABC News reports. While authorities say that they are still piecing together exactly what happened on the night when 7-year-old Jaidon Hill, 30-year-old Atira Hughes-Smith and her husband, 34-year-old Laterry Smith, were…
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Obama Apologizes for Canceled Health Plans
President Obama accomplished something yesterday that most presidents before him have struggled with severely. The president apologized. Obama told Chuck Todd during an interview with NBC News at the White House that he was sorry for promising Americans that they would be able to keep their current health care plans, and that some of them…
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Evidence Tampering in Kendrick Johnson Case?
The family of Kendrick Johnson, the young man found dead inside a rolled-up gym mat in his high school gymnasium, believes the video surveillance footage that a judge ordered released to them has been tampered with, CNN reports. CNN also obtained what they are calling a “scathing report” written by the coroner in the Johnson…
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Hall of Famer Tony Dorsett Shows Signs of Brain Disorder
Former Dallas Cowboy running back Tony Dorsett has been diagnosed with exhibiting signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative condition many scientists have attributed to head trauma and believe is linked to dementia and depression, doctors told ESPN’s “Outside the Lines.” The Hall of Fame running back, who amassed more than 12,000 yards with the…
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Teen Looks for Help, Is Shot on Porch Instead
Renisha McBride was involved in a car accident around 2:30 last Sunday morning. She sought help once she realized her cellphone battery had died. The 19-year-old would later be found dead on the porch of the Dearborn Heights, Mich., home where she went to seek assistance, the Detroit News reports. McBride was driving her 2001 white…
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Sebelius: Felons Can Work on Obamacare
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius dropped a bombshell during a Senate hearing Wednesday. According to the New York Post, Sebelius admitted that “navigators” who help folks enroll in Obamacare could in fact be felons. “A convicted felon could be a navigator and could acquire sensitive personal information from an individual unbeknownst to them?” asked…