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Donald Sterling Goes to a Black Baptist Church (This Is Not a Joke)
Donald Sterling walks into a black church … no, seriously: Donald Sterling the embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner walked into a South Los Angeles church and sat for a two-hour service Sunday, TMZ reports. It is unclear if Sterling, who arrived at the Praises of Zion Baptist church with bodyguards, came for any other reason…
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Justin Bieber Apologizes for Racist Joke
Justin Bieber told a joke; a bad joke that included him saying the n-word several times. It was taped and recorded and released to the public. Now “The Biebs” has apologized. According to TMZ the recording is from 2009 when Bieber was only 15. Bieber told the gossip site in a statement, “As a kid,…
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Teacher Who Reportedly Has AIDS Is Accused of Having Sex With Student
A 37-year-old Louisiana schoolteacher has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old male student and knowingly exposing him to the AIDS virus, WWLTV reports. According to news station, sheriff’s deputies arrested Derrick Nesby last week at H.L. Bourgeois High School, the Terrebonne Parish school where he teaches and is also the track coach. “We…
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Trayvon Martin’s Friend Rachel Jeantel Graduates From High School
Rachel Jeantel was struggling. She was on the witness stand as an unsuspecting key figure thrust into a national case involving her friend’s death, race, racism, “Stand your ground” laws and more. She was the last person to talk to Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, 2012, before his deadly encounter with George Zimmerman. Her testimony…
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VA Secretary Eric Shinseki Resigns Amid Heath Care Scandal
Early Friday morning, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki apologized to veterans and Congress for a VA system that had come under national scrutiny after scathing accusations about the flawed heath care system for veterans, which included yearlong wait times to see doctors during his tenure. During his announcement, Shinseki declared, “This situation can be fixed.”…
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Disabled Man’s Family Sent $11.67 Million Bill After He Died in State Care
Rasheen Rose was mentally disabled. His family placed him in a facility in Queens, N.Y., that was better equipped to handle the 33-year-old’s needs. According to reports, two years ago, Rose became unresponsive while being restrained at the Fineson Developmental Center and later was pronounced dead, New York’s Daily News reports. A year later, Rose’s sister,…
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4-Year-Old Boy Calls 911 After Mom Passes Out
A 4-year-old Georgia boy had been given a bath and dressed when his mother walked out of the room and collapsed. According to news station WALB, little Jaden Howe didn’t panic he just remembered what his mother taught him and called 911. Jaden told the dispatcher, “My mommy is passed out and she can’t talk.…
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Shelly Sterling to Sell LA Clippers to Ex-Microsoft CEO for Record Sum
According to Shelly Sterling, the Los Angeles Clippers will be sold to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for an NBA-record $2 billion. “I am delighted that we are selling the team to Steve, who will be a terrific owner,” Shelly Sterling said in a statement, ESPN reports. “We have worked for 33 years to build…
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Google Exposes Its Lack of Diversity
On Wednesday Google publicly revealed data that supported what many had speculated: White men run the Web giant. Earlier this month, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and members of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition attended eBay’s and Google’s shareholder meetings to challenge the tech giants on diversity. In response to Jackson’s challenge, Google released the data and…
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Va. 10th-Grader Brutally Murders Parents Over Punishments
A Norfolk, Va., 10th-grade honor student who had grown tired of his parents’ punishments, which included ” … taking away my iPod and stuff,” admitted in court Wednesday that he murdered both of them a week before Christmas. According to news station WTKR, Vincent Parker, 16, told police that he attacked his mother with pepper spray,…

