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British Mom of 3 to Marry Minnesota Inmate She Met Online
This is not your typical love story. A British mom of three is hoping to marry an inmate from the U.S. later this year when her love is released on parole, the New York Daily News reports. Jennifer Butler, who is 29 and a single mom to three kids under 10, is planning to fly…
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Oops: Aaron Hernandez Is ‘Mr. July’ in University of Florida Sports Calendar
Aaron Hernandez is currently indicted for three murders. The former New England Patriots star is also the 2014 University of Florida sports calendar’s “Mr. July,” the Associated Press reports. According to the news site, school officials on Tuesday said the calendar was approved last spring before Hernandez’s shocking June 2013 arrest in the murder of Odin…
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NY Mom Kills Self and Daughters in Nitrogen Gas Murder-Suicide
A New York mother took her own life and those of her two young daughters on Tuesday, shortly after a stint at a mental institution, the Associated Press reports. Angela Mtambu, 47, was said to have been devastated by the suicide of her 23-year-old son, who died of asphyxiation in the same home in East…
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Michelle Howard Becomes 1st Female 4-Star Officer in the Navy
Adm. Michelle Janine Howard became the first female four-star officer in the history of the U.S. Navy, according to a press release. Howard, who was promoted at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, is expected to relieve Adm. Mark Ferguson II as the 38th vice chief of naval…
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Black Former Employee Sues Benjamin Moore Over Paint Names
A New Jersey resident who is suing Benjamin Moore says that the company discriminated against him when it named two of its colors clinton brown and tucker chocolate, NJ.com reports. Clinton Tucker, a former employee of the paint company who identifies himself as African American, according to the website, claims that after he was hired in…
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FBI to Question Detroit Boy Found in Basement
The FBI has “scheduled a forensic interview” on Tuesday with the 12-year-old Detroit boy who was found in his own basement after going missing for more than a week, Fox News reports. “Based on the outcome of this interview, the Detroit Police Department may be submitting a package to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office as…
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Black NJ Prep School Student President Stripped of Office for Mocking White Male Peers
The photo was meant as a joke—and a little dig at the white male “Lawrenceville boi.” However, Lawrenceville School Student Body President Maya Peterson’s Instagram post of her dressed in L.L. Bean boots and a Yale University sweatshirt, casually holding a hockey stick, did not go over so well, BuzzFeed reports. “You’re the student body…
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Black Republican Candidate’s Face on Campaign Sign Is Painted White
Campaign signs are often vulnerable to being stolen or tampered with, especially in this political environment, but in what might be a first, a black Florida Republican congressional candidate had one of her signs destroyed by whiteface, the National Review Online reports. Glo Smith, who is hoping to become the Republican candidate for Florida’s 5th Congressional…
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My Brother’s Keeper Gains Support of Top Female Leaders
Women in top leadership positions in faith and community organizations across the nation have joined to sign a letter to President Barack Obama, acknowledging his work with the My Brother’s Keeper initiative. “We believe that a successful ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ can result in stronger families, stronger fathers, stronger employees, stronger leaders; and ultimately, a stronger…
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Judge Tosses George Zimmerman’s NBC Lawsuit
George Zimmerman has no case for libel against NBC Universal, a Sanford, Fla., circuit judge ruled on Monday, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The ruling effectively puts an end to the lawsuit filed two years ago, in which Zimmerman accused the media company of portraying him as a racist and defaming his name in broadcasts after…
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