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Donald Sterling Insists He’s Not Racist in New Recording
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is still being recorded, but this time the taped phone call captures an angry Sterling saying that he’s not racist, the New York Post reports. “You think I’m a racist?” Sterling asked his friend during a recorded conversation obtained by RadarOnline, the Post reported. “You think I have anything…
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Members of the Congressional Black Caucus Speak Out for Nigerian Girls
Reps. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), and Barbara Lee and Karen Bass (both D-Calif.) added their voices to protests demanding that the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls be returned safely. The four women, all members of the Congressional Black Caucus, were joined by Rep. Janice Hahn (D-Calif.) as they held a press conference outside the…
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Mimi Faust and Nikko Open Up About Their Porn Debut
Love & Hip Hop Atlanta stars Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith revealed in an interview the decisions that went into the promotion of their sex tape, saying that the home video was never meant for anyone else’s eyes. In a video posted online with VladTV, the two stars said that their video drama started after…
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Former Fla. Governor Left GOP Because of Race-Based Hostility Toward Obama
Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist called out the GOP in a Tuesday interview with Fusion, saying that he defected from his former party because of its aggressive opposition to the president because of Obama’s race. “I left the Republican Party because Republican leadership went off the cliff. They’re so hard right now, they won’t cooperate…
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Jet Magazine to Stop Print Publication and Go Digital
Jet magazine will be bidding farewell to the newsstand, for the most part, moving forward with plans to transition into a digital magazine—available as an app—at the end of June, Johnson Publishing Co. announced Wednesday. The black magazine, founded in the early 1950s as a popular news source for black people to get information about…
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US Sending Advisory Team to Nigeria to Help Locate Abducted Schoolgirls
The U.S. is sending a team of officials to help aid the Nigerian government in locating and recovering more than 200 schoolgirls who were kidnapped, Time reports. The Obama administration is prepping to send a team of military, law-enforcement and hostage negotiators to the country. The girls were captured by the Islamic militant group Boko…
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Meet the 16-Year-Old Who Graduated From College Before High School
Grace Bush has already graduated from college. That may not be fascinating in and of itself, but the 16-year-old has yet to receive her high school diploma. That graduation ceremony will happen this Friday, the Sun Sentinel reports. The clever teenager attends Florida Atlantic University High School, which has a special program with FAU that…
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Virginia Boy, 8, Fondly Remembered by Mom as ‘Man of the House’
Martin Cobb was his family’s “man of the house,” raised as he was in a home without a father, the 8-year-old’s mother told the Associated Press. “As soon as he could talk, I told [him] he’s the man of the house,” his mother told the newswire. “That’s what he did. He’s a hero.” Facts about…
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Cops Keep Raiding Home Looking for Man Who Died 8 Years Ago
James Jordan Sr. died eight years ago, and yet the New York City Police Department keeps on barging into his home, demanding that his wife and kids surrender him, the New York Post reports. Since the man’s passing in 2006 at the age of 46, the cops have entered the Jordan family’s Brooklyn home more…
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Upstate New York Comptroller’s Tweet to Melissa Harris-Perry Called Racist
The comptroller for Dutchess County, N.Y., a northern suburb of New York City, is facing the wrath of politicians and citizens alike after tweeting a message in which he referred to MSNBC news anchor Melissa Harris-Perry as a “damned dirty ape,” the Daily News reports. Jim Coughlan, a Republican who is also eyeing a state…
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