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Obama to Speak at LBJ Civil Rights Summit
President Barack Obama, along with some of his predecessors, is participating in a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act by former President Lyndon B Johnson—a befitting commemoration for the nation’s first black president. Obama is one of the speakers at the LBJ Presidential Library Civil Rights Summit, along…
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Sir Mix-a-Lot to Perform With Seattle Symphony
Talk about mix-and-match. Rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot is set to perform with a symphony orchestra—the Seattle Symphony, to be precise—for a classical rendition of “Baby Got Back,” UPI reports. The piece was put together by composer and DJ Gabriel Prokofiev (he is the grandson of the renowned Sergei Prokofiev), who wrote the unusual piece for the…
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Determined Young Men Refused to Stop Looking for Missing 9-Year-Old
Local officials stopped looking, calling off the search for little Patrauna Hudson about 6 p.m. on Monday night, a day after the girl was swept away by floodwaters in Yazoo City, Miss. However, 14 young men refused to stop looking, MSNewsNow reports. About an hour later, they found her in a drainage canal. Unfortunately, Patrauna…
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Iowa GOP Senate Candidate: Race Is the Reason Obama Isn’t Being Impeached
When it comes to Obama and impeachment, Republican Senate candidate Sam Clovis of Iowa believes that race and a concern about the media coverage are the reasons the House of Representatives hasn’t seriously pursued the notion, the Daily Times Herald reports. “I would say there are people in the House of Representatives right now that…
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Body Pulled From Indiana Lake Positively Identified as Teleka Patrick
Authorities have positively identified the body pulled from Lake Charles in Indiana as missing Michigan doctor Teleka Patrick, USA Today reports. It is believed that the Kalamazoo, Mich., doctor drowned, and to date, investigators do not believe that foul play was involved, since no trauma was found on her body, the news site notes. Toxicology reports,…
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Baseball Legend Hank Aaron Likens GOP to KKK
Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron isn’t impressed with the advances in race relations in the United States, comparing members of the GOP who stall President Obama’s initiatives to the Ku Klux Klan, USA Today Sports reports. “Sure, this country has a black president, but when you look at a black president, President Obama is…
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Nursing Home Faces Lawsuit for Strip Show
A Long Island nursing home’s attempt to entertain its residents didn’t go as planned, as the facility faces a lawsuit for staging a strip show for its patients, CBS news reports. The risqué event featuring male dancers was discovered after the son of one of the residents apparently found a photo among his mother’s things…
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Oakland Teen Wows With 5.0 GPA and 2100 SAT Score
Akintunde Ahmad just sees himself as a regular 17-year-old, but the Oakland, Calif., teen has stunned everyone with his 5.0 GPA and 2100 SAT score, which have led to his acceptance at some of the country’s most prestigious universities. “Like, my whole life, people have been telling me to stay on this path and everything…
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Detroit Woman Who Killed Daughter Gets 23-Year Sentence
A Detroit woman who fatally stabbed her 8-year-old daughter more than a year ago was sentenced Monday to at least 23 years in prison, the Associated Press reports. The 27-year-old apologized for killing Tameria Greene, calling the death an “accidental mistake.” “I miss my daughter,” she said, according to AP. Greene pleaded guilty in March…
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Innocent Brooklyn Man to Walk Free After Almost Completing 25-Year Sentence
He is soon to be free, but for 51-year-old Jonathan Fleming, freedom may be bittersweet. Fleming had already served 24 years of a 25-to-life sentence for a murder he did not commit. He was accused of gunning down Darryl Rush, 22, outside an apartment in his hometown of Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1989, the New York Post…
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