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Joy-Ann Reid to Host New Daytime Show on MSNBC
Joy-Ann Reid has secured a spot as host of one of the two new daytime programs MSNBC is launching on Feb. 24, according to Variety. Reid’s new show will begin at 2 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday. Ronan Farrow, the son of actress Mia Farrow, will also be hosting a new show on the network…
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Cory Booker: Super Bowl Is Not in New York
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is tired of people getting their geography of New York and New Jersey mixed up when covering the Super Bowl, Politico reports. Although the MetLife Stadium, which will host this year’s NFL championship, is home to the New York Giants and the New York Jets, it is, in fact, located in…
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Indiana Woman Admits to Selling Baby for Sex
An Indiana woman is admitting to allowing a man from her community to “buy” a baby eight times and being in the room for all the encounters, except the last one, the Sun-Times Media Wire reports. Natisha Hillard, a 25-year-old from Gary, Ind., pleaded guilty in a U.S. District Court in Hammond to her crimes.…
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Tea Party Rep. Trey Radel to Resign
Updated Mon., Jan. 27, 12 p.m. EST: Rep. Trey Radel has officially sent in his letter of resignation to House Speaker John Boehner. In the brief letter, Radel spoke of his “personal struggles” that had “serious consequences” that pushed him to resign. “It is my belief that professionally I cannot fully and effectively serve as…
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First Lady Invites Jason Collins and Boston Bombing Survivors to State of the Union
On Monday the White House officially announced the first round of guests to be seated in the first lady’s box during the State of the Union. Two who will be there: Boston-bombing survivors Carlos Arredondo and Jeff Bauman—the two men seen in the heart-wrenching photo in which Arredondo, in a white cowboy hat, helped wheel…
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AP Sends George Zimmerman Cease-and-Desist Letter Over ‘Photo’ Painting
George Zimmerman’s latest painting of Florida State Attorney Angela Corey doesn’t impress the folks over at the Associated Press, because the way they see it, it is a direct copy of a photo taken by one of their photographers, Rick Wilson, Talking Points Memo reports. The news wire has since sent a cease-and-desist letter to…
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Ex-Dallas Cowboy Josh Brent Gets 180 Days for DWI Crash That Killed Teammate
Former Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent was sentenced to 180 days in prison and 10 years’ probation on Friday for the car crash that killed friend and fellow teammate Jerry Brown, the Associated Press reports. The ruling comes just two days after Brent was convicted of intoxication manslaughter for the fiery December 2012 crash, which…
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Chadwick Boseman to Play James Brown in New Biopic
Actor Chadwick Boseman is set to showcase the diversity of his talent as he switches things up to become James Brown in the upcoming biopic Get on Up, and by all accounts he is having fun with it, Entertainment Weekly reports. Boseman, who played Jackie Robinson in the film 42, is serving up a completely…
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Fox News Host Somehow Connects Justin Bieber’s Arrest to Obama
Co-host Greg Gutfeld of Fox’s The Five found an interesting way to link pop star Justin Bieber’s recent arrest to President Obama. Gutfeld admitted that he had “shoehorned” the president into the issue by linking teenage-girl fanaticism over the star to the way the president is treated by the press. “The real culprit: the mindset…
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Dinesh D’Souza Charged With Campaign Finance Fraud
Best-selling conservative author, filmmaker and commentator Dinesh D’Souza has been indicted by a grand jury for alleged campaign finance fraud in 2012. D’Souza, known for directing the derisive anti-Obama documentary 2016: Obama’s America, was charged “with violating the federal campaign finance laws by making illegal contributions to a United States Senate campaign in the names…
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