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Another Failed Michael Jordan Paternity Suit
For the second time in recent months, an Atlanta woman has claimed that NBA star Michael Jordan was the father of her child. It is also the second time that the suit has been tossed out and the accuser made to pay thousands of dollars in legal fees for Jordan. Laquetta Theus, the 30-year-old mother…
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The 2012 Election Jobs Report Manipulated by Census Bureau
The steep decline of the unemployment rate in August last year, from 8.1 to 7.8, was, in fact, too good to be true. It could be all mere fabrication, according to a New York Post report. As it turns out, the Census Bureau knew about the fabrication, too. In 2010, the bureau caught an employee…
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Young Voters of Color Battle 'Time Tax'
According to a new report, young voters, particularly those of color, are inconvenienced at voting polls. The report, led by Advancement Project, a multiracial civil rights organization, and OurTime.org, a nonprofit that seeks to bring out the political voice of young Americans, concluded that voting polices that have been enacted and/or proposed in certain states,…
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Republicans Block Yet Another Key Obama Appeals Court Nominee
Senate Republicans are at it again, blocking yet another Obama nomination to the key U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday. Robert L. Wilkins is the third straight nominee to the influential court to be blocked by Republicans, the Associated Press reports. According to the AP, Wilkins is a district…
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Man Pretends to Work for Nick Cannon, Steals Jewelry
A man pretending to be an employee of entertainer Nick Cannon just made the heist of the year by stealing thousands of dollars worth of jewelry. According to Hollyscoop, which released the video below, a man who gave the name “Michael” called the Fred Segal store in Santa Monica requesting the jewelry under Cannon’s name,…
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University of Texas Student Group Organizes 'Catch an Illegal Immigrant' Event
The Young Conservatives of Texas, University of Texas chapter, set the Internet ablaze Monday when it was revealed that they were planning a “Catch an Illegal Immigrant” event. According to the Houston Chronicle, the game was set up to be played with five volunteers spread out wearing tags that read “illegal immigrant.” Then if a…
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Kanye West Done Beefing With Obama
Kanye West probably won’t be making peace with President Barack Obama any time soon, but that doesn’t mean the pseudo-feud between the two men will continue either. “I’m not gonna mention him no more, I’m past that,” West told Hot 107.9 in Philly’s Morning Show interview, which aired Monday. “That’s out my thoughts. That’s lowering my priority of…
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Obama Health Care Problems Affect More Than Just Policy
President Barack Obama has long maintained a decent public-approval rating despite his political problems. But with the disastrous health care rollout, his track record for bouncing back may be threatened, the Associated Press reports. According to the AP, the president, because of his credibility, was able to bounce back even during nasty policy debates and…
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Civil Rights Icon Who Helped Design Bus Boycott Dies
Civil rights icon the Rev. Theodore Judson Jemison, one of the organizers of the 1953 Baton Rouge, La., bus boycott, died on Friday at the age of 95, The Advocate reports. The bus boycott served as a template for the nonviolent, yearlong Montgomery Bus Boycott planned by Martin Luther King Jr. in Alabama. According…
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Don Lemon Talks to the ‘I Hate Being Black’ Guy
Don Lemon had an interesting guest on his CNN show, CNN Newsroom, over the weekend: The Guardian columnist Orville Lloyd Douglas, who wrote the controversial article “Why I Hate Being a Black Man.” In his piece, which sparked widespread debate on the Internet, Douglas cited the negative stereotype of being a criminal, and people’s fear…
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