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Puberty May Arrive Earlier in Boys
According to the Associated Press, a study released in the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics found that puberty has begun to appear earlier on average among black boys, at 9 years old. For the new study, researchers recruited pediatricians in 41 states who participate in the academy’s office-based research network. Doctors asked parents…
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Man Stripped for Allegedly Stealing Candy
Some Internet videos are funny, and some are sad, provoking anger and confusion. Today’s clip is definitely the latter. On Wednesday, a man was stopped at a 7-Eleven in Brooklyn, N.Y., for allegedly stealing candy, possibly a Snickers bar, and detained by the shop’s workers. The three employees then proceeded to rip off his clothes…
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Obama Coins New Term: 'Romnesia'
Politicians saying one thing and meaning another is a reality during election time, but this week President Obama had enough of the status quo. In Fairfax, Va., on Friday, the POTUS targeted his rally speech at the flip-flopping history of Mitt Romney and diagnosed the former governor with a condition called Romnesia, reports CNN. “He told folks…
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Pennsylvania Voter-ID Ads Cause Confusion
Pennsylvania became a battleground for voting rights this year. Despite a recent victory striking down the need for photo ID to vote, the fight’s not over. Now voting-rights advocates must work quickly in the next three weeks before Election Day to tell the state’s residents that they will not be turned away at the polls if they…
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Watch This: John Lewis Dances Gangnam Style
Korean pop star PSY might be all the rage in clubs and on the Billboard charts due to his song “Gangnam Style” — which has become a video dance viral hit with more than 500 million views on YouTube. But Rep. John Lewis is hoping to bring some of that same excitement to the voting…
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Finding Humanity in a Child Kidnapper
(The Root) — In 1987 a woman named Ann Pettway walked into New York’s Harlem Hospital empty-handed and left with a baby named Carlina White. After abducting the 3-week-old daughter of Joy White and Carl Tyson, Pettway spent the next 25 years raising the infant, whom she renamed Nejdra “Netty” Nance, as her own in…
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DOMA Ruling: Will Supreme Court Buy It?
On Thursday in New York’s 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, widow Edith Windsor won a long-fought legal battle in the fight for gay marriage. Windsor and her late partner, Thea Spyer, were married in Canada in 2007. Windsor, now 83, cared for Spyer until her death in 2009 from multiple sclerosis, after which the IRS slapped…
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Sue Simmons Explains 2008 On-Air Obscenity
It was the stuff of viral-video legend when New York anchorwoman Sue Simmons used the f-word on live television in 2008. The Daily News reports that the longtime broadcaster said she was actually playfully talking to her co-anchor, Chuck Scarborough, and thought she was off the air. Simmons, who retired from NBC News earlier this…
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Allen West's Tough Re-Election Race
Rep. Allen West is a hero to some and a hellion to others. The Florida Republican, who has made a name for himself shouting down policies implemented by President Barack Obama and other Democrats, is up for re-election. The Huffington Post reports that the race’s outcome will be a test of the controversial figure’s brand of…
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Beirut Blast Kills 8, Wounds Many More
Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, the head of Lebanon’s intelligence division of the domestic security forces, and seven others were killed on Thursday in a car bombing in Beirut. There is speculation that the culprits, who also left dozens more wounded in the country’s deadliest attack in years, are tied to the Syrian civil war. The…
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