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Jesse Jackson Jr. Under Federal Investigation
For Jesse Jackson Jr., the hits keep on coming. The Illinois congressman is currently under investigation by the FBI and federal prosecutors for alleged financial improprieties, including a possible misuse of funds monitored by Congress, according to NBC News. Sources have said that this investigation in not related to the earlier probe regarding the “scheme…
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Shot Fired at Denver Obama Campaign Office
A gun was fired at an Obama campaign office in Denver on Friday, reports CNN. According to a local police spokesperson, Raquel Lopez, there were no injuries, and no one was in the building at the time of the incident. Police did not have a description of a suspect but did have a possible vehicle…
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Magic Johnson: Take an AIDS Test at Home
(The Root) — “No, I’m not on any magical drugs. I’ve been saying that for 21 years,” Magic Johnson told a small crowd of journalists and HIV- and AIDS-prevention workers over lunch at New York City’s Gramercy Park Hotel on Wednesday. The NBA champion and star of the Los Angeles Lakers, after receiving the life-changing…
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Watch This: Beyoncé Joins Jay-Z at Final BK Show
On Saturday night, Jay-Z delivered his final show at Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Barclays Center, and it wasn’t without a surprise. The MC-cum-business mogul invited wife Beyoncé onstage for a short set, though the nights leading up to his grand closing had offered only one guest performer, Big Daddy Kane. Beyoncé, dressed in a leather shorts ensemble…
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Will Ann Romney's 'GMA' Visit Be a Win?
Good Morning America announced that Ann Romney will be a guest host Wednesday, and her appearance says as much about media’s changing face as it does about her husband’s presidential campaign. In 2008, both Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain, wife of Barack Obama’s then-opponent Sen. John McCain, stopped by shows like The View as co-hosts.…
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Ohio Grants Early Voting to All
All registered voters in Ohio will be able to cast their ballots early, ruled several judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit on Friday. Voters will now be able to vote on the weekend before Election Day on Nov. 6, reports the Washington Post. “While there is a compelling reason to…
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MHP: Rep. Cummings Battles 'True the Vote'
Across the country, True the Vote supporters have been learning how to man the polls — or, as Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings calls it, preparing to commit illegal voter suppression. On Saturday, Cummings joined MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry to discuss a recent letter he wrote to True the Vote head Catherine Engelbrecht, “calling for transparency…
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Obama Raised $181 Million in September
Despite Thursday night’s controversial showing during the first presidential debate, President Obama raked in $181 million in campaign donations in September. The campaign said that 1,825,813 people gave last month, and 567,000 were new financial supporters. Reuters reports that the average donation was $53. Obama’s campaign is proud of its base of low-dollar donors, believing…
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Free Birth Control Decreases Abortion
Facts aren’t always enough to change the minds of people opposed to certain ideas, and that paradigm was proven by the response to the release of a recent Washington University study. According to Jezebel, researchers at the St. Louis school found that when birth control was free, most of the city’s women participating in the…
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Jay-Z to Broadcast Saturday's Concert
On Saturday night, Jay-Z will perform the last of an eight-day concert series at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., and fans can catch the show online. The minority owner of the borough’s Nets basketball team, which now calls the stadium home, began the series on Sept. 28 and plans to close by streaming…
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