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MC Lil Boosie Beats Murder Charge
Baton Rouge, La., rapper Lil Boosie was found not guilty of first-degree murder on Friday, May 11. According to Rolling Stone, the rapper, born Torrance Hatch and known for his posse cut “Wipe Me Down,” had been accused of paying almost $3,000 to Michael “Marlo Mike” Louding to kill Terry Boyd in October 2009. Rolling…
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ABC's 'Scandal' Gets Second Season
Following a steamy episode that set Twitter ablaze on Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reports that ABC has renewed the hourlong drama Scandal. Created and written by Shonda Rhimes of Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice fame, Scandal follows a crisis-management firm run by Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington). With her employees, including one staff member well-versed in torture…
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Trayvon Martin Remembered by Sybrina Fulton
Sybrina Fulton, the mother of the late Trayvon Martin, spoke with Jet magazine about what Mother’s Day will be like without her son. Martin was fatally shot on Feb. 26 by neighborhood-watch man George Zimmerman, who has said he acted in self-defense. Most recently Zimmerman, who has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Wins Boxing Title
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. silenced more of his critics by beating Miguel Cotto on Saturday night, according to ESPN. Held in Las Vegas, the match boasted a star-studded audience that included Mariah Carey and Justin Bieber. Mayweather suffered a bloodied nose thanks to a determined Cotto, who nonetheless lost the 154-pound title fight. ESPN reports:…
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Accused 9/11 Orchestrator Protests Arraignment
According to the Washington Post, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused orchestrator of the 9/11 attacks, and four more men did their best to protest their arraignment in military court on May 5. The trial for Mohammed, who is being tried along with Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and…
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Rihanna Gives 'SNL' 'Birthday Cake'
Barbadian pop star Rihanna took the Saturday Night Live stage on this weekend and performed two songs after teasing the crowd with a little dessert. Opening with a snippet of her salacious “Birthday Cake,” a song she remixed earlier this year with ex-beau Chris Brown to mixed reactions, the svelte beauty ran through her latest…
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MHP: Sounding Off on NC Gay-Marriage Bill
A North Carolina state constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage and civil unions will be up for a vote this week, and MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry tackled the controversy on her talk show Saturday morning. The National Organization for Marriage, a right-wing group, supports this proposed amendment and worked to encourage a split between African…
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Obama Begins Re-Election Campaign in Ohio
Politico reports that after quietly preparing for re-election during the last few months, President Barack Obama officially began his run for a second term on Saturday with a speech in Columbus, Ohio. Introduced by first lady Michelle Obama, who spoke about her husband’s understanding of what it means to come from humble beginnings, Obama took sharp…
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Is Black Unemployment Really Declining?
The black unemployment rate dropped to just above 13 percent last month, the second-lowest number since President Obama took office in 2009. That rate is still much higher than America’s overall unemployment rate for April 2012, 8.1 percent. And as Politics365 reports, lowering the African-American unemployment rate has been such a struggle that some people…
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Cinco de Mayo's Anti-Slavery Connection
According to the Huffington Post, many people celebrate Cinco de Mayo for the wrong reasons. The holiday is not Mexico’s Independence Day, which is September 16, but rather celebrates the country’s brief victory over French forces in 1862. Cinco de Mayo also relates to the mass immigration to California by people in Mexico and Central…
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