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  • Oklahoma Mom Delivers Baby Boy During Tornado

    Giving birth is tough enough, but delivering a child during a tornado is an amazing feat. And that’s just what Shay-la Taylor did to bring son Braeden Immanuel into the world, reports the Huffington Post. At 3:30 p.m., the tornado touched down, flattening the building. Only 25 other patients and staff were left in the…

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  • Look: President Obama's 'Foxy' 1979 Prom Photos

    President Obama’s senior-prom photos from high school have surfaced, thanks to classmate Kelli Allman (née McCormack), and Time reveals that his outfit was fantastic. Time also got ahold of some choice pages from Allman’s yearbook, in which a young “Barry” Obama spits major 1979 game, writing to Allman, “You are extremely sweet and foxy.” Barry spent his days…

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  • Tiger Woods Accepts Garcia's Apology, but Will Sponsors?

    When Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia joked that he’d serve Tiger Woods “fried chicken” for dinner earlier this week, he probably didn’t realize that the quip could cost him his TaylorMade sponsorship, reports the Daily Mail. The Spaniard’s … abject apology for a remark that carries racist overtones — fried chicken is stereotypically a food associated with…

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  • Intimate Look at the Williams Sisters

    (The Root) — It’s tough being a black female athlete in America, especially if you’re crushing the competition in a predominantly white sport like tennis where fans have called you “nigger” midgame. In Venus and Serena, the new documentary that hit select theaters recently, director and producer Michelle Major and her team dug into the…

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  • Watch This: Kid President Wishes All a Happy Mother's Day

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  • Damon Dash Drowning in Debt

    Damon Dash, the former head of Roc-a-Fella Records with his old partner Jay-Z, is under water for more than $2 million, reports the Daily News. “I can’t touch my money. I can’t pay certain bills,” Dash said in a wide-ranging talk on Saturday. “But I’m still working every day. It’s not stopping me from hustling.…

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  • Bill Clinton Tells Howard Grads They Have a Gift, Choice

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  • NJ Hostage Situation Is Over, Suspect Dead

    A two-day hostage situation is over, after police rescued three children being held in a Trenton, N.J., home by Gerald Murphy, according to the Associated Press. Police found the bodies of Murphy’s girlfriend and her teenage son. [The police] found 38-year-old Gerald Tyrone Murphy in an upstairs bedroom, and he told them he was armed…

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  • How Lil Wayne and Rick Ross Lost: When Hip-Hop Polices Itself

    Billboard breaks down the trend of hip-hop fans holding MCs accountable for inappropriate lyrics and ads, versus the days of C. Delores Tucker and gangsta rap when the accusations came from outside of the hip-hop community. The women who took Rick Ross down — for a lyric about drugging a girl and “enjoying” her —…

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  • Aretha Franklin on Possible Biopic Casting of Audra McDonald, Jennifer Hudson

    For Aretha Franklin, the lead actress in her upcoming biopic doesn’t so much need to have a voice but soul. Speaking to the Associated Press, Franklin discussed the possibility of Broadway and silver-screen actress Audra McDonald or Jennifer Hudson playing her, as well as Zoe Saldana’s controversial casting as Nina Simone. AP: What do you…

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