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Bill O'Reilly Apologizes for March on Washington Comment
Bill O’Reilly apologized for accusing organizers of not inviting any Republicans to the March on Washington 50th-anniversary commemoration. He admitted he was wrong on the Thursday-night airing of his show, The O’Reilly Factor, according to the Huffington Post. O’Reilly had complained that no Republicans had been invited to the event. In fact, many, including both…
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Watch This: 'Scandal' Season 3 Trailer
Gladiators, get ready: The second-most-important moment that Scandal fans have been waiting for is finally here: the first official teaser for the season 3 premiere (the most important is the night the show comes back). But there is some additional news, not only for die-hard fans but also for newbies who are thinking of giving…
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Cory Booker's Imaginary Drug-Dealer Friend?
The scrutiny of Cory Booker continues, but instead of his sexuality, the National Review is going after his credibility. Since the first time he ran for mayor, unsuccessfully, in 2002, Booker has woven into his speeches a story about a drug dealer he befriended named T-Bone. Booker has given detailed anecdotes about his relationship with…
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Jamie Foxx Calls Out Jay Z and Others at MLK 50th Anniversary
It wasn’t a dis, but it was definitely a challenge. During Jamie Foxx’s speech at the commemoration of the March on Washington’s 50th anniversary, the star referred to an encounter he had with Harry Belafonte, reports My Cocoa Fab. In his 3 minute speech, the actor, wearing a suit that reminds us of his Django premier…
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Cory Booker Won't Address Gay Rumors
As he prepares to run for the U.S. Senate, Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker is having to answer questions about his sexuality, and according to Gawker, he isn’t doing a very good job. Presumably because he has mostly remained unattached throughout his time as mayor, with no publicly known wife prospects, whispers of Booker’s sexuality…
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Michelle Obama, Now With Highlights
The cameras may not have stayed long enough on Michelle Obama at Wednesday’s March on Washington 50th-anniverary commemoration for anyone to notice, but she has sort of, kind of, gone blond. On Tuesday the first lady hosted a screening at the White House theater for a documentary called The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil…
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How Sagging Pants Landed a Man in Jail
This New York Post story about Joel Donaldson, a 21-year-old man who attempted to rob a woman for her cellphone in broad daylight in Brooklyn, N.Y., has two lessons. Joel Donaldson, 21, allegedly punched his victim in the face before snatching her phone at around 2:30 p.m. at Court and Remsen streets, just steps from…
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What Did Obama Think of 'The Butler'?
In a sit-down with Tom Joyner and his co-host Sybil Wilkes of The Tom Joyner Morning Show, President Barack Obama discussed at length his feelings about Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and the Affordable Care Act. Black America Web reports that Joyner and Wilkes also took…
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Stop-and-Frisk Incidents Decreased in 2nd Quarter
In New York City, city lawyers report a sharp decrease in the number of stop-and-frisk encounters in the second quarter of 2013, according to the New York Times. The numbers are the lowest they have been since Mayor Michael Bloomberg started implementing the program 11 years ago. From April through June, police officers conducted 58,088 involuntary…
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Black Student 'Bleach-Bombed' at University of Texas
Last week, a black University of Texas student was walking to visit a friend on campus when he was pelted by a bleach-filled balloon. ThinkProgress says the incident concerns students who remember similar attacks taking place on the UT campus last year. On Wednesday, University of Texas student Bryan Davis, who is African American, was struck…
