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Can Mayor Dave Bing Fix a Broken Detroit?
(The Root) — In the face of a crushing $265 million deficit and $13.2 billion in long-term structural debt, it was either sign a consent agreement, file for bankruptcy or accept the fate of a state-appointed emergency manager, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing told The Root about two weeks ago in an exclusive interview. The former…
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Watch This: T.I. Supports Obama on Same-Sex Marriage
T.I. is apparently following Jay-Z’s lead by announcing his support for President Barack Obama on same-sex marriage, Mediaite reports. In an interview with MTV’s Sway, the Atlanta-based multiplatinum-selling rapper said “I don’t care” if gay people get married. If it doesn’t affect you, then “what difference does it make to you what other people are…
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Legendary Pastor Marvin Winans Carjacked
According to 7 Action News in Detroit, on Wednesday legendary pastor Marvin Winans was assaulted and his vehicle stolen by a carjacking gang. On Thursday police arrested two people in the incident and recovered the vehicle. 7 Action News reports: Winans was pumping gas Wednesday afternoon at a Detroit Citgo station on the corner of Linwood…
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Billionaire Won't Finance Jeremiah Wright Ads
According to the New York Times, billionaire financier Joe Ricketts has backed away from a controversial plan to bankroll an ad campaign by a super PAC (political action committee) that links President Barack Obama to the widely publicized racially contentious statements of his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. The decision follows a…
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12 Things You Didn't Know About Donna Summer
In the wake of the death of Donna Summer, the Queen of Disco, who died on Thursday after a struggle with breast and lung cancer, NewsOne gathers 12 things we did not know about the star: 1) Donna Summer’s actual name was LaDonna Adrian Gaines. She married Austrian actor Helmuth Sommer in 1972, then divorced him…
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Video of Trayvon at 7-Eleven Before His Death
The haunting surveillance video from the 7-Eleven that Trayvon Martin visited just before his untimely death has been released by ABC news, Mediaite reports. The video shows Trayvon dressed in a gray hoodie, tan-colored pants and white sneakers while purchasing Skittles and iced tea. He’s shown at the counter from two different surveillance angles. Trayvon…
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GOP Hits Abortion Providers State by State
Late last week, Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed a measure banning abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood from receiving state funding. The law, known as the Whole Woman’s Health Funding Priority Act, discontinues funding for family planning and other health services offered by Planned Parenthood clinics and other organizations that provide abortions, according to…
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Jury Gets Hudson-Family Slayings Case
Updated 8 p.m. EDT: The jury began deliberating on Wednesday in the trial against the man accused of killing three members of Academy Award-winning Jennifer Hudson’s family in a bloody rampage at their home in Englewood on Chicago’s South Side. Cook County Judge Charles Burns sent the case to the 12-person jury after four hours…
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Hudson Slayings: The Smoking Gun?
For years it has been alleged that William Balfour shot and killed three members of Jennifer Hudson’s family in a vengeful rage after her sister, Julia, rebuffed his advances to reconcile their marriage. So when his trial began on April 23, it came as no surprise when prosecutors mapped out their case against him. They…
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How Sam Jackson Became His Own Genre
Samuel L. Jackson, 63, says longevity is the secret to how he became the highest-grossing actor of all time. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1972, and moviegoers would have a hard time finding him in the role of a virtuous man, according to the New York Times. The New York Times…
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