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Black Soldier Last to Fall in Iraq?
Army Spec. David Emanuel Hickman was the 4,474th member of U.S. military to die in Iraq, according to the Pentagon. The 23-year-old African-American soldier was killed in Baghdad on Nov. 14 after a roadside bomb tore through his armored truck, according to the Washington Post. He also may have been the last soldier to die…
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Truck Hijacking Cancels Don King's Turkey Giveaway
How sad. CBS Miami is reporting that a truck filled with Christmas turkeys to be donated to needy South Floridians by boxing promoter Don King has been hijacked. King’s spokesman Robert Weneck said the truck full of 2,000 turkeys bound for South Florida went missing overnight. The truck was found abandoned near Pompano Beach sometime…
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Qaddafi's Killing 'May Be a War Crime'
The Daily Mail is reporting that the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court has expressed serious concern that the death of Col. Muammar Qaddafi was a war crime. From the Daily Mail: Luis Moreno Ocampo said he sent a letter to the head of the National Transitional Council asking what the new government’s plans are…
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Say What? Most Racist Comments of 2011
After calling child-labor laws “truly stupid,” GOP presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich told an Iowa audience that poor children have “no habits of working” nor getting paid for their endeavors “unless it’s illegal.” Do all GOP candidates read from the same playbook? They need to overhaul their rhetoric. This is getting tiring. After Politico revealed Herman…
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Blacks on Twitter: Making History
Ever wonder about the history of “black Twitter” or how that name even came to exist? Well, News One has prepared an informative and entertaining infographic that explores just that. “The concept of ‘Black Twitter’ actually has a history that is years-deep,” the site says. “We believe that the phenomenon has its roots in black…
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No More Food Stamps or Unemployment Pay for the Rich
The New York Times is reporting that Americans with gross adjusted income over $1 million would no longer be eligible for food stamps or jobless pay, producing $20 million in savings to help extend the payroll-tax holiday. … The idea is also embraced by many Democrats, who had a similar version of the savings in…
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NAACP Rallies Against Attacks on Voting Rights
An estimated 100 civil rights organizations marched from New York City’s Upper East Side to the United Nations on Saturday to draw attention to the mounting problem of voter suppression in communities of color across the nation, NY1 reports. Protesters marched to the United Nations Saturday and spoke out against what the NAACP calls an…
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