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Kanye West Addresses Grammy Snub in Chicago
Essence magazine is reporting that Kanye West told Chicago concertgoers on Saturday that he was unfazed by the fact that he didn’t snag nominations for album or record of the year for the 2012 Grammys. “Something I figured out early today — because you know, everybody came up to me last night like, ‘Congratulations!’ because…
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Vanessa and Eddie Long Divorce in Play Again?
EURweb is reporting today that Bishop Eddie Long’s wife, Vanessa, is filing for divorce after all. The news comes after it was revealed on Friday that she had filed papers to divorce the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church pastor “after a great deal of deliberation and prayer.” By early afternoon, she announced that “upon prayerful…
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Herman Cain Suspends Presidential Campaign
Saying that unproven accusations have caused pain to his family, Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain announced that he would suspend his 2012 presidential campaign. With his wife, Gloria, standing by his side, an upbeat Cain made the announcement at the scheduled opening of his Georgia campaign headquarters. The campaign had been hit hard by allegations…
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Russell Simmons: RushCard, OWS Pose No Conflict
Music mogul Russell Simmons struck back at critics who accuse him of speaking with a forked tongue in his support of the Occupy Wall Street movement while pedaling his prepaid credit card, according to Huffington Post Black Voices. While Simmons purports to be a proponent of the movement, critics accuse him of making money off…
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Detective in Sean Bell Case Facing Dismissal?
The NYPD commissioner overseeing the departmental trial of two officers involved in the fatal shooting of Sean Bell is expected to recommend the dismissal of the detective who fired the first shot, reports NY1’s Ruschell Boone. But the ultimate decision regarding Detective Gescard Isnora’s fate rests in the hands of Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, Boone…
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Deputies Refuse to Evict 103-Year-Old Woman
MSNBC’s Tamron Hall reports that Fulton County Georgia Sheriff’s Deputies refused to evict a 103-year-old woman from her Atlanta home when they discovered that she was frail. Fulton County Sheriff’s deputies and a moving company hired by the bank showed up at Vita Lee’s Penelope Road home on Tuesday, according to a report on WSBTV.com.…
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1-Year-Old Shot on Oakland Music-Video Set
The Daily News is reporting that a 1-year-old boy was shot in the head when gunfire broke out after a music video set in an Oakland, Calif., parking lot. The boy, Hiram Lawrence, was in critical condition after undergoing surgery at Children’s Hospital Oakland. Police said two other people were also in critical condition. A…
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FAMU Drum Major in Hazing Incident Was 'Mr. Band'
The mother of a Florida A&M University drum major, who reportedly died following a hazing episode, pleaded with students to end the culture, according to the Associated Press. Pam Champion held a news conference on Monday to comment on the untimely death of her son, Robert, who had earned a coveted spot on the famed…
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VIDEO: Ginger White Claims Affair With Cain
It was “pretty simple,” Ginger White, a Georgia businesswoman, said of her alleged 13-year affair with GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain in a report released by Atlanta-based Fox 5 on Monday. “I was aware that he was married,” she said in the report. “And I was also aware I was involved in a very inappropriate…
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Cornel West Predicts Fight for Entitlements in 'the Streets'
In an appearance on MSNBC, Princeton professor Cornel West said that there may be more civil disobedience as more people become frustrated by the poverty rate, especially as it relates to children. Read the transcript from Real Clear Politics: “I think the problem is that the poor children, keep in mind it’s 42% of poor…
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