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Obama's Uncle Free After Drunk-Driving Arrest
CNN is reporting that an uncle of President Barack Obama who was arrested last month for reportedly driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol has been released from custody. Onyango Obama was freed from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on Thursday under an order of supervision and will be required to check in…
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'Black Man' Cookies Are Big in Romania?
Via Gawker: A report that Romania is selling “Black Man” chocolate-flavored cookies. Based on a photo posted in Copyranter, the cookie appears to have coarse hair, closed eyes, a wide nose and big lips. It is sporting a Superman cape with a “B” inscribed on a plate in the front. This looks like the latest…
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New Documents Uncover Libya, CIA Relationship
The Associated Press is reporting that the CIA worked closely with Muammar Qaddafi’s intelligence services in the rendition of terror suspects to Libya for interrogation, according to documents uncovered at a security agency in Tripoli. The AP reports that the revelation could spark tensions between Washington and Libya’s new rulers. The discovery came as the…
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Eddie Murphy in Talks to Host 84th Oscars?
Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Oscar producer Brett Ratner is poised on Tuesday to submit Eddie Murphy’s name to Academy President Tom Sherak as a possible host. This is by no means a done deal yet, but this is a first step — though a lot more steps have to happen before…
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Black Unemployment Highest in 27 Years
CNNMoney is reporting disturbing news about racial inequality in the job market, saying that black unemployment has surged to its highest level in 27 years, while the rate fell slightly for whites. The August jobs report was dismal for plenty of reasons, but perhaps most striking was the picture it painted of racial inequality in…
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Conservatives Already Upset Over Sharpton Show
It was bound to happen. It was clear that that the vintage and vocal Al Sharpton was going to emerge as soon as he inked a deal with MSNBC. EURweb is reporting that conservatives are complaining that his show, Politics Nation, is racially biased after he aired a segment about states’ rights. Since activist Al Sharpton’s MSNBC…
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Condoleezza Rice Strikes Back at Cheney's Attack
The normally guarded former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice lashed out at former Vice President Dick Cheney, who claims in his recently released memoir that she misled President George W. Bush about nuclear diplomacy with North Korea, according to Reuters. “I kept the president fully and completely informed about every in and out of the…
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32 Years in Prison for Murder of Chicago Teen
The Associated Press is reporting that the last of five suspects convicted in the brutal 2009 videotaped beating death of a Chicago teenager was sentenced to 32 years in prison. A jury convicted 20-year-old Lapoleon Colbert of first-degree murder in June after hearing a tape of a police interrogation during which he admitted to kicking…
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