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Why Dennis Rodman's North Korea Trip Is Still On
Former NBA player Dennis Rodman plans to head to North Korea next week to train the country’s basketball team, an excursion unchanged by the execution of leader Kim Jong Un’s uncle, the Associated Press reports. “Yes, I’m going to North Korea to train the basketball team,” he told the AP by phone. “I’m going to…
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Desmond Tutu Will Attend Mandela’s Funeral
Updated: Saturday, Dec. 14, 7:33 p.m. ET: The Associated Press is reporting that retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu announced late Saturday that he plans to attend the funeral of his long-time friend and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela. A spokesman did not explain Tutu’s reversal, but said he would catch an early flight and arrive on time…
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Megyn Kelly Slams Race Baiters, White Santa Remarks Were Tongue-in-Cheek
After she was roundly criticized earlier this week for insisting that Santa is white, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly took to the air Friday to say, well, she was joking. She also hit back at race baiters, accusing them of whipping things into a frenzy just to attack the conservative station. “Humor is what we…
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Obamas, Royalty Slated to Attend Mandela Memorial on Tuesday
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are scheduled to join tens of thousands of local mourners, dozens of other foreign leaders at the memorial service Tuesday for former South African President Nelson Mandela, the Associated Press reports. South African officials told the AP that the crowd would likely surpass the normal seating capacity of Johannesburg’s…
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Detroit’s City Workers Facing Poverty and Debt
The largest annual salary Donald Smith ever collected while working for the city of Detroit was $28,000. But the lure of a pension and a lack of skills to pursue higher-paying jobs kept him at the city for 29 years, even as he watched the industrial stalwart become a faded remnant of its former self.…
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Victim Calls Knockout Game a Myth
A Pittsburgh teacher who reportedly was knocked out during a random attack refuses to attribute the incident to an alleged trend, known as the knockout game, the Huffington Post reports. James Addlespurger, seen on video in October 2012 getting hit in the head, told the Huffington Post that he views the attack as an “assault, plain…
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South Africans Hold Day of Prayer for Mandela
South African President Nelson Mandela was remembered Sunday during a day of prayer in his country—“from a vaulted cathedral with hymns and incense to a rural, hilltop church with goat-skin drums and barefoot dancing,” the Associated Press reports. The day precedes a Tuesday memorial at a Johannesburg stadium that is expected to draw a wide…
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Obamas, Royalty Slated to Attend Mandela Memorial on Tuesday
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are scheduled to join tens of thousands of local mourners, dozens of other foreign leaders at the memorial service Tuesday for former South African President Nelson Mandela, the Associated Press reports. South African officials told the AP that the crowd would likely surpass the normal seating capacity…
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Why Westboro Baptist Church Plans to Protest Mandela’s Funeral
Members of Westboro Baptist Church reportedly plan to fly to South Africa to protest the funeral of Nelson Mandela, News One reports. The 95-year-old former South African leader died on Dec. 5. In an outrageous claim, the fringe group took to Twitter to announce the protest, calling Mandela an adulterer who does not deserve to…
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College Student Goes Online to Rent a Family for the Holidays
A 26-year-old California college student who comes from a broken and dysfunctional home took to Craigslist to seek a family with whom she could spend the holidays. Jackie Turner, a student at William Jessup University in Rocklin, Calif., who reportedly suffered a range of abuse as a child, wrote a heartrending ad in which she…
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