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John Singleton to Direct Tupac Biopic?
EURweb is reporting that filmmaker John Singleton is in negotiations to possibly direct the a biopic of legendary rapper Tupac Shakur. Singleton directed Shakur in 1993’s Poetic Justice, in which the late rapper starred with Janet Jackson. Singleton and Shakur became close friends during filming. Previously the project was under the direction of Training Day…
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Sulaimon Brown: Committee Finds Job Claim Questionable
Nikita Stewart of the Washington Post is reporting that a congressional committee has concluded that Sulaimon Brown appeared to receive money from people with ties to a campaign aide of Mayor Vincent C. Gray, but there is no direct evidence that he was promised a city job in return for disparaging then-Mayor Adrian M. Fenty…
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Herman Cain Accused of Sexual Harassment
Updated Oct. 31, 2011, 2:46 p.m. ET: NBC News says it has confirmed that one woman received a settlement from the National Restaurant Association after making sexual harassment allegations. Cain has vehemently denied the allegations. Earlier: News One is reporting that GOP candidate Herman Cain is under fire from accusations of sexual harassment during his…
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VIDEO: Lionel Richie Returns to Country Roots on 'Tuskegee'
Legendary singer Lionel Richie is returning to his country roots with his next album, Tuskegee. Richie, who was born in Tuskegee, Ala., and attended the Tuskegee Institute, will release an all-country album. The album, due out in March 2012, will feature 13 duets of his biggest hits, including “My Love” with Kenny Chesney, “Easy” with…
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Football Player Jayson Carter: Small Frame, Big Heart
The Internet is buzzing about Rice University’s walk-on football player Jayson Carter. Carter is 4-foot-9 and weighs 130 pounds. M.K. Bower writes: “Carter joined the squad of Owls coach David Bailiff last week as a walk-on. Despite his small stature, Bailiff views Carter as a potential practice contributor, someone capable of bolstering the scout team…
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US Air Force Secretly Flying Drones in Ethiopia
Craig Whitlock of the Washington Post is reporting that the Air Force has been secretly flying armed Reaper drones on counterterrorism missions from a remote civilian airport in southern Ethiopia as part of a rapidly expanding U.S.-led proxy war against an al-Qaida affiliate in East Africa, U.S. military officials said. The Air Force has invested…
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Herman Cain's Tax Plan: Voters Losing Faith
Shani O. Hilton of ColorLines is reporting that GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan seems to be falling out of favor with voters. The Washington Post reports that 56 percent of hard-core conservatives don’t like the 9 percent flat tax. Perhaps this is because of the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center’s analysis that the…
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Obama Loses 2008 Campaign Donors
News One is reporting that President Barack Obama has lost millions of dollars in support from former donors in Democratic strongholds and in districts that he won narrowly four years ago, according to an Associated Press analysis of the most recent federal campaign-finance data. Tens of thousands of supporters who gave him hundreds of dollars…
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College Tuition Increases; State Funding Is Slashed
Justin Pope of MSNBC is reporting that the average in-state tuition and fees at four-year public colleges rose an additional $631 this fall, or 8.3 percent, compared with a year ago. Nationally, the cost of a full credit load has passed $8,000, an all-time high. If you include room and board, the average list price…
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VIDEO: Amy Winehouse Died of Alcohol Poisoning
Erin McLaughlin and Laura Smith-Park of CNN are reporting that singer Amy Winehouse’s death this summer was the result of alcohol poisoning. An inquest on Wednesday ruled her demise a “death by misadventure.” A pathologist told a coroner’s court in north London that alcohol toxicity was the cause of the 27-year-old’s death, with her blood-alcohol…
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