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Ex-NBA Player Crittenton Still Sought for Murder
The family of murder victim Jullian Jones, 23, is in mourning as police still try to locate ex-NBA player Javaris Crittenton, who is accused of shooting her. Crittenton, who was a star basketball player for Georgia Tech and a first-round NBA draft pick, was allegedly trying to get revenge by shooting men he thought had…
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Poll: Obama Faces Challenge With Key Voters
A new AP-GfK poll has found that white independent voters and women are a re-election problem for President Barack Obama. Younger voters and liberals are, too, but to a lesser extent. Jennifer Agiesta reports that the Democratic constituencies that helped him win the White House in 2008 have grown weary of the nation’s first black…
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VIDEO: Usain Bolt's False Start Ends Reign
Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest man, was disqualified in the world championships over the weekend because of a false start. Bolt broke out of the starting block early in Sunday’s 100-meter final in South Korea and was disqualified from the race, providing an abrupt end to the dominance he’s maintained in track’s biggest event since…
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Uncle Tom? Harlem Pastor Posts Anti-Obama Flyers
Michael J. Feeney of the New York Daily News is reporting that the Rev. James David Manning has been distributing anti-Obama flyers throughout Harlem. He reports that Harlemites have had enough of the local pastor posting signs at his prominently located church that spew hateful messages about President Obama. Black-on-black crime strikes again. Manning has…
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2 Major Marches Canceled in DC
Black America Web is reporting that two major marches have been canceled in D.C. because of the impending arrival of Hurricane Irene. D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s office has announced that a rally and march scheduled for Saturday have been called off because of Hurricane Irene. Gray’s office and the group D.C. Vote had hoped…
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What to Do in a Hurricane
CBS News is reporting that Hurricane Irene’s main thrust was still a day away from North Carolina, but heightened waves began hitting the state’s Outer Banks, and rain began falling in the southeastern part of the state Friday as the storm continued trudging toward the East Coast. National Weather Service meteorologist Rachel Zouzias said that…
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Obama Strategizes to Connect With Black Community
Peter Wallsten and Krissah Thompson of the Washington Post are reporting that President Obama is facing uncomfortable questions from the black community and black lawmakers like those in the Congressional Black Caucus. Obama’s initial strategy of distancing himself from the black electorate when campaigning in order to appeal to a broader group of Americans is…
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UN Building Bombed in Nigeria
Bashir Adigun of the Associated Press is reporting that a car laden with explosives rammed through two gates and blew up at the United Nations’ offices in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, Friday, killing at least seven people and shattering part of the concrete structure. The brazen attack, carried out as the U.N. offices teemed with staff,…
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VIDEO: What Happened to Vertus Hardiman?
Not safe for work (NSFW). May not be suitable for children under age 17. A promo of the film Hole in the Head is making its way around the Web. The promo features the late Vertus Hardiman, who, along with nine other children, was experimented on with radiation in 1927. The children all attended the…
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VIDEO: Where Is 'Black Dynamite'?
Not safe for work (NSFW); not suitable for under age 17. It is Aug. 24, 2011, and there is still no sighting of the animated series Black Dynamite. The cult film featuring Michael Jai White as the jive-talking, karate-chopping, butt-kicking private dick was supposed to resurface in animated form as part of the Cartoon Network’s…
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