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Dave Zirin Is Boycotting the MLB All-Star Game in Arizona
Dave Zirin of the Nation is incensed over Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig’s refusal to move the 2011 All-Star game out of Arizona amid strident anti-immigration legislation. The league is almost 28 percent Latino, and Zirin believes that it should do right by its players by rejecting Arizona as a site because of the…
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VIDEO: Whoopi Goldberg Rips Michele Bachmann on Marriage Vow and Slavery
ColorLines is reporting that Whoopi Goldberg deconstructed Michele Bachmann on The View yesterday. She went off on their use of slavery to support their thoughts on gay marriage. Goldberg challenged them on knowing anything about slavery and for singling out single parents. She says that there is clearly something “racial” going on and is tired…
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Maria Joseph's Dead Body Undetected in Public Pool for Days
Fresh from our “Bizarre news” file, authorities are reporting that the body of a woman who died in a Massachusetts public pool went undetected for days before she was found floating in the pool. Maria Joseph, 36, was discovered Tuesday evening by teenagers in the Vietnam Veterans Swimming Pool in Fall River, Mass. Joseph had…
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Michael Irvin Appears on Out Magazine Cover
NFL Hall of Fame Legend Michael Irvin is on the cover of this month’s Out magazine in which he discusses his passion for equality issues. Irvin publicly acknowledges that the impetus for taking a stand comes from his relationship with his gay brother, Vaughn, who died of stomach cancer at age 49 in 2006. Irvin…
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Plus-Size Model Mia Amber Davis' Cause of Death Updated
The death certificate for plus-size model Mia Amber Davis has been updated to reveal that Davis officially died from a blood clot in her lungs, according to a new ruling from the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. The office issued an updated death certificate nearly two months after an autopsy and toxicology tests were performed on the…
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Spike Lee to Reprise Role of Mookie in Latest Film
EURweb is reporting that Spike Lee will be reprising the role of Mookie from Do the Right Thing fame in his latest offering, Red Hook Summer. The film follows an adult from Atlanta who comes and spends the summer in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, N.Y. Lee will be reprising his 1989 role as Mookie, the…
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KFC Wants Dwyane Wade Back
In “We can’t make this stuff up” news, KFC has reached out to NBA superstar Dwyane Wade about getting his old job back. In response to a series of tweets from the Miami Heat star about his impending unemployment, the fast-food company sent a letter to the Miami Heat offering a position at the local…
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Democrats Not at Fault for Debt Impasse
The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson is taking politicians and commentators to task for perpetuating the “patently false” idea that the GOP and Democrats are equally at fault for the impasse on the debt-ceiling debate. Robinson says that the truth is that Democrats have made clear they are open to a compromise deal on budget cuts…
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Michelle Obama and Former First Ladies Gather for Betty Ford Funeral
Jeff Wilson of the Associated Press is reporting that Michelle Obama and three former first ladies are among dignitaries heading to Palm Desert, Calif., to pay tribute to Betty Ford at a funeral focusing on her twin passions: politics and her world famous Betty Ford Center for substance abuse and alcohol treatment. Mrs. Ford, who died at the age…
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Woman Gives Birth to 16-Pound Baby
New York’s Daily News is reporting that a Texas woman gave birth to a 16-pound baby boy last week. Janet Johnson and her fiancé, Michael Brown, welcomed JaMichael Brown, who weighed in at 16 pounds 1 ounce and was nearly 2 feet long. Philip Caulfield of the Daily News reports, ” ‘Everybody was amazed that…
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