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Tyell Morton: High School Student Facing 8 Years in Prison for Prank
WGRZ.com is reporting that a prank has gone horribly wrong for 18-year-old Tyell Morton. The high school senior, who reportedly has never been in trouble before, was arrested last week after school surveillance cameras captured a picture of a man dressed in a hooded sweatshirt and wearing latex gloves, concealing a package and leaving without…
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Strauss-Kahn: Maid's Lawyer Appeals to Other Victims
The U.K.’s Daily Mail is reporting that Kenneth Thompson, one of the attorneys for the 32-year-old maid at the center of the rape case involving former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is asking other alleged victims to come forward. The request comes on the heels of DSK’s lawyers’ assertion that the sex with the maid was…
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HB 56: Alabama May Pass Nation's Harshest Anti-Immigrant Law
Julianne Hing of ColorLines is reporting that Alabama may soon be home to the nation’s harshest anti-immigrant state law after its state legislature passed an anti-immigrant omnibus bill called HB 56 last Thursday. The bill contains nearly every major anti-immigrant provision that localities and states have attempted to pass in the last few years. Like…
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Jennifer Hudson to Write Weight-Loss Book
MSN is reporting that singer-actress Jennifer Hudson will write a tell-all chronicling her weight-loss journey. After dropping nearly 80 pounds to date, the entertainer will take time to write the book, which is scheduled for release in January 2012. According to a press release from the book’s publishing company, Dutton, on USAToday.com, “the book ……
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Homeowners Foreclose on Bank of America
Kelly Heffernan-Tabor is reporting that in a real-life example of turnabout, a Florida couple foreclosed on Bank of America, which had erroneously foreclosed on a home for which the couple had paid cash. The case went to court, and the homeowners were able to prove that they didn’t owe Bank of America anything on the house. In…
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VIDEO: Creflo Dollar Likens Bishop Long's Scandal to a 'Wreck'
A YouTube video of Pastor Creflo Dollar defending his “brother in the Lord,” Bishop Eddie Long, is making its way across the blogosphere. In the video, Dollar addresses church members for turning their back on their pastor, who recently settled four sexual-coercion lawsuits, when he is in trouble. Dollar likens Long’s “troubles” to a “wreck,”…
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10 Highest-Paying Jobs for African Americans
Black Enterprise is highlighting a recent study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, which asks whether getting a college education is worth the investment. Shereisa Ngo reports that the study investigates the economic value of 171 college majors and then goes even deeper to provide a breakdown of the highest- and…
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Republicans Look to End VA Health Care for Over 1.3 Million Veterans
It seems the GOP, which professes to be the party that most supports the armed forces, is seeking to end help to 1.3 million veterans. According to Ray Medeiros of PoliticsUSA.com, conservatives are looking to cut benefits for disabled veterans, homeless veterans and the countless other vets who deserve health care. The article cites Disabledvets.org,…
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