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VIDEO: Sexual Assault Allegations Against Former Wake Forest Basketball Players Resurface
The Winston-Salem Journal is reporting that former Wake Forest University basketball players Gary Clark and Jeff Teague are reeling from the resurfacing of a 2009 sexual assault allegation that they thought was resolved when no criminal charges were filed, their attorney said Wednesday. “It’s just devastating to them, especially having gone through this two years…
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn: Embattled IMF Chief Resigns
The Washington Post is reporting that International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has resigned. Strauss-Kahn, who was one of the most powerful men in the world and possibly the next president of France, is facing charges of sexual assault against a maid, an African immigrant, while he was a guest at a hotel in New…
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Academic Smackdown on Twitter: Black Scholars Spar Over Cornel West's Remarks
Tempers are flaring as members of the black intelligentsia are getting in on the melee surrounding Dr. Cornel West’s controversial comments about President Barack Obama. You know the slam heard around the world in Chris Hedges’ posting on Truthdig earlier this week: “I think my dear brother Barack Obama has a certain fear of free…
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Sugar Ray Leonard Says Olympic Coach Sexually Abused Him
Reuters is reporting that former boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard has said that he was sexually abused as a teenager by a “prominent” Olympic coach, according to a report in the New York Times on Tuesday. The newspaper said that Leonard made the claim in his upcoming autobiography, The Big Fight: My Life in and Out…
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VIDEO: Newt Gingrich and Wife Hit With Glitter
Sarah Muller of MSNBC is reporting that a protester dumped a bunch of glitter on Newt Gingrich and his wife, Callista, last night at a book signing in Minneapolis. The man approached the couple during the event at a downtown-Minneapolis hotel and showered the rainbow-colored confetti on the pair. Muller reports, “He then yelled, ‘Stop…
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CBS 'Early Show' Snubs 'Jumping the Broom'
Greg Braxton of the Los Angeles Times is calling out CBS’s The Early Show for neglecting to include the hit film Jumping the Broom in a lengthy segment about the growing popularity of wedding films. Braxton writes, “Clips of several films, including the recent Something Borrowed, Father of the Bride, 27 Dresses, Bride Wars and My…
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Denzel Washington: Do You Have the Guts to Fail?
Kathy Matheson of the Huffington Post is reporting that Academy Award winner Denzel Washington addressed about 5,000 graduates at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia on Monday. After admitting to a bit of “stage fright,” Washington delivered a humorous speech with a sobering truth: Failure is inevitable. Yet instead of having something to fall back…
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Texas to Lay Off 100,000 Teachers but Pump Millions Into Formula One
Good magazine’s education reporter, Liz Dwyer, is miffed at Texas’ plans to slash education budgets and lay off almost 100,000 teachers, all while agreeing to pay $25 million per year through 2022 to Formula One auto racing. According to Dwyer, “Investors are ‘building a 3.4-mile (5.5-kilometer) track to bring the event to Austin, and the…
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Alicia Keys: Tired of Homewrecker Label
EURweb is reporting that Grammy Award-winning singer Alicia Keys spoke with Essence magazine about her marriage to Swizz Beatz, which has earned her the title of “homewrecker” in the eyes of some. She said that she didn’t want to claim that kind of fame because it wasn’t true. “We didn’t start seeing each other until…
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