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Where Is Lori Boffman? Mother of 3 Still Missing
Mother of three Lori Boffman, 44, has been missing since Aug. 5, 2006. Boffman, who is diabetic, had attended a family picnic earlier that day. In fact, she had gone out early that morning to buy groceries for the event because she had recently won $1,000 in the lottery. At the event, relatives say that…
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President Obama Wins Battle Over Fighter Jet
The Associated Press is reporting that President Barack Obama has won a showdown vote in the GOP-controlled House to kill a costly alternative engine for the Pentagon’s next-generation fighter jet. A flood of Republican freshmen elected on a platform to cut the budget helped President Obama win the costly battle. Many taxpayer watchdog groups weighed…
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Somali Pirates: Teen to Be Sentenced for Hijacking U.S. Ship (UPDATE)
UPDATE: Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse was sentenced to 33 years and 9 months in prison. Federal Judge Loretta Preska in New York said the sentence serves as “general deterrence in this kind of crime.” Original Buzz post appears below. MSNBC is reporting that convicted pirate Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse will be sentenced today in a Manhattan courtroom.…
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Ronald Ferguson: Achievement Gap Reflects Economic Gap
Ronald Ferguson is a Harvard professor who has spent years visiting racially mixed public high schools. Part of what he does is academic, measuring the causes of the achievement gap in America’s schools by annually surveying the performance, behaviors and attitudes of up to 100,000 students. His research indicates that half the gap can be…
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Libya Unrest: Protesters Want Qaddafi Out
Slate is reporting that the pro-democracy movement has swept into Libya, where protesters clashed with police and government supporters overnight. Hundreds of people poured into the streets of Benghazi on Tuesday to protest the arrest of a rights campaigner. Protesters threw stones at police, who pelted them with rubber bullets. Protesters called for the removal…
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Charlie Rangel: Will Seek Re-Election
Fresh from our “Is this for real or for play-play?” file, the Huffington Post is reporting that Rep. Charlie Rangel will seek re-election in 2012. Yes, the man at the center of an ethics-violation scandal, which he survived, wants to go back into the lion’s den one more time. You may remember that Rangel, who…
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Haley Barbour's Quagmire: NAACP, KKK Plates and Amnesty
Controversial Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is facing mounting criticism over the attempt by the “Sons of Confederate Veterans” to issue license plates that honor famous members of the KKK. For example, Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan, is on the list to be memorialized. Forrest, a Tennessee…
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What the DNC Means for Charlotte: Mayor Talks City's Victory
Last week the Democratic National Committee announced that Charlotte, N.C., would host the 2012 Democratic National Convention. The Queen City wrestled the convention away from more popular cities like Cleveland, Minneapolis and St. Louis, Mo., to take its place on the world’s stage, playing host to no fewer than 30,000 delegates. By all accounts, the…
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Fashion Photographer LaChappelle Suing Rihanna
The blogosphere is lit up with reports that famous photographer and music-video director David LaChappelle is suing pop star Rihanna, claiming that her music video for “S&M” is based on eight of his photos. Billy Johnson Jr. of Hip Hop Media Training reports that in the lawsuit made public Monday, LaChapelle says, “The music video…
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Danroy 'D.J.' Henry: Grand Jury Refuses to Indict Officer in Student Killing
CNN is reporting that the parents of a Pace University football player, Danroy ‘D.J.’ Henry, who was shot to death by police officer Aaron Hess last year, said Tuesday they are not surprised that a grand jury refused to indict the officer, since they believe the jurors heard faulty evidence. “The presentation of the evidence…
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