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LAPD Releases Photos in 'Grim Sleeper' Killer Case
Was the LAPD right to post images of about 160 women on the Web after photos of them were found in suspected serial killer Lonnie Franklin Jr.’s home? Franklin’s attorney says that images of Franklin’s relatives are included and the move could taint the jury pool, but police say they just want to find out…
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New Rules Exclude Key Way Blacks Get Online
Earlier this week, the Federal Communications Commission voted to adopt rules that will affect the way average people receive data and other content over the Internet. The results of the vote — meant as a compromise between the interests of big business and the needs of “the little guy” — are likely to have a…
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Hawaii's New Governor: Birthers Are 'Disrespectful'
The “Birthers” who insist that President Barack Obama was not born a U.S. citizen so incense Hawaii’s new governor that he’s looking for ways to change state policy so that he can release additional proof that the president was born in Honolulu in 1961. The matter is personal for Neil Abercrombie because he knew President…
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Census: Number of Poor May Be Millions Higher Than We Thought
While political discourse focuses on relief for the struggling middle class, it ignores a problem that appears to have been supersized: America may have 4 million more people living in poverty than previously thought, according to revised measurements released yesterday. The number of poor people in the U.S. is millions higher than previously known, with…
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Aretha Says Her Health Problem 'Has Been Resolved'
Fans worried about soul chanteuse Aretha Franklin’s recent health problems should know that this week she told Jet, “The problem has been resolved.” As for reports that pancreatic cancer was the reason for her surgery last month, Franklin would rather that people just minded their own business.”I am not going to even deal with that,” she…
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A Double Standard in Case of Missing Black Teen?
Would there be more media attention to Phylicia Simone Barnes’ disappearance if she were white? Baltimore police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi suggests that this is the case. “I can’t see how this case is any different from Natalee Holloway,” Guglielmi said, according to ABC News. “Is it because she’s African American? Why?” He also noted with…
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Obama: Gabby Opened Her Eyes for the First Time
There was an unscripted surprise during President Barack Obama’s much anticipated speech at a memorial service for the victims of the mass shooting in Tucson. The president revealed that not long after the he and the first lady had visited wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the hospital, “Gabby opened her eyes for the first time.” Met with thunderous…
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Find Out How FLOTUS Spent Her Birthday
First lady Michelle Obama spent part of her 47th birthday surrounded by her family and the students of Stuart Hobson Middle School in Washington, D.C. Around 11:15 a.m., President Obama, Mrs. Obama, Malia and Sasha entered the school cafeteria and were greeted by a chorus of “Happy Birthday.” Mrs. Obama’s response, according to the pool report: “All right let’s…
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'Kiss My Butt' Governor Attends Alternate MLK Day Event
Clearly, a return to civility (or even decency) in politics won’t start with Maine’s Republican Gov. Paul LePage. After telling the NAACP to “kiss my butt” and refusing to attend their event in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage attended a different MLK celebration. LePage appeared at a breakfast…
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Carlina White: Kidnapped Baby Comes Home 23 Years Later
I remember this case from the ’80s, of the child who was kidnapped from Harlem Hospital, but it’s amazing that it went unsolved all these years, until the victim herself solved it. Her entire childhood was spent being raised by her abductor in what she describes as an abusive environment. Carlina White, when only 19…
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