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Patti LaBelle Sued Over Airport Beating
A West Point cadet says that he was given a beatdown by Patti LaBelle’s bodyguards at a Houston airport after standing too close to her pricey luggage. He’s suing the “New Attitude” singer for the March 11 incident, alleging that in this case, she had a cruel attitude. According to the Associated Press: The lawsuit…
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Get the O'Bama Jokes Out of Your System Now
President Barack Obama explored his Irish roots on his mother’s side today during a trip to Ireland. Thousands of well-wishers who waited in pounding rain and hail for as long as three hours, shouts of “Welcome home, Mr. President!” and a pint of Guinness greeted President Obama in his ancestral home of Moneygall this afternoon.Obama…
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Beyoncé vs. Willow Smith Videos: Who Did It Better?
When I saw Beyoncé’s new video, “Run the World (Girls),” my first thought was, didn’t 10-year-old Willow Smith already do the whole feminist-grrrl-in-the-desert thing, minus the booty-shaking and garter belts (thank God), in “21st Century Girl? Apparently I wasn’t the only one who saw similarities. Think maybe Bey is following Willow’s lead? Who do you…
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Gang Member Gets 212 Years for Newark School Killings
The horrifically brutal slayings of three college-age students in a Newark, N.J., schoolyard shocked the city back in 2007. The victims, along with a fourth friend who survived, were all either enrolled in or planning to attend Delaware State University that coming fall. Their dreams were cut short by several thugs who hacked at them…
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VIDEO: Cornel West's Obama Tear Continues on 'Ed Show'
Princeton professor Cornel West is on an anti-Obama tear, and tonight he took it to MSNBC’s The Ed Show. West complained about the president’s record sticking up for the poor and working class, and when asked by the left-wing news show host to explain why he said President Obama has “a certain fear of free…
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Report: Medicare Could Run Out of Funds in 13 Years
Have you checked the retirement fund lately? How about your blood pressure? If a new report is any indication, you’d better do both now and prepare to stay healthy and financially independent for the rest of your days. The government probably won’t be picking up the slack if you’re sick or light on funds in…
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'Wheel of Fortune': Video of Racist Contestant a Fake
Come on, you didn’t really think the viral YouTube video of a white contestant on Wheel of Fortune guessing that the missing letter in the phrase CLAM _IGGER was “N” was real, did you? Well, just in case you were ready to storm down to Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, where the show is…
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Deval Patrick: Massachusetts' Idealist-in-Chief
When Barack Obama invoked the inspiring words of famous leaders during his 2008 presidential campaign, followed by the refrain “just words,” he was striking back at his opponents’ claims that he lacked the experience to back up his soaring rhetoric, as well as at the cynicism that he believed was infecting the American political process.…
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GOP Member Sends Email of Obama and Parents as Apes
For reasons that are truly beyond us, there’s no end to the long parade of cartoons and emails about President Barack Obama or members of his family, and it’s very tempting to say, “This time we won’t report on it; it’s beneath us even to give the idiots who create this trash a platform.” But…
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N.C. Tornadoes Kill 22, Shut Down HBCU
Wild weather ripped across North Carolina this weekend, with historic ferocity and tragic results:North Carolina Emergency Management announced Sunday morning that they have received reports of 22 fatalities from Bertie, Bladen, Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Lee and Wake counties. More than 80 people have suffered injuries after at least 20 counties reported tornadoes.Emergency crews are still…
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