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Ben Carson: My Proposed Tax Plan Is From the Bible
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says that he pulled his proposed tax plan straight out of the Bible, Raw Story reports. It’s “tithing,” the former neurosurgeon explained to Fox News host Chris Wallace Sunday, describing his plan as one in which everyone would pay according to his or her ability. “You make $10 billion a…
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Miss. Subway Sandwich-Shop Worker Fired for Allegedly Gloating on Facebook About 2 Slain Cops
Sierra Mccurdy was fired from her job at a Subway sandwich shop for allegedly gloating in a Facebook post about how two Mississippi police officers were slain Saturday, the New York Daily News reports. In screenshots that have circulated online, a post from Mccurdy’s Facebook account read: “2 police officers was shot in Hattiesburg tonight!…
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Congratulations, #RootScholars, on Your College Acceptance
College-acceptance letters really should play music and be outfitted with strobe lights on the outside. They’re that magical, that important, that life-changing for the young people opening them. That one sheet of paper makes high school’s four years of discipline, self-sacrifice and growth—personal and academic—absolutely worthwhile. The young people receiving acceptance letters will need to…
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WNBA Players Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson Get Married
WNBA stars Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson were married Friday afternoon at an outdoor ceremony on a mountaintop in Phoenix, the couple tells People magazine. About 75 guests attended the ceremony as the women, both 24, married beneath an archway at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort, the report says. They were surrounded by an…
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Watch: Ga. Principal Slammed for Racial Slur at Graduation
A Georgia principal is under fire after making offensive remarks about blacks at a graduation ceremony Friday night, according to MyFoxAtlanta. Nancy Gordeuk, the principal of TNT Academy in Lilburn, Ga., apologized Saturday for remarks she made after becoming upset when students began leaving before the valedictorian’s speech. She yelled at students and even called…
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Watch: Million Moms March Against Police Brutality and Racial Injustice
In an effort to draw attention to police brutality and racial injustice, scores of mothers marched Saturday in Washington, D.C., to call attention to the problems, reports USA Today. Maria Hamilton, founder of Mothers for Justice United, helped organize the Million Moms March along with the Coalition for Justice, the report says. Dontre, Hamilton’s 31-year-old…
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3 Arrested After 2 Miss. Cops Fatally Shot During Traffic Stop
Two brothers and a woman were arrested early Sunday on charges of shooting and killing two Hattiesburg, Miss., police officers during a routine traffic stop that took place just hours earlier, according to the Chicago Tribune. Marvin Banks, 29, and Joanie Calloway, 22, have each been charged with two counts of capital murder, and Banks’…
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Bobby Brown and Bobbi Kristina’s Aunt to Serve as Co-Guardians
After months of alleged squabbling among family members as Whitney Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, remains hospitalized, lawyers for her father, Bobby, as well as for her grandmother Cissy Houston and aunt Pat Houston, issued a statement Friday about who will oversee the medical care of the 22-year-old, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Bobby Brown and Pat…
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10 Celebrity Mothers With New Additions
Since Mother’s Day last year, a number of Hollywood celebrities have brought adorable little ones into the world. See which famous mamas will be celebrating this year’s Mother’s Day with precious new additions. 1. Zoe Saldana Twins Cy Aridio and Bowie Ezio Perego-Saldana, born Nov. 27, 2014, are the first children for Saldana and her…
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