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Courtney B. Vance Discovers a Rebellious Slave in His Family Tree
In their book Friends: A Love Story, actor Courtney B. Vance and his actress wife, Angela Bassett, laid bare their seven-year struggle with infertility, along with their unwavering faith that they would someday conceive a child. They ultimately gave birth to twins, Bronwyn Golden and Slater Josiah, with the help of a surrogate. Through his…
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White House Intrusion Again Shines Spotlight on Secret Service
The Secret Service came under new scrutiny Friday after a man scaled the White House fence and made it all the way into the building before he was apprehended, the Associated Press reports. President Barack Obama and his daughters had just left Friday evening when the man climbed the north fence, dashed across the lawn…
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Sierra Leone on 3-Day Lockdown in Ebola Battle
In what is being called one of the most sweeping lockdowns against a contagion since the Middle Ages, Sierra Leone on Friday began confining an estimated 6 million people to their homes in hopes of stopping the spread of Ebola in the West African nation, USA Today reports. During the lockdown, thousands of health workers…
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Police: Killer Thought 9-Year-Old Was Lookout
Nine-year-old Antonio Smith stormed out of his family’s apartment on Chicago’s South Side in a fit of anger when his mother refused to get him a cupcake on a warm summer day in August, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. That’s when he encountered a group of men driving around in two vehicles in search of…
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Chicago Backtracks on Naming School for Obama
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has canceled plans to name an elite new high school for his former boss, President Barack Obama, the Chicago Tribune reports. Emanuel, Obama’s first White House chief of staff, said Thursday that he would consider other names for the selective-enrollment high school set to be built near the site of the…
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NY Times, Check Your Stereotypes at the Door When Discussing Shonda Rhimes’ Work
In an attempt to shed light on Shonda Rhimes’ newest show that she’s executive-producing, How to Get Away With Murder (premiering Thursday night), New York Times writer Alessandra Stanley kicked off her piece with a quip that sent the Internet into a frenzy: “When Shonda Rhimes writes her autobiography, it should be called “How to Get Away…
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Hillary Clinton’s Iowa Visit Spurs Speculation About a 2016 Presidential Run
Hillary Clinton has some political observers in a frenzy of excitement about her appearance on Sunday at a Democratic fundraising event in Iowa. It was an annual shindig organized by the state’s Democratic party, but folks are speculating that the former secretary of state is laying the groundwork for a 2016 presidential run, especially since Iowa’s Democrats will be the…
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The Beyhive’s Hysteria Over News of a Possible Beyoncé and Jay Z Album
It’s unconfirmed at the moment, but it’s a perfectly logical next step. Beyoncé and Jay Z’s On the Run tour was a massive hit, as were most of the songs they’ve recorded together thus far, like “Crazy in Love,” “Upgrade You” and “Drunk in Love.” Not to mention, the duo has an HBO concert documentary premiering on…
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He Wants to Go to a House Party on a 1st Date? Just Say No
I met a guy. We exchanged information and spoke [on the phone] a few times. For a “first date,” he’s asked me to go to a fight party at his boy’s house. I’m used to some effort or planning being put into a first date, and I feel weird meeting a bunch of strangers when…
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Once He Put His Hands on Me, I Never Went Back
We’ve all been there. Back in college, I thought I’d found “the one.” But after he physically abused me, I never saw him again, so you can imagine my disbelief when, not too long ago, I saw a Facebook message from his “cousin”: “Hope all is well. Call X.” And now, in the wake of…
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