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Got the Flu? Check Out This App
(The Root) — Although I have been a bit under the weather lately, fortunately it hasn’t developed into full-blown flu symptoms (I’m knocking on wood as I type this). But a record number of people are suffering from one of the worst flu seasons in 10 years. The ability to share data through social media…
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MHP: A Chat With Myrlie Evers-Williams
President Barack Obama’s second inauguration ceremony will be steeped in history, including an invocation by Myrlie Evers-Williams. The widow of slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers sat down with MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry on Sunday to talk about her generation’s influence on the commander in chief and her view of America now. Watch Harris-Perry talk…
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Teen Guns Down 5 in New Mexico
As the gun-reform conversation continues, a New Mexico teen has been arrested for killing two adults and three children inside a home on Saturday. The culprit, whose name police are not releasing, was charged with two counts of murder and three counts of child abuse that ended in death, reports USA Today. The teen was…
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Andrew Cuomo: Gun Law Honors MLK
After pushing the country’s stiffest gun-reform law, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo spoke to Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network on Saturday and drew a few civil rights parallels, writes the Daily News. Cuomo, in an address to the National Action Network to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, suggested the gun control legislation was…
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Condoleezza Rice Becomes CBS Contributor
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has joined CBS News as a contributor. The veteran politician appeared on Face the Nation on Sunday and will weigh in during the channel’s inaugural coverage on Monday, reports AP News. CBS News Chairman Jeff Fager and president David Rhodes made the announcement Sunday, saying Rice “will use her…
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Another Chemist Accused of Evidence Tampering
Last year in Massachusetts, thousands of criminal cases were put in jeopardy because of Boston crime-lab chemist Annie Dookhan, who has been accused of tampering with evidence. On Saturday, Sonja Farak was arrested and charged with similar activities in a drug case in the same state, reports Fox News. State Attorney General Martha Coakley said…
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10 Historical Inaugural Moments
President Barack Obama may have been sworn in on Sunday, but it is Monday’s public inauguration ceremony that is the true draw. Four years ago, Obama made history as the first black president. Then, he and first lady Michelle Obama did something that bonded them with onlookers who had braved freezing temperatures for hours to…
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Obama, Biden Take Second Oath on Sunday
President Obama took his second oath of office on Sunday, in a quiet ceremony presided over by Chief Justice Roberts. Vice President Joe Biden was also sworn in on Sunday, according to NBC News. Obama repeated the directive to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.” He was joined by First Lady…
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'Chappelle's Show': 10 Years After
For black America, the introduction of Chappelle’s Show in 2003 was groundbreaking. It was like Dave Chappelle was taking many things we’d said in our own homes and put them on-screen, but as Morehouse professor David Wall Rice breaks down in Ebony, the show was a journey rather than a destination. Still, there was an…
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Anthony Mackie Loves His Anonymity, for Now
(The Root) — Some actors court the limelight, while others, like Anthony Mackie, simply prefer to return home to New Orleans after an acting gig to sip on a fresh daiquiri and scarf down a hot oyster po’boy. “I got into the game to be a working actor, not to be a celebrity,” Mackie told…
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