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Mike Tyson Calls Himself 'a Pig'
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is talking candidly about himself. Giving new meaning to the colloquialism “falling on one’s sword,” Tyson admits to his bad-boy behavior and how he is finally becoming the man so many thought he was at the height of his fame and popularity. In a performance reminiscent of the riveting documentary…
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Whoopi and the Limits of Friendship
Whoopi Goldberg has been engaged in a public battle with fans, bloggers and pundits over her comments about Mel Gibson’s rant heard ’round the world. Tapes of Gibson’s tirades against his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva keep leaking like the BP oil spill and show no signs of stopping. Gibson made a number of abusive and misogynistic…
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Who's Afraid of a Little AIDS Vaccine?
Researchers announced earlier this month that a new discovery may pave the way to developing a viable AIDS vaccine. Scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) discovered two potent human antibodies that can stop more than 90 percent of HIV strains from infecting human cells. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the NIH, told the…
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Author of NAACP Parody Ousted by Tea Party Movement
Tea Party Express spokesman Mark Williams and his organization have been kicked to the curb by the National Tea Party Federation, the loose coalition of organizations around the conservative movement. The federation says it ousted Williams’ group, a Sacramento, Calif.-based political action committee, because it refused to rebuke him for his comments about the NAACP.…
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Somalia: Obama's Next Big Headache
The Obama administration has to get serious about dealing with Somalia and the Somali Islamist jihadist group Harakat Al-Shabaab. The July 11 bombings in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, which killed 76 people, should have sent the administration a clear warning signal. The messages are both blunt and subtle, and the administration needs to get…
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Protesters Demand Hate Crime Charges for Dragging of Slain S.C. Man
When news came back in June that a black South Carolina man was shot to death by a white co-worker and his corpse was dragged 11 miles behind a truck, it recalled the bloody lynchings of the old Jim Crow South (not to mention the 1998 dragging murder of Texan James Byrd). Yesterday, more than…
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Serena Williams Out for the Season
Tennis legend Serena Williams is out for the season. Williams needs surgery on her right foot after cutting it on a broken glass at a restaurant. The top-ranked tennis player, who just clinched Wimbledon, will miss three tournaments leading up to the U.S. Open. Williams has withdrawn from tournaments in Istanbul, Cincinnati and Montreal. The…
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David Blackwell: Groundbreaking Statistician and Mathematician Dies
Renowned statistician and mathematician David Blackwell has passed away at the age of 91. Blackwell was the first African American admitted to the National Academy of Sciences and the first black tenured professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He is most famous for his work in probability and game theory. Blackwell attended the University…
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Are Conservatives Blowing a Great Opportunity in 2010?
Since January of last year, worries about the ballooning deficit and the Obama administration’s spending excesses have been driving the polls and the political debate. The only thing that seems likely to prevent massive conservative victories in this year’s midterm elections would be missteps by key leaders within the movement. Over the last week, we…
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Thierry Henry Comes to America
As the final seconds ticked away at the World Cup Final last Sunday in South Africa and Spain began to party, many American fans wondered when the next big thing would happen in soccer. It turns out they didn’t have to wait very long. Thierry Henry, one of the leading players in Europe, agreed this…