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Former Star NFL Quarterback Randall Cunningham's Son Dies
Former star NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham’s two-year-old son Christian died of an apparent hot tub accident. The coroner’s office has not named an official cause of death, but it appears to be an accidental drowning in the star’s backyard hot tub. Cunningham, 47, is an ordained minister and pastor of a church, that he manages…
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Michelle Obama to Speak at NAACP's 101st Annual Convention
First lady Michelle Obama will speak at the NAACP’s 101st Annual Convention in St. Louis on July 12, 2010. Obama will continue her push to get Americans more fit and healthy by addressing the epidemic of childhood obesity. She will use this opportunity to promote her comprehensive campaign, Let’s Move! which advocates healthier foods in…
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President Obama: The Nation's First Female President?
Remember when people were making jokes about Bill Clinton being the nation’s first black president because of his most deplorable acts — womanizing, lying under oath, being raked over the coals for reasons some thought were irrelevant to his presidency? Comedians, Toni Morrison and black intellectuals felt quite free to utter those words. Now a…
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Why Obama Should Tax Weaves
If you’ve not yet seen the most recent pictures of Naomi Campbell’s bald head, I suggest you click here and look. It’s amazing to see how grotesque a two-inch by two-inch unblemished patch of skin can be. It’s not hideous because it’s bald, mind you—Alek Wek is bald and gorgeous—but because the damage was so…
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Trashing Thurgood Marshall
The second day of the confirmation hearings of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court was marked by some substantive dialogue, respectful banter and even an exchange of ethnic humor between the nominee and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Republicans and Democrats alike seemed to have forgotten the previous day’s tensions. But for many…
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Hip-Hop Pioneer Rammellzee Dies
Rammellzee, the pioneering hip-hop artist and Wild Style (1983) star, has passed away. Hip-hop legend Fab Five Freddy announced it on Twitter. Rammellzee played himself in the cult classic Wild Style, as one half of the performance group Rammellzee and Shock Dell at the ampitheater. Rammellzee’s ten-minute-plus 1983 record “Beat Bop” is a hip-hop classic…
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Blindsided: Alleged Russian Spy Ring Casts Shadow on U.S.-Russia Unity
It’s cold in here. Just days after U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Medvedev met at the White House to thaw post-cold war relations, news of a suburban Russian spy ring has emerged. Not surprising, since the relationship between the two Cold War rivals has been marked by alleged spy rings. The saying “Keep…
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For Whom the Bell Tolls: New York Cop Sues Sean Bell's Estate
Fresh from the “are you kidding us?” file, a New York police officer involved in the fatal shooting of groom-to-be Sean Bell is suing the dead man’s estate. Officer Michael Carey’s lawsuit claims that Bell assaulted and injured him with his vehicle while driving drunk when he was leaving his bachelor party at a strip…
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Jennifer Hudson Breaks Silence About Family Murders
Oscar and Grammy Award winner Jennifer Hudson spoke publicly for the first time about the murders of her mother, brother and nephew by her brother-in-law on VH1’s Behind the Music. She said the incident was “surreal” and she “felt like she was outside of herself.” Hudson says she spent so much time in seclusion because…
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Fat Joe Beats Rap
Rapper Fat Joe (government name Joseph Cartagena) has been cleared of sexual assault in Madison, Wis., after being interviewed by police. Fat Joe and members of his entourage were reportedly detained and questioned briefly during the early morning hours of Monday (June 21), after a woman accused them of “inappropriate touching” while riding in their…