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Atlanta Dad Found Guilty of Fatally Starving His Own 4-Year-Old— And the Details Only Get Worse From There
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SB 1070 Is Spreading Like the Plague
Since Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed SB 1070 into law two months ago, politicians from 21 states have followed suit, pun intended. Legislators in five states including South Carolina, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Mississippi have introduced laws that mirror the one in Arizona. Did we mention that a Democrat, sponsored the bill in Rhode…
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NY Giants Rookie Jones Critically Injured in Car Crash
New York Giants rookie safety Chad Jones was involved in a serious car crash in New Orleans early Friday morning that left him in critical condition. Officials at the scene told New Orleans station WWL-TV that Jones suffered a fractured left leg and had arteries and nerves exposed. He went into surgery at 10:15 a.m.…
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Michael Jackson and Prince: Something in Common
In preparation for this weekend’s BET Awards, AOL’s Black Voices takes a look at what Prince Rogers Nelson and Michael Jackson have in common. The broadcast, which airs June 27, 2010, is planning an all-star tribute to the King of Pop and Prince, this year’s lifetime achievement recipient. We never did get into those, “Whose…
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Obama Shouldn't Stop at Firing McChrystal
President Barack Obama has a terrible dilemma in Afghanistan. The surge isn’t working. His ostensible partner in Afghan president Hamid Karzai is sickeningly corrupt. His team on the ground is bickering. His top general, Stanley McChrystal, has been fired for the vulgar rant that he and his staff issued on the record for Rolling Stone…
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Marsalis Family Wins 2011 Jazz Masters Award
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced that the Marsalis family is among its 2011 Jazz Masters Award recipients. This is the first time in the 29-year history of the program that the NEA is honoring a group. The Marsalis family includes patriarch Ellis, a pianist and educator, and his four sons — trumpeter…
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Dems' Jobs-Agenda Legislation Fails
It seems that Republicans are hell bent on making the lives of millions of unemployed people harder. The Republicans blocked legislation that would extend unemployment benefits for the nation’s unemployed. Governors who had hoped for additional federal aid will now have to consider more budget cuts, tax increases and layoffs of state workers. Senate Democrats…
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Foot-in-Mouth Disease: Rep. Kanjorski Calls Minorities Defective
Rep. Paul Kanjorski has officially stepped in it. Kanjorski is under attack by Republicans and Democrats for allegedly stating that the financial reform bill will help “average good American people,” but not minorities or “the defective.” Come again? Here is what he actually said: “We’re giving relief to people that I deal with in my…
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Going to Nationals…What's It All About?
All I remember about my summer job in ’88 was that my frat brother and I were working in 110-degree heat, and that was in the shade. My job was to use a heavy jackhammer to break up about one hundred yards of thick concrete, all reinforced with steel rebar, which made it feel like…