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Florida Christian-School Teacher Fired for Premarital Sex
Fresh from our “Wow file,” a former fourth-grade teacher at Southland Christian School in St. Cloud, Florida, was fired for conceiving several weeks before getting married. Oh, the shame — getting pregnant by your fiance a few weeks before the actual marriage. When Jaretta Hamilton made the request for maternity leave, she was asked by…
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In Treme, the Soundtrack Gets Louder
Treme rolled on through another leisurely episode this Sunday. The cross-cutting between characters is no longer as annoying as it was at the beginning, maybe because we’ve grown to expect it. But there was not much to surprise us in the latest episode. John Goodman’s character (Creighton Bernette) continued to suffer from writer’s block and…
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Titans' QB Vince Young Cited in Strip Club Incident
It’s official. Professional athletes just don’t get it. Tennessee Titan quarterback Vince Young picked up a misdemeanor assault charge for hitting a man in the mouth at a “gentleman’s club” in Dallas. Punching someone in the face doesn’t seem very gentlemanly to us. Apparently all of the drama involving celebrities and professional athletes at strip…
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Obama Faces Defeat on Health Help for Jobless
Talk about being kicked while down. It looks like government subsidies to help pay insurance premiums for the unemployed will be going away. Under President Obama’s economic stimulus law, the government provided a 65 percent subsidy because many unemployed could not afford the exorbitant insurance premiums. The aid expired May 31, 2010 and has yet…
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Arizona's Next Immigration Target: Children of Illegals
In the latest installment of something wicked this way comes, the illustrious state of Arizona is now targeting the children of illegal aliens in its quest to eliminate brown people from sight. They’re bringing back the term “anchor babies” with a vengeance, tagging the children of “illegals” born in the US. Arizona Republicans are expected…
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World Cup wins U.S. Fans: 13 Million Viewers
Do you hear that? No, it’s not a vuvuzela, the plastic trumpet that sounds like a swarm of bees. It’s the sound of the ratings going through the roof for the World Cup. Yes, the United States, which is not known as a soccer-friendly country, is apparently hooked on the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The…
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'Karate Kid' Does Big Box Office; Karate Still Not Chinese
The Karate Kid remake starring Jaden Smith was the best *cymbal crash* around over the weekend, making $56 million and besting The A-Team: The “Karate Kid” reboot — which actually focuses on kung fu, despite the misleading title — stars Jaden Smith as an American youth who moves to China and comes under the tutelage…
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World Cup May Silence Swarming Vuvuzela Horn; Wu-Tang Clan in Mourning
FIFA is considering giving the vuvuzela horns a dirt nap Acknowledging a rising tide of complaints about the deafening din of vuvuzelas during World Cup matches, Danny Jordaan, chief executive of the tournament’s local organizing committee, warned Sunday that the plastic horns could be banned if fans don’t show more respect in their bugling. In…
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Tightening the Velvet Rope: Janet Jackson's Weight Loss Journey
Essence has a nice photo gallery documenting Janet Jackson’s weight loss over the course of her career: We’ve watched ESSENCE Music Festival headliner Janet Jackson struggle with maintaining a steady weight for most of her career. Today, with a better grasp on how to balance healthy eating with exercise, Jackson seems to finally be finding…
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AZ: 'Constitution? We Don't Need No Stinking Constitution!'
Arizona continues to keep it classy. Having already passed legislation that makes any one who looks Mexican-ish a candidate for harassment, the Arizona legislature is trying to pass a bill that would keep children born to illegal immigrants from being citizens of the United States. If only the pesky Constitution weren’t standing in their way!…