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Bloody Gorgeous: Naomi Campbell's Blood Diamond Link to Be Investigated
Did Naomi Campbell receive blood diamonds from Charles Taylor in 1997? The prosecution in the war crimes trial of the former Liberian president want to bring in the supermodel to testify and find out If the prosecution gets its wish, the trial could take the cantankerous Campbell away from her hobbies of throwing phones at…
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Henrietta Lacks' Grave Finally Given Headstone
Henrietta Lacks has finally been given a proper headstone at her grave site in Virginia Friends and family gathered for a small ceremony in Clover, Virginia where Lacks has been buried on a family plot since 1951. Since her death from cervical cancer Lacks’ cells — the infamous “HeLa” line — have been cultivated by…
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Malawi Gay Couple Pardoned
A Malawi gay couple has been pardoned by the president after receiving 14-year prison sentences for getting engaged Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga were given 14-year jail terms earlier this month after being convicted of gross indecency and unnatural acts. The case has sparked international condemnation and a debate about homosexuality in the country. Mr…
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NEWS STAND: Miranda Erosion, Obama's Oil Talk, Artur Davis Flops in Alabama
Well, well, well. It seems that the nonverbal communication tool of radio silence is not enough for a police officer to determine if a suspect wants to remain silent. The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that suspects must explicitly tell police they want to be silent to invoke Miranda protections during criminal interrogations, a decision one…
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Africa's Best Worst President
by Dino Mahtani MONROVIA—Drive through Liberia’s capital today and one of the first things you notice are the clusters of new construction developments dotting the city, including some extravagant-looking concrete mansions. Just seven years ago, Monrovia’s walls were riddled with bullets, parts of the town flattened in a rebel assault that forced out the country’s…
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Are That Many Black Folks Really on Twitter?
If you’ve taken time out to tweet in the last few days, you’re hanging out in a hot, black neighborhood, or at least that’s the latest news from Edison Research. African Americans make up roughly 12 percent of the population, but evidently, we occupy nearly 25 percent of the real estate on Twitter—a pretty strong…
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5 Ways the Oil Spill Isn't Obama's Katrina
As oil continues to spew forth from the site of the Deepwater Horizon explosion 40 miles off America’s coastline, an increasing number of pundits and politicians are questioning President Barack Obama’s decision-making in the wake of the spill. BP’s recent “top kill” plan to stop the leak effectively sunk, and some have taken to calling…
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How Independent is Obama's Department of Justice?
When people complain that the Obama administration is acting un-American, they have two recent examples to use in supporting their case. One involves Arizona’s immigration bill, the other, the Joe Sestak controversy in Pennsylvania. U.S. Justice Department attorneys recently recommended that the federal government should challenge Arizona’s SB 1070 on grounds of unconstitutionality—even after the…
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One Big Embarrassing Family, Thanks to TLC
The show One Big Happy Family is back tonight. I watched all six 30-minute shows when it debuted in January, much as one would watch a trainwreck. I’m not disgusted with the Coles – each one of whom weighed more than 300 pounds – but with TLC. The editing made the Coles family look like fools.…
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Supreme Court Rules Suspects Must Explicitly Say They Want to Remain Silent
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled a suspect must declare their desire to remain silent in the face of interrogation. A right to remain silent and a right to a lawyer are the first of the Miranda rights warnings, which police recite to suspects during arrests and interrogations. But the justices said…