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Detroit Honor Student Killed Five Doors From Home
Fifteen-year-old honor student Avondre Donel was sitting outside a friend’s home on Mother’s Day when he was cut down in a drive-by shooting. Donel, an honors student, was, by all accounts, a good kid. His mother, Lisa Donel, kept him under close watch. He was in the church choir and was not allowed to travel…
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Apollo Theater Unveils New Walk of Fame
Harlem’s Apollo Theater has unveiled a new walk of fame, boasting such music legends as James Brown, Patti LaBelle and Ella Fitzgerald The famed Apollo Theater unveiled a boulevard of stars along W. 125th St. Monday – featuring musical icons like James Brown and Patti LaBelle. “I started out in the Apollo, and it will…
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Roland Martin Jabs Back at Stewart
Roland Martin defends his fashion choices (after a brief word from TV One sponsors).
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Losing Weight and Gaining Confidence Can Damage Relationships
You know what’s hard? Loving and accepting yourself while at the same time trying to change. It can make you feel schizophrenic. Really, all we ultimately have control over is ourselves. You can’t change human nature, but you can change the way you react to it. Yes, I’m losing weight – s-l-o-w-l-y – so I…
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We Need More Than Obama's Trust To Support Kagan
Today, as expected, President Barack Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. Kagan, the first female solicitor general (and also the first female dean of Harvard Law School), is by all accounts brilliant and extremely qualified. And to hear President Obama and some of his supporters tell it, Kagan…
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The Root’s Ifill on Kagan’s Hiring Record
The Root’s Sherrilyn Ifill talked to MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell about Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan and her less-than-diverse hiring practices while she was dean at Harvard Law School. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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Natty Dread Lockdown
Kendall Gibson, a Rastafarian inmate serving forty-seven years on a robbery, abduction and gun charges, has been in solitary confinement for nearly 4,000 days as he is in violation of Virginia correctional laws regarding hair length Unless something drastic and unexpected changes, or Gibson decides to cut his hair, Virginia Department of Corrections regulations make…
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Va. Dept. of Corrections Practices Natty Dread Lock Down
Kendall Gibson, a Rastafarian inmate serving 47 years on a robbery, abduction and gun charges, has been in solitary confinement for nearly 4,000 days as he is in violation of Virginia correctional laws regarding hair length: Unless something drastic and unexpected changes, or Gibson decides to cut his hair, Virginia Department of Corrections regulations make…
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NEWS STAND: Jay-Z and Betty White, Mayhem in L.A. Jail, Black Brit on Death Row, Get More Sleep
Going to the Brink in Europe After behaving like an unruly bunch of Third World nations, Europeans got their act together in the nick of time this weekend to come up with a financial rescue plan for that will prevent another financial meltdown—or worse—a second global recession. The 750 million euro ($1 trillion) plan to…