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NEWS STAND: Wall Street Panic, DC's Dope Law, Detroit Corruption, Chaka Plus, and more..
Panic Room: Dow Drops and Rebounds http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704370704575227754131412596.html Do you hear that? No it’s not a stampede, it’s the panic that washed over Wall Street and the country yesterday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average went into a 1,000-point tailspin. At its afternoon low, the Dow had plummeted 998.50 points, its biggest intraday point drop ever.…
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"Hellhound On His Trails" Details Stalking of MLK
Hampton Sides’ new book, Hellhound On His Trail, which describes the stalking of Martin Luther King Jr. by James Earl Ray, is chock full of history and perspective not often taken when discussing the King assassination: Author Hampton Sides wasn’t sure about the guy who said he had an interesting archive all about the assassination…
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Goodluck Jonathan Sworn in As Nigerian President
Nigeria has new leadership in Goodluck Jonathan, who was sworn into the presidential office yesterday Oil-rich Nigeria’s acting leader Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in Thursday as president of Africa’s most populous nation, as officials buried the flag-draped corpse of his Muslim predecessor before sundown. The power shift to Jonathan, a Christian, peacefully ended a profound…
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Gilbert Arenas' Halfway House Stint Coming to Close
Gilbert Arenas is nearing the end of his 30-day stint in a Montgomery County halfway house The Wizards star, who pleaded guilty this year in D.C. Superior Court to a felony handgun violation stemming from a locker room incident at Verizon Center, has been serving a 30-day sentence inside the facility, near White Flint mall…
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Pregnant and Covering the Crisis in Haiti
Shortly after the earthquake, I stood in the open courtyard of a badly damaged downtown Port-au-Prince hospital in Haiti, in a makeshift maternity ward pushed outdoors by necessity, taking in the crying newborns and the laboring women moaning in pain. I scribbled in my notepad, taking detailed notes as I interviewed a Haitian-American nurse, a…
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Single-Minded: On Halle and Her Men
I assume Halle Berry has friends. That there are people not on her payroll that can look into those million-dollar eyes and say, ”Girl, keep it moving” or the converse, ”Girl, keep your man.” So last week when the contract on her relationship with longtime beau/baby daddy Gabriel Aubry ended, I figure the actress had…
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Joe Biden's Black Pass
Shortly after he ousted a guy named Corn Pop for breaking the rules at the all-black pool, Joe Biden considered calling the police to escort him to his car once his shift ended. Corn Pop belonged to a gang known as the Romans, and Biden, the lone white lifeguard at Prices Run—one of the few…
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It's Complicated: Black Mothers and Daughters on Film
Dee Roberts (Nicole Beharie) is a 24-year-old single mother of four in this 2009 based-on-a-true-story film. Dee is charged as a drug dealer after the local police sweep her house — even though she has no record and no drugs were found in the raid. Her mother, Alma (Alfre Woodard), later tries to convince Dee…
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The Gym? I Think I Remember What That Is
Bad Leslie. I haven’t been to the gym in nearly two weeks. Bad, bad Leslie. I can explain: My life is i-n-s-a-n-e. I haven’t had a truly peaceful day in two weeks, and that’s not entirely my fault. But sacrificing gym time definitely is, so mea culpa. Last weekend was the first time in…