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AUDIO: Preview – Whitney Houston "Million Dollar Bill"
Song written by Alicia Keys. Whitney is sounding very drug-free and that’s a very good thing.
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Racial Fear's Ugly Face
Between Jack Nicholson’s 1989 portrayal of the Joker in “Batman” and Heath Ledger’s 2008 characterization in “The Dark Knight,” something sinister happened to the villain’s iconic makeup. What had been a mask, with the clearly delineated lines of a carnival character, became simply war paint, and not very well applied. The visual change signaled a…
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Sotomayor Confirmation Expected Today
From CNN: Judge Sonia Sotomayor was expected to easily win Senate confirmation Thursday as two more Republican senators announced their support for the country’s first Hispanic high court pick. The final day of debate is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., with a vote on her nomination scheduled for about 3 p.m. Legal sources said…
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The Right Roughage Lacks in the South Bronx
From Ashton Lattimore at NewsOne: Lisa Harris knows how to put together a healthy, balanced dinner. Baked salmon alongside brown rice, served with a few broccoli florets – that’s the kind of meal she prefers to make for her family. But since moving to the South Bronx from California six years ago, it’s been a…
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VIDEO: A PSA from Nasir Jones
Nas is distressed by the state of rap music. After seeing Soulja Boy’s Lambo chain, The Buzz thinks the future might be now. Still, this seems like something of an unfair indictment on Southern rap, as if it’s all class and gentility above the Mason-Dixon. Watching this clip, we couldn’t help but wonder: What part…
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A Little Too Personal
A good friend of mine called recently to check in and catch up. We hadn’t talked for awhile. “I’ve been out,” she said carefully. “But you’re back now. That’s good. Are you okay?” “Getting there. I’ll fill you in later. I’m in the office and there a lot of nosy people in here, let me…
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After Gates
In the early days of the Skip Gates Incident, there was talk that his run-in with the police would somehow radicalize Dr. Gates: that he would join the Rev. Jesse Jacksons and Al Sharptons of the world and become a race crusader of some sort. But nothing even close to that happened and I sense…
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A Congressman from New Orleans Involved in Corruption? Come On…
From the NY Times: Former Representative William J. Jefferson was convicted Wednesday afternoon of using his office to try to enrich himself and relatives through a web of bribes and payoffs involving business ventures in Africa. A federal court jury in Alexandria, Va., deliberated for five days before finding Mr. Jefferson, 62, a New Orleans…
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Staying Fit This Summer
How many times have you returned from a fabulous vacation only to find that your clothes have mysteriously shrunk? Maybe it’s time to give your vacation a makeover. Instead of spending a week stuffing your face at the resort’s all-inclusive buffet, then sleeping it off by the pool (not that there’s anything wrong with that),…
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Trading Bases
After a furious spate of trades late last week, the baseball trade deadline, the annual ritual of speculation that signals we’re starting into the homestretch of the pennant races, came and went. The usual construct for trades is that pennant contenders part with young prospects for short term veteran help from losing teams. Thus the…