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Dave Duerson: Death Ruled Suicide; Donates Brain to Science
Sad news surfaced over the weekend. The death of Pro-Bowl safety Dave Duerson, who was a Super Bowl winner with the legendary 1985 Chicago Bears team and the New York Giants in 1990, has been ruled a suicide. Miami-Dade Police Detective Robert Williams said the body of Duerson was found Thursday in Sunny Isles Beach,…
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Just Give Me My Breast Pump
The vitriol swirling around Michelle Obama’s support of the IRS’ reclassification of breast pumps as a deductible medical expense makes me ill. Conservative commentary from Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and others who accuse the first lady of creating a “nanny state” and catering to special interests — specifically African-American women, who are statistically less likely…
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Obama Defends 2012 Budget Cut Plans
On the heels of criticism over his 2012 federal budget proposal, from both the left and right, President Obama joined the fray in a Tuesday morning news conference where he defended his choices. The president notably responded to the impression that his budget, with its focus on small domestic programs, puts too much on the…
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Blackout: By 2014, Blacks Won't Be D.C. Majority
MSNBC is reporting that by 2014, blacks will no longer be the majority in Washington, D.C. The city dubbed the “Chocolate City” because of its teeming black population will not even be the milk chocolate city, according to Benjamin Orr, a research analyst at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program. Orr told the Washington Post,…
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Raven Symone Returns to TV
Hello Beautiful is reporting that Raven Symone will returning to television as the lead role in a new ABC comedy series, The Great State of Georgia. It’s described as a “multi-cam series about an exuberant plus-sized performer from the South and her science geek best friend who try to make headway in New York City.”…
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The Root Interview: Michael Fosberg on Being the Incog-Negro
Michael Fosberg is a professional actor who was raised by his biological mother and adoptive father in a working-class white family. At the age of 30, upon hearing the news of his parents’ divorce, Fosberg began a search for his long-lost biological father. Two years later, armed with just a name (John Woods) and a…
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Charlotte, N.C., Hotel Cancels Contract With White-Supremacist Group
A white-supremacist group is hopping mad that a Charlotte, N.C., hotel canceled its contract with the controversial group. Politics Daily reports that on Monday, on a plaza in front of the Government Center, Jared Taylor exercised his First Amendment right to free speech to insist that very right had been violated by city officials. Taylor…
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Hawaii to Charge $100 for a Copy of Obama's Birth Certificate?
AOL News is reporting that Hawaiian state legislators have found a solution to the requests from so-called Birthers asking to see President Barack Obama’s birth certificate. They’ve proposed a bill that would offer a copy to anyone who asks … in exchange for $100. “If it passes, it will calm the Birthers down,” Rep. Rida…