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D’Angelo Russell Is an Idiot for Snitching on Nick Young With Secret Video
If you follow the shenanigans of the sports world, there are two stories you are probably familiar with: the WTF-is-happening world of Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving and Kehlani, the R&B singer few have ever heard of, and the Instagram photo heard round the world; and, more recently, Lakers rookie D’Angelo Russell’s phone…
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The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: Mark Fuhrman Caught on Tape
Laura Hart McKinney, an aspiring screenwriter living in North Carolina, is watching A Current Affair’s recap of the O.J. Simpson trial when her phone rings. It’s an O.J. investigator, wondering if she will give him copies of an interview she did with Los Angeles Police Detective Mark Fuhrman. McKinney doesn’t want to help O.J. and…
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The Mint App Is Like That Penny-Pinching Aunt Who Doesn’t Let You Have Any Fun
New Year’s Day 2016 came around just a little under three months ago, and with it, yours truly had, yet again, created a set of seemingly attainable goals for the subsequent 365 days in a feeble attempt to become a fully actualized adult. Some of the list has been fairly simple to execute—for example, I’ve…
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Actor Wentworth Miller Responds to Meme Criticizing His Weight
Depression is something many people often face silently and alone. Some choose to cut themselves off from the world and handle it on their own. And there are others who choose to seek help from mental-health professionals. For Wentworth Miller, as his fame rose with his series Prison Break, so did his bouts with depression, he…
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Can Billy Dee Williams Save Colt 45? Probably Not
Remember those old Billy Dee Williams Colt 45 commercials from back in the day? Here was this suave and handsome man trying to get people to drink malt liquor. But in reality, the only people I ever saw drinking it were men standing on the corner with half a bottle sticking out of a brown…
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Watch: NYC Police Officers Bind Man’s Hands and Feet, Throw Him in Body Bag
In a disturbing video made public this week, New York City police officers are shown physically restraining a man by placing him in a head-to-toe enclosed body bag. The video, uploaded to YouTube on Thursday, shows an African-American man with his hands, feet and legs bound, lying facedown on the ground near a subway station…
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How Social Media Turned Microsoft’s Teen Chatbot, ‘Tay,’ Into a Nazi-Loving Racist in Less Than a Day
Well, that went bad fast. On Wednesday, Microsoft unveiled Tay, an artificial intelligence “chatbot,” or “chat robot,” that would learn, through social media sites like Twitter, Kik and GroupMe, how to have “normal” conversations. “The more you talk the smarter Tay gets,” Tay’s Twitter profile reads. She was supposed to sound like a typical teenage…
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Michael Jordan’s Rep Denies Rapper N.O.R.E.’s Claim That M.J. Dissed Rap Music
During an interview with Rap Radar (NSFW), rapper N.O.R.E. (born Victor Santiago Jr.) of Queens, N.Y.’s LeFrak City (big up!) said that Michael Jordan once said “F—k rap” at a Christmas party hosted by Def Jam, the iconic music label that reigned supreme in the 1990s. “Jordan is a hater of hip-hop,” N.O.R.E. said, smiling.…
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JetBlue Flight Attendant Who Surrendered After Ditching 70 Pounds of Cocaine Makes Court Appearance
The JetBlue flight attendant and former sprinter who reportedly outran cops after she was caught with almost 70 pounds of cocaine at Los Angeles International Airport appeared in federal court in New York City on Thursday, Reuters reports. Marsha Reynolds, 31, was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. A U.S. magistrate judge…
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Media Blasts Ted Cruz’s Suggestion to Monitor Muslim Neighborhoods Following the Brussels Attacks
“Media, experts, and civil rights groups are all criticizing Ted Cruz’s call to ‘patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods’ in the wake of terror attacks in Brussels, Belgium, seemingly inspired by ISIS,” Nick Fernandez wrote Wednesday for Media Matters for America. “The plan has been called ‘counterproductive and unconstitutional’ and ‘the exact opposite of what we…