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Teen Paralyzed in ‘Affluenza’ Case Receives Settlement
The family of a Texas teenager who was paralyzed after the driver of the truck he was riding in slammed into three good samaritans is set to receive more than $2 million, according to court documents seen by USA Today. Sergio Molina, 17, was injured after 16-year-old Ethan Couch crashed his pickup into a group…
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Millions Changed Their Race on the 2010 Census
Many Hispanics Don’t Claim a Race; Unusual Rise in Indians “Millions of Americans counted in the 2000 census changed their race or Hispanic-origin categories when they filled out their 2010 census forms, according to new research presented at the annual Population Association of America meeting last week,” D’Vera Cohn wrote Monday for the Pew Research…
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I Was Walking Home When the War on Women Got Personal
Since I was a young and slightly overdeveloped girl on the streets of Brooklyn, N.Y.’s East Flatbush neighborhood, I’ve endured street harassment in the form of disrespectful, intimidating, sexualized verbal assaults by strange men. More and more, I’ve truly begun to understand how my experience is part of a larger troubling pattern. One incident in…
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Donald Sterling Case Underscores Whiteness of Press
Why Wasn’t Owner’s History Given Greater Play Earlier? The saga of Donald Sterling’s racist remarks, which could cost him ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers, put black commentators in the spotlight in a way rarely seen recently. At least two related the NBA owner’s situation to the low numbers of journalists of color or of…
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Pregnant Chicago Woman Allegedly Kills Boyfriend Over Failure to Buy Gift
A trip to the mall ended in a deadly dispute recently when police say a pregnant woman stabbed her boyfriend to death after he bought gifts for everyone, except her, the Daily News reports. Police say Miata Phelan, 24, stabbed the father of her unborn child, Larry Martin, 28, on April 30 inside the apartment…
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Are You a 2-Minute Man? You’re Not Alone
It will take you longer to read this article than it takes nearly half of all men to finish having sex. And this is a fairly short article. But consider this: If a man and a woman start having sex right now, the man will either be asleep or smoking a cigarette by the time…
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D.L. Hughley Apologizes for Domestic Violence Comments
D.L. Hughley is now backpedaling and apologizing for recent comments he made about the domestic issues Columbus Short and his estranged wife, Tanee McCall-Short, are facing. Earlier this month, McCall-Short filed for divorce and obtained a restraining order, saying that Short had threatened to kill her, and himself, during an argument. Apparently Hughley was #teamColumbus,…
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Columbus Short Ransacked Home, Wife Claims
Columbus Short’s name isn’t going to be free of controversy anytime soon, with his wife claiming that the scandal-ridden actor broke into their house over Easter weekend and left it in disarray, TMZ reports. Tanee McCall-Short (also known as Tuere in the U.S.) claims in new court documents that Columbus Short entered the house—despite a…
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Seriously, D.L. Hughley, You’re Telling Columbus Short’s Wife to Shut Up?
I’m not sure what D.L. Hughley’s problem is with Columbus Short’s estranged wife, Tanee McCall-Short—or, in general, with women who have been subjected to domestic violence—but on a recent episode of his online radio show, the comedian had some raw advice for McCall-Short, who says she was attacked by Short: “Shut the f—k up.” Excuse…
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NJ Councilwoman Has Her Own Alleged Racist Rant on Tape
A Belleville, N.J., councilwoman is wrapped up in her own “racist rant” controversy, after she was allegedly caught slurring black folks in the background of a voice mail, NJ.com reports. The news site also reported that a forensics lab in Michigan claimed it was “85 percent” certain that the voice heard on the message was…