culture
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Why It’s Not Worth Throwing Dirt on an Ex
How do you feel about getting revenge on the ex that hurt you? Nothing involving harm to the person or property—just to expose him for what he is. He portrays himself as this great guy, but I know things about him that would shock people, especially his new girlfriend. I’ve spent months going back and…
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What Were Tupac Shakur's Dying Words?
According to a police officer who was among the first on the scene of the fatal drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in 1996, the poet and rapper’s last words were, “F—k you.” Officer Chris Carroll told the british newspaper The Independent that he was one of the first to respond to the shooting,…
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Angela Bassett to Direct Movie About Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown
Whitney Houston’s story—more specifically, her troubled relationship with singer-songwriter Bobby Brown—is due to be chronicled in a Lifetime movie scheduled for release in 2015. Award-winning actress Angela Bassett will make her directing debut with Whitney Houston, telling the story of the couple from “the time they first met at the very height of their celebrity,…
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Tenn. Gov. Signs Bill Reinstating Electric Chair for Death Penalty
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam put his signature on a bill on Thursday that would make the electric chair the legal option for execution if the state is unable to get drugs to administer for the lethal injection, UPI reports. In so doing, he has seemingly found one way of getting around a shortage of drugs…
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Half of Senate Demands Redskins Change Name
While the NBA is battling the backlash from LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s racially charged comments to a friend, the commissioner of the National Football League has received letters from some 50 senators asking for the Washington Redskins team name to be changed, the New York Daily News reports. “The NFL can no longer ignore…
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Mark Cuban Says Sorry for ‘Black Kid’ Remark
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban found himself at the center of a social media beat-down Thursday after telling an interviewer at a conference a day earlier, “If I see a black kid in a hoodie on my side of the street, I’ll move to the other side of the street.” Later Thursday, Cuban issued an…
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High School Grants Dying Teen’s Wish
A Michigan high school gave a terminally ill student her final wish. According to Fox 17, Kalamazoo Central High School senior Yeatise Gaines battled bone and muscle cancer for years. Recently, her health took a turn for the worse as the radiation and other treatments took a toll on her body and caused her lungs…
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Letter to My Daughter: I’m Not the Father I Should Have Been
Dearest Daughter: Daddy’s little girls. I’ve been blessed to have two in my life. You were the first. And you were the one who didn’t get the daddy you deserved. Today, I’m again compelled to say: I’m so sorry. I was a child myself when you were born. I was 18 years old, had just…
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Quincy Jones Isn't Feeling the New Michael Jackson Album
Quincy Jones is not a fan of the new Michael Jackson Xscape album; in fact, he believes the album only came out because there’s still money left in the Michael Jackson brand. During an interview on the Canadian radio show Q with Jian Ghomeshi, the producer extraordinaire, who worked on several of Jackson’s biggest hits…
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New Virus Threatens Caribbean
The Caribbean is being hit by a virus that is new to the region and strikes its victims with excruciating headaches, fever and joint pain similar to arthritis, the Associated Press reports. The chikungunya virus gets its name from an African word that can be loosely translated into “contorted with pain,” AP notes. Hospitals and…