culture
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Oklahoma Inmate Dies After Botched Execution Is Halted
An execution in Oklahoma that employed a new drug combination went horribly wrong, leaving the inmate squirming and struggling on the table, forcing prison officials to stop the procedure Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. Not that it mattered. The inmate, Clayton Lockett, died about a half-hour later of an apparent heart attack. According to the…
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UCLA Declines $3 Million From Donald Sterling
The University of California, Los Angeles is washing its hands of a $3 million gift from embattled L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling, the Associated Press reports. The prestigious school says it will return a $425,000 installment on the gift and refuse to accept the remainder of the $3 million as a result of Sterling’s “divisive…
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Man Gets 23 Years for Killing Another After Weave Beef Gets Hairy
On Tuesday, a Brooklyn, N.Y., man was sentenced to 23 years in prison for shooting to death another man after an argument over a hairweave turned into a full-scale brawl, the New York Daily News reports. Dennzel Holder, 21, was convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of 27-year-old Shawn Williams during the 2011 melee.…
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Beyoncé Causes Teenage Pregnancy? Bill O’Reilly Thinks So
This is not the first time Bill O’Reilly has ranted about Beyoncé, but this might be his most ridiculous. The Fox television host decried Beyoncé’s appearance on Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world, accusing the singer of “harming” children, according to the Guardian. The newspaper reported that the conservative talking head…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Wants to Buy the LA Clippers
Now that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has said that he will try his hardest to force Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling to sell the team, a potential buyer has emerged: Floyd Mayweather Jr. That’s right the flashy boxer whose nickname is “Money” is interested in forming a group—with himself as a majority owner—to purchase…
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There’s Still Bias Out There, and We Still Need Affirmative Action
Last week the Supreme Court issued a decision upholding a ban on the use of affirmative action by public universities in Michigan. Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented strongly and, in addition to reviewing the legal basis for the use of affirmative action, issued a personal challenge: to speak candidly about race. Conversations about affirmative action…
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Players Threatened Boycott if NBA Failed to Act
Donald Sterling found out his punishment when everyone else did, according to Fox News’ Jim Gray, who spoke to the Los Angeles Clippers owner moments before NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced that he would encourage members of the NBA board of governors to force Sterling to sell the team and that Sterling would face a…
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s Powerful Statement on Donald Sterling
Editor’s note: This statement was delivered Tuesday, April 29, by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver regarding the punishment for Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, who made racially derogatory and racist comments on a recording later released by the website TMZ. Shortly after the release of an audio recording this past Saturday morning of a conversation…
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14-Year-Old Chicago Girl Killed by Female Classmate
Very rarely do we hear about gun violence between young girls. A 14-year-old Chicago girl has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 14-year-old Endia Martin. According to ABC7 Chicago, Endia was shot by a female classmate on Monday while walking home from Tilden Career Academy, when she was shot in the…
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10 People Who Publicly Dislike Donald Sterling
Donald Sterling hasn’t been receiving much love recently since news broke of racist statements being attributed to the Los Angeles Clippers owner, with person after person, personality after personality, voicing disdain. So for your viewing pleasure, here is an (incomplete) list of people who hate Sterling. 1. Lil Wayne: The Louisiana rapper shared his own thoughts on…