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Chris Brown’s Bodyguard Guilty of Assault
On a punching power scale of 1 to 10, Chris Brown is around a 6. His bodyguard’s punch tips the scale at 10. This was the testimony of Parker Adams, an art student who was asked to evaluate the two men’s punching strength in the trial of Brown’s bodyguard, Chris Hollosy, whom Adams alleged beat…
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4 Men Charged With Attempted Murder in Mob Beating of Detroit Motorist
A judge has ruled that four Detroit men accused of beating a driver who accidentally hit a 10-year-old boy will stand trial on attempted murder charges. On Monday, Judge Thomas Jackson found probable cause to move the case to trial after hearing witnesses testify that driver Steve Utash was repeatedly kicked and punched by the…
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6 Steps to Move From College Debt to Financial Success
Editor’s note: This is part 2 in a five-part series on growing and maintaining wealth. Read part 1. I grew up thinking that a college degree would be my ticket to wealth or at least entree into the upper echelons of the middle class. After spending most of my 20s digging my way out of…
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A Woman’s Search for Family History Leads to Singer Nat King Cole
To know someone (in this case for nearly 20 years) can sometimes mean to not really know the person at all. I knew that Caroline Clarke was a foot soldier in the Black Enterprise clan. Married to Earl Graves’ middle son, Johnny, Caroline fit cozily into this black dynasty—not as a lady who lunches, though.…
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Texas Boy Gives Up PlayStation 4 Money to Buy Smoke Detectors
Young Hector Montoya had been saving up for almost a year to buy himself a new PlayStation 4 console, but his plans all changed when he discovered that some people did not have smoke detectors in their homes, NBCDFW reports. According to the 9-year-old Dallas boy’s grandmother, Hector’s decision to take the money he had…
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Distraught Mom Questions EMT Response to Fatal Fire
A New York mother is questioning why EMTs were late to the scene following a weekend fire in Queens that left her 4-year-old daughter and the girl’s half-brother, also 4, dead, The New York Post reports. Khalilah Waymer sang praises for the doctors at St. John’s Hospital saying they “broke their own rules” in trying…
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Keyshawn Johnson Arrested in Domestic Dispute
Former NFL wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson was arrested and released early Monday morning on charges that he assaulted his girlfriend during an argument, TMZ Sports reports. According to the gossip site, the outspoken ESPN analyst and his girlfriend were arguing about marriage when things got physical and Johnson allegedly smashed her phone, causing a cut…
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Teen Shot in Bid to Buy $250 Nike ‘Yeezy’ Sneakers
A New York teen wanted a pair of Nike Air Foamposite Pro “Yeezy” sneakers so bad that he was willing to cut the long line that had gathered the night before in front of a Brooklyn Foot Locker. An argument ensued and instead of getting the coveted sneakers, the 15-year-old Brooklyn boy got shot in…
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American Meb Keflezighi Wins 118th Boston Marathon
It’s one for the history books. Meb Keflezighi finally achieved the goal that has evaded American runners for 31 years: the gold laurel wreath that gets handed over to the winner of the Boston Marathon. Keflezighi became the first American man to earn the title since 1983, crossing the finish line at 2:08:37, narrowly defeating…
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Racist Easter Eggs Alarm Virginia Parents
The kids were supposed to have fun hunting down the hidden eggs and unlocking the treats inside, but what some Virginia parents found rolled up in the plastic eggs was much more alarming, WRIC reports. According to the report, the Smith family was egg hunting with their 3-year-old son on Sunday afternoon in the West…