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Watch: Chicago Youth Poetry Team Knocks Mayor ‘Wreck-It-Rahm’
“Hide your schools. Hide your homes. Hide your children ’cause he’s wrecking it all,” TEAM Englewood, a Chicago youth-poetry group, warns in a poem directed at Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his policies. The youth-poetry group recited the poem earlier this month during the semifinals of the youth-poetry competition Louder Than a Bomb, the largest youth poetry…
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Chris Brown to Spend More Than 30 Days in Jail
Chris Brown is likely singing the jailhouse blues instead of his usual hip-hop and R&B tunes. The embattled 24-year-old singer will spend more than one month behind bars, TMZ reported Saturday. He was arrested Friday on a warrant after he was kicked out of a rehabilitation center in Malibu, Calif., where he was being treated…
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Fla. Worker Allegedly Kills Boss for Posting His Photo Online
A Florida man reportedly fatally stabbed his boss because the man took a picture of him and posted it online, according to NBC 6 Miami. Tilus Lebrun, 36, was arrested Thursday and charged with first-degree premeditated murder and murder while engaged in a certain felony offense. He was ordered held without bail until his arraignment.…
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Social Media Turns 1 Woman’s Tragedy Into Triumph
It all started in late February while she was out for a drive with her boyfriend. They got into an argument on a road in Belleville, Ill. He accused her of cheating, and then, she says, he hit her and pushed her out of the moving vehicle. “He hit me first before he pushed me…
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Woman Arrested After 6-Year-Old Cousin Found Frozen to Death
A 22-year-old Minnesota woman has been arrested and charged in the death of her 6-year-old cousin, who was found frozen to death outside her home in temperatures below freezing, the Daily News reports. Rachel Downer is expected to be charged with second-degree manslaughter and felony neglect of a child, according to a statement from the…
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72-Year-Old Connecticut Pastor Dies After Pulpit Confession
“Confession is good for the soul,” the saying goes. But the act may have proved to be too much for Bishop Bobby Davis, founder of the Miracle Faith World Outreach Church in Bridgeport, Conn. The pastor reportedly died last Sunday after telling his congregation, which he founded in 1967 with his wife, Christine, that he’d…
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Houston Dad May Not Be Charged in Alleged Shooting of Teen in Daughter’s Room
The Houston father who allegedly shot and killed a 17-year-old boy he caught in his daughter’s bedroom last week may not face charges, an area prosecutor told MyFoxHouston. The prosecutor, Warren Diepraam, said that while a grand jury still must review the case, the unidentified 55-year-old father, of Near Spring, Texas, will unlikely face charges.…
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Teen Allegedly Bites Off Infant Son’s Nose to Stop Crying
USA Today is reporting that a Northern California teenaged father reportedly bit off his infant son’s nose after becoming frustrated by his crying. Joshua Cooper, 18, was arrested Friday at the home he shared with the child’s mother and other family members and charged with suspicion of child cruelty and aggravated mayhem, Fairfield County, Calif.,…
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1st Look: Trailer for James Brown Biopic Released
We’ve finally been graced with a first glimpse of the upcoming James Brown biopic Get on Up, and we were struck by the scenes depicting the riveting ups and downs—triumph and tears alike—of the soul great’s life. The movie, directed by Tate Taylor (who also had a hand in The Help), features 42’s Chadwick Boseman in…
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Chris Brown Arrested and Jailed, Again
Embattled R&B crooner Chris Brown is in trouble again. There are multiple reports out of Los Angeles that Brown has been jailed without bail after violating the terms of his probation. According to the gossip website TMZ, the 24-year-old singer was booted from the rehab facility where he has been living for the last four…