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7-Year-Old Girl Beaten Unconscious by Classmates in Maryland
A 7-year-old girl suffered a mild concussion after she was beaten unconscious by four boys at Thomas Claggett Elementary School in District Heights, Md., on Tuesday, Fox 5 reports. The incident occurred during a recess in the school’s gym, into which 75 students were allegedly crammed, with only about five teachers supervising the crowd. The…
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Kanye West Pays Teen $250,000 to Settle Alleged Beating
The teen who allegedly called Kim Kardashian everything but a child of God and then received a reported ungodly beat-down from Yeezus has settled with the rapper out of court and received a massive six-figure payday, New York’s Daily News reports. The unidentified 18-year-old, who was alleged to have called Kim “a slut” and a…
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College Athletes Look to Form Union
Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter had strong words for the NCAA, the governing body of collegiate sports, during a news conference on Tuesday in which he called the group “a dictatorship” while unveiling a proposal for college athletes to unionize, issuing the latest blow in the growing national debate over whether college players should be compensated,…
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Prince Seeks $1,000,000 Each From 22 Fans for Illegally Posting Live Shows
His purple majesty, Prince, who is notorious for controlling his musical image, is now suing 22 fans who he claims have illegally posted his live shows online, making them available for download, the New York Daily News reports. According to the Daily News, Prince Rogers Nelson filed a lawsuit in Northern District of California earlier…
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Missouri Death Row Inmate’s Life Spared on Eve of Execution
A 56-year-old Missouri death row inmate’s life was spared on the eve of his execution, the Associated Press reports. Herbert Smulls received word that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had signed the order that was sent out Tuesday night after President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech. Smulls’ lawyers had been making last-minute…
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Against the Odds, Demaryius Thomas Made His Way to Football Greatness
They say some people are born into their destiny. They step into the world that their parents create and build their reality. For Demaryius Thomas, reality consisted of being born to a 15-year-old mother and an absent father who joined the Army after high school. Thomas’ early life was the stuff rappers rhyme about and…
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How Do You Prove Your Heritage to Skeptics? You Don’t
How do you prove your Mexican heritage to skeptics? In the latest Ask Me Anything on Reddit, our Race Manners advice columnist tackles this question and weighs in on concerns surrounding the fate of black-dominated music categories and the nature of her interactions with readers. Read the highlights here: PatrickBeccarra: I am the whitest, palest…
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Single Parents: You Don’t Have to Do It Alone
When I was 10, after my parents divorced, my mother became a single parent, raising four kids practically on her own. I still don’t know how she managed at times, but she wasn’t without help. The one thing I can say that made a huge difference was the fact that, even before Hillary Clinton spoke…
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Duck Dynasty Star to Attend the State of the Union Address
Willie Robertson, one of the stars of Duck Dynasty, was invited by Rep. Vance McAllister (R-La.) to attend Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, Deadline reports. Robertson, who is CEO of the family’s company, Duck Commander, will be one of the more “celebrity”-status individuals there. Another one will be openly gay NBA player Jason…
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NYC Man Found Dead in ER After Waiting 8 Hours
Jon Verrier, a 30-year-old New York City native, was found dead in Saint Barnabas Hospital’s waiting room, where he had been waiting for about eight hours to see a doctor, hospital officials have confirmed, the Raw Story reports. “He was found stiff, blue and cold,” an employee told ABC News. “He died because (there’s) not…