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Melissa Harris-Perry Issues Tearful Apology to Romney Family
(Update 11:50 am: On Fox News this morning, Mitt Romney accepted Melissa Harris Perry’s apology. View here.) MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry issued a tearful on-air apology Saturday to Mitt Romney’s family for her controversial comments about the former GOP presidential candidate’s adopted grandchild, saying she was “deeply sorry” for how the segment unfolded. Harris-Perry came…
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OJ Simpson, Claiming Brain Cancer, Seeks Obama Clemency
O.J. Simpson is asking President Barack Obama for clemency, saying he may have brain cancer and should be allowed to leave his Nevada jail cell, the Washington Times reports. Simpson, 66, reportedly wrote a letter appealing to Obama for relief from his 33-year sentence for kidnapping and robbery, the Times says. Citing the Mirror News,…
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Conservatives Are Awfully Silent About Jahi McMath
A peculiar thing happened on the way to Children’s Hospital Oakland as Jahi McMath lay in a coma and her family openly sparred with doctors over keeping her alive: You didn’t see any conservative or Republican politicians on it. The family’s tragedy is, ultimately, what’s most important here: They reached a delicate agreement with the…
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George Zimmerman’s Girlfriend Reveals Chilling Details in New Video
Last November, George Zimmerman’s 27-year-old girlfriend told police that he had threatened her with a shotgun during a heated domestic dispute that led to a 911 call. While the girlfriend, Samantha Scheibe, later withdrew the charges, saying in a sworn statement (pdf) that she was “intimidated” during police questioning and believed investigators had “misinterpreted” her…
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Interracial Couple Upset Over ‘Jungle Fever’ Note Left by Valet
An interracial couple in Columbus, Ga., went out for a nice dinner, but once they picked their car up from the valet, they saw a derogatory note attached to their ticket, CBS Atlanta News reports. The couple had dined at Spondivits restaurant, and “the experience besides the valet was wonderful,” Samuel Aarons told the news…
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Wal-Mart Manager Jumps Into Thieves’ Truck to Stop Beer Bandits
A man and a woman walked into a Florida Wal-Mart, loaded up a shopping cart with cases of beer and walked out without paying for them. A manager spotted the couple in the parking lot putting the beer into the bed of a pickup truck, so he walked over and confronted them, WRDQ/WFTV Eyewitness News…
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Mom Shot Picking Up 11-Month-Old From Babysitter
A young mother was gunned down and killed while picking up her son from a babysitter’s house around 6:30 p.m. in Lauderhill, Fla., on Monday, NBC Miami reports. Nicole Grier, 19, was strapping the child into her car when gunmen riding in a sedan with tinted windows pulled up and opened fire. The babysitter, Camille…
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50 Cent Loses Bid to Have Sex-Tape Case Thrown Out
A judge has refused to toss the lawsuit brought against rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson by a Florida woman over a sex video that was posted online. In the video, 50 Cent has been edited into the footage as the narrator, “Pimpin Curly,” 50 Cent’s Jheri-curl-wig-wearing alter ego, the New York Post reports. Judge Paul…
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How We Put the Negro to Bed and Woke Up Black
Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal sits down with Rickey Vincent, a lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, to discuss Vincent’s recently released book, Party Music: The Inside Story of the Black Panthers. Watch below:
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‘My Validity as a Life Coach Isn’t Based on My Personal Life,’ Says Demetria L. Lucas
We’re witnessing the democratization of celebrity. There’s the selfie phenomenon, and those impromptu photo shoots in which everyone seems to take part, even for the most unceremonious occasions. The exploitation of our ordinary lives is faciliated by Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook. Our lives are everywhere. Everyone is everywhere. Everyone is special, therefore no one…