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George Zimmerman Arrested Again
Updated, Monday, Nov. 18, 5:30 p.m. ET: George Zimmerman has been charged with aggravated assault, battery and criminal mischief in Florida today, as police say he pointed a shotgun at a woman, ABC News reports. Police identified the alleged victim as Samantha Scheibe, and said the incident occurred at a home the two share. Zimmerman, 30, was…
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NFL Player Claims Ref Called Him 'Garbage-Ass, Disrespectful Motherf–ker'
Washington Redskins left tackle Trent Williams claims that umpire Roy Ellison called him a “garbage-ass, disrespectful motherf—ker” during a drive near the end of the first half in Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles, ESPN reports. Williams said that Ellison walked by him and cursed him, an accusation that teammates acknowledged happened. After the game,…
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Civil Rights Icon Who Helped Design Bus Boycott Dies
Civil rights icon the Rev. Theodore Judson Jemison, one of the organizers of the 1953 Baton Rouge, La., bus boycott, died on Friday at the age of 95, The Advocate reports. The bus boycott served as a template for the nonviolent, yearlong Montgomery Bus Boycott planned by Martin Luther King Jr. in Alabama. According…
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Don Lemon Talks to the ‘I Hate Being Black’ Guy
Don Lemon had an interesting guest on his CNN show, CNN Newsroom, over the weekend: The Guardian columnist Orville Lloyd Douglas, who wrote the controversial article “Why I Hate Being a Black Man.” In his piece, which sparked widespread debate on the Internet, Douglas cited the negative stereotype of being a criminal, and people’s fear…
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Obama Family Attends Oregon State-UMD Game
Since president Obama took office, the family has made it a point to attend at least one college basketball game a year. That game is whenever Oregon State plays a team in the Washington, D.C. area. This year the unlucky opponents were the Maryland Terrapins, who were stunned in a 90-83 loss in front of…
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CEO Shocked by GQ Portrayal of Kendrick Lamar, Claims Racism
Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith, CEO of Top Dog Entertainment, isn’t crazy about label star Kendrick Lamar landing GQ’s Man of the Year cover and accompanying story. “This week, Kendrick Lamar was named one of GQ’s 2013 Men of the Year, an honor that should have been celebrated as a milestone in his career and for…
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Texas Man Gets Death Sentence for Teen's Murder
A 31-year-old Texas man has been sentenced to death for killing a teenage babysitter who accused him of rape. Franklin Davis admitted to shooting Shania Gray, 16, at a park in September 2012, then stepping on her throat to stop her breathing, the Dallas Morning News reports. Davis was set to stand trial on a…
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The Best Man Holiday an Opening-Weekend Hit
The Best Man Holiday almost took down a Norse hammer-wielding god this weekend. In what has most Hollywood execs scratching their heads, a relationship movie starring an all-black cast almost unseated Thor: The Dark World for best at the box office, the Associated Press reports. The sequel, which was released 14 years after the original,…
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Mandela's Room Resembles ICU Ward, Ex-Wife Reports
Nelson Mandela is still unable to speak because of tubes that help keep his lungs clear of fluid, his former wife told the Sunday Independent and the Associated Press reports. According to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the former South African president is “quite ill,” although he is relaxed. She added that 22 doctors are treating him at…
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Moms and Sons: Serving Time in Fake Jail
We drove home in silence, and I could tell that it was killing my son. If I had gone full-blown-hand-waving-talking-through-gritted-teeth-just-wait-till-I-can-get-you-home crazy, I might have Iet slip what was in store for him, and I wasn’t about to let that happen. No, jail would have to be a surprise. Moms raising sons alone too often find…