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Zimmerman Choked Girlfriend a Week Before Pulling Gun, Threatened Suicide, She Says
George Zimmerman’s girlfriend said that he choked her a week before she called police screaming that he had pointed a gun at her “fricking face,” a prosecutor told a judge on Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. The one-time neighborhood watchman became infamous when he was acquitted in the killing of Trayvon Martin, 17, earlier this…
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A Fallen Black Girl: Remembering Latasha Harlins
Latasha Harlins would not live long enough to witness the birth of Twitter or the era of the hashtag. Yet it’s difficult not to summon her name—or her story—amid hashtag memorials for another dead black girl, 19-year-old Renisha McBride, who was shot in the face earlier this month after knocking on a door in suburban…
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White Wedding, Black Servers: Bad Optics?
“I’m writing to ask your advice about my upcoming wedding. We have asked our favorite jerk-chicken takeout restaurant, run by an immigrant Jamaican family, to cater a BBQ picnic for our wedding. Their food is fantastic, and we feel good about this. “However, we (the couple) are two half-Jewish white women, and the optics (h/t Ralph…
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Why I Decided to Do a Reality-TV Show
Monday morning, entertainment trade magazine the Hollywood Reporter broke the news of an upcoming reality show, Blood, Sweat & Heels, which will debut on Bravo on Jan. 5. Since taping began in the spring, I’d been biting my tongue for months, alternately excited to reveal the news to my readers and, to be honest, afraid…
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Prison Guard Impregnated by Cop Killer Loses Custody of Baby
A family court judge ruled that a 29-year-old federal correctional officer, who intentionally got pregnant with a death row inmate’s baby, repeatedly put the baby in “imminent danger,” the New York Daily News reports. Nancy Gonzalez, 29, lost custody of her 7-month-old baby boy, Justus, after a judge found that she went on an “alcohol…
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Ohio Wal-Mart Hosts Thanksgiving Food Drive for Employees
An Ohio Wal-Mart is asking Wal-Mart employees for donations to help people in need of food this Thanksgiving. Those in need: Wal-Mart employees. In a photo that is being distributed on the Internet by “OUR Walmart,” a labor group that is pushing for Wal-Mart to increase wages and allow employees to unionize, shows several large…
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Man Pretends to Work for Nick Cannon, Steals Jewelry
A man pretending to be an employee of entertainer Nick Cannon just made the heist of the year by stealing thousands of dollars worth of jewelry. According to Hollyscoop, which released the video below, a man who gave the name “Michael” called the Fred Segal store in Santa Monica requesting the jewelry under Cannon’s name,…
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University of Texas Student Group Organizes 'Catch an Illegal Immigrant' Event
The Young Conservatives of Texas, University of Texas chapter, set the Internet ablaze Monday when it was revealed that they were planning a “Catch an Illegal Immigrant” event. According to the Houston Chronicle, the game was set up to be played with five volunteers spread out wearing tags that read “illegal immigrant.” Then if a…
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Officer Shoots at Van Filled With 5 Kids
On Oct. 28, a family of six from Tennessee was traveling near Taos, N.M., when the driver was pulled over by a state trooper for speeding. There was an argument. The driver—the mother of the five children inside, ages 6-18—attempted to leave and was pulled over again. Her 14-year-old son left the minivan and confronted…
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Mother Believes Police Beat Her Handcuffed Teenage Son
The mother of a 14-year-old Pennsylvania boy caught shoplifting believes the police brutally beat her son, causing several cuts, bruises and a broken nose, NBC10 Philadelphia reports. Marissa Sargeant told the news station that her son was arrested for snagging goods at a local Wal-Mart. She claims that once her son was handcuffed, the teen was beaten…