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Olive Garden Donates Money to Comedian's Charity After Waitress Refuses to Serve Him Because He's Black
What’s a black man to do when he can’t even get endless breadsticks and salad because a waitress refuses to serve him? Comedian Ricky Smith took those complaints to social media, and the world and Olive Garden listened. Smith said Tuesday that he tried to have a meal at an Olive Garden in Ohio, but the…
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Ronald Gasser, Man Arrested in Death of Joe McKnight, Released From Custody
Ronald Gasser, the man authorities say shot and killed former NFL player Joe McKnight outside New Orleans, was released from custody overnight without being charged, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, NOLA.com reports. McKnight was shot and killed Thursday at the intersection of Behrman Highway and Holmes Boulevard in the New Orleans suburb of Terrytown,…
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#ThanksObama: Unemployment Rate Falls to 9-Year Low
The U.S. unemployment rate is the lowest it has been in almost a decade, according to the newest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (pdf). According to the report, the unemployment rate declined to 4.6 percent in November, and payroll employment increased by 178,000. It’s been seven years since the recession officially ended,…
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Drug Kingpin Marlon Jones Added to FBI's 10 Most Wanted List
A new fugitive has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Marlon Jones, a Jamaican national, is wanted for the killings of four people at a Los Angeles birthday party Oct. 15. Officials say Jones is “armed and dangerous” and is a member of the East Coast Jamaican gang, according to CNN. “The crimes…
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Obama Administration Supports Registering Women for Military Draft
President Barack Obama is supporting an effort to require women to register for Selective Service when they turn 18, like men, according to ABC News. “As old barriers for military service are being removed, the administration supports—as a logical next step—women registering for the Selective Service,” Ned Price, a spokesman for Obama’s National Security Council,…
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Mike Pence's New DC Neighbors Raise LGBTQ Pride Flags in Protest
Vice President-elect Mike Pence’s Washington, D.C., neighbors want him to realize they don’t tolerate hate directed toward the LGBTQ community. And they’ve raised gay-pride flags all throughout the neighborhood to put him on notice. Pence’s anti-LGBTQ track record includes signing an Indiana law that would allow businesses to turn away gay and lesbian customers to…
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Woman Attacked at Kroger Grocery Store After Asking How to Make Pumpkin Pie
A Mississippi woman says people stood around and did nothing at a Kroger grocery store when a man attacked her after she asked him how to make pumpkin pie. Nia Jones was at a Southhaven, Miss., Kroger shopping for Thanksgiving supplies, and while she was in the baking aisle, she figured she’d ask the stranger…
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City of Flint Joins State of Mich. in Fight Against Mandatory Water Delivery
The city of Flint has joined the state of Michigan in the fight against a federal court order requiring door-to-door delivery of bottled water to residents. Lawyers for the city filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals on Tuesday saying the preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson is “overbroad,”…
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Duke Fan Holds Sign Mocking Flint, Mich., Water Crisis at Basketball Game Against MSU
Sports fans are notorious for making signs to mock their opponents during games, but a Duke fan took the tradition too far Tuesday night. The Blue Devils hosted the Michigan State Spartans in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C., and a student sitting in the Cameron Crazies student section…
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Doctor Who Made Racist Comments About Michelle Obama to Lose Nonpaid Faculty Appointment
The University of Colorado’s School of Medicine is cutting ties with a faculty member who made a racist remark about first lady Michelle Obama on Facebook. Dr. Michelle Herren, who works at Denver Health Medical Center, holds a nonpaid faculty appointment at the CU School of Medicine and a medical-staff appointment at Children’s Hospital, where…