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Help a Mommy Out
If you were worried about the California mother of 14, Nadya Suleman, making ends meet, worry no more. Suleman has launched her own website where her “fans” can make donations and leave comments for her and the octuplets. This was a good move on her part for a number of reasons. First, she doesn’t have…
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If You Knew Suze Like We Know Suze
“Tell me what I need to know,” people often say to me. “Here is what you need to know,” I answer. —Suze Orman, The Road to Wealth How a bottle-blond former waitress and self-described “55-year-old virgin” with a taste for the good life became the financial messiah for millions of Americans might be a fun…
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The Michelle Vogue
It was only a matter of time before the hottest chick in the game, the fist-bumping First Lady, Our Belle Michelle hit the cover of Vogue. It’s no secret that The Buzz is totally sprung on Michelle. Our hearts go pitter-patter which each report of her out and about in our town: Taking the girls…
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe Swears in His Rival
Morgan Tsvangirai, opposition leader in Zimbabwe, was sworn in as prime minister by his nemesis, President Robert Mugabe, on Wednesday. The new prime minister, who in June ran against Mugabe for president, leads the opposition Movement for Democratic Change. Will Zimbabwe’s democratic tide ever take over? Mugabe, who has been quoted as saying “Zimbabwe is mine,”…
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Breezy's Latest Beef
The New York Post is reporting that Chris Brown is a marked man since his alleged assault of the pop princess Rihanna. “He messed with the wrong crew,” a source told the gossip mags. Meanwhile, Brown’s reportedly abusive stepfather told Access Hollywood he wasn’t suprised at the charges. He also lectured about “taking responsibility” for…
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Real Housewives, Real Struggles
Like many people, The Buzz has been prowling the internet, searching for the latest update on the Chris Brown/Rihanna domestic violence incident. Is RiRi okay? How could Chris Brown do this? These questions still haven’t been answered by law enforcement officials or “close, unknown sources.” While more details about the incident are slowly rolling in,…
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Pakistan is Closer Than You Think
Now that the inaugural celebrations are over, we’ve moved into that difficult phase of the presidency called governing. To say that President Barack Obama faces unprecedented challenges is practically an understatement. At the very least, he faces greater challenges than any president since Franklin D. Roosevelt. On the international front alone, he must grapple with…
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Boom, Bust, Repeat
We heard barking as we approached the four-bedroom bungalow on a tidy suburban cul-de-sac near West Palm Beach. A 30-ish white man with sandy brown hair opened the door. “Is there a dog?” my mom asked with her Caribbean lilt. He caged the dog. We stepped inside, and my mother delivered the grim news: She…
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The Twain Shall Meet
Building bridges between cultures to promote greater understanding is an age-old dream that too often suffers from clumsy execution, resulting in the exact opposite effect. But recently, the revolutionary German artist Carsten Höller got it right. A big name on the international art scene who exhibits at the Tate Modern in London and the Guggenheim…
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The NAACP at 100 — A Photo Retrospective
Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” Joel Elias Spingarn, one of the NAACP’s founders and second president. Spingarn was also one of the organization’s first Jewish members. Lawyer, NAACP litigation director and former Dean of Howard University Law School Charles Hamilton…