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From Freep.com: The wife and father of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick have asked a federal judge to quash a request to depose them in the lawsuit involving a slain stripper who was said to have danced at a long-rumored party at the mayoral Manoogian Mansion.
From Journalism.org: As a group, African Americans attracted relatively little attention in the U.S. mainstream news media during the first year of Barack Obama’s presidency — and what coverage there was tended to focus more on specific episodes than on examining how broader issues and trends affected the lives of blacks generally, according to a […]
From Associated Press CANTON, Ga. (AP) — A Cherokee County man found a hidden treasure in a painting he bought at an auction: four pounds of marijuana.
From TheRoot.com: In 1998, when President Bill Clinton was allowing Cuban artists to travel relatively easily in and out of the United States, I invited a well-known Cuban visual artist to visit my graduate class at Columbia College in Chicago. I wanted her to show the students her work and talk a little about what […]
From NBCNewYork.com: Crackpot movie director Oliver Stone is out to do for Hitler and Stalin what he’s tried to do for Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez.
Video From ESPN From ESPN.com SAN ANTONIO — Receiver Dez Bryant has done everything right on the field during the first two days of Dallas Cowboys training camp, but he refuses to participate in an NFL rite of passage.
From Centredaily.com DENVER — In response to the U.S. Department of Education’s release of the “Gainful Employment” rule, the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women (NOBEL/Women) strongly believes that the U.S. Department of Education must support the goal of increasing the number of college graduates among students rather than barring students from attaining higher […]
If there is one thing we know about our great country, it’s that people love their pets. But these pictures sure do strike of people who love their pets a bit much. Look below to view gallery: RELATED: Pit Bulls Kill And Injure Men In Memphis Man Charged With Stabbing Racist Dog
From Media Matters Bill O’Reilly falsely claimed that members of the New Black Panthers were “standing in front of a polling place and saying they want to kill white babies.” In fact, O’Reilly conflated two separate incidents: Video of a member of the New Black Panther Party suggesting the murder of babies is from a […]