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  • VIDEO: Howard University Students Demand Better Treatment

    The sound quality is a bit shoddy, but this is footage from the scene.

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  • The Confab — Sept. 4, 2009

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  • Hope He Had Insurance: Dude Has Finger Bitten Off at Health Care Rally

    A California man is minus a finger after a scrap at a health care rally. From NewsOne: An estimated 100 supporters of healthcare reform affiliated with MoveOn.org had gathered as part of a nationwide array of pre-Labor Day rallies to attract attention in support of Obama’s reform plans currently before Congress. Instead, the rally attracted…

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  • Finally: Michael Jackson Interred at Forest Lawn

    It’s been ten weeks since Michael Jackson passed away in California, and on Thursday evening, the King of Pop found his final resting place at Forest Lawn cemetery. From CNN: Thursday’s service began 90 minutes past the announced start time, leaving dozens of celebrities — including Elizabeth Taylor — waiting in their seats for the…

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  • Fly Like an Eagle: Vick Eligible to Play Week 3

    After a meeting in New Jersey with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, it was decided Michael Vick would be eligible to take part in professional American football contests as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles. From ESPN: The Eagles play the New York Jets in their final preseason game Thursday night at the Meadowlands. Eagles coach…

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  • VIDEO: Football Player Tackles Gun-Wielding Girl, Saves Students

    From NewsOne: YAZOO CITY, Miss. – Authorities say a high school football player in Mississippi tackled a girl who pulled out a gun on a school bus and took the weapon away from her. Sheriff Tommy Vaughan says the 14-year-old girl pulled a semiautomatic handgun out of her flower-print bag after boarding the bus Tuesday…

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  • Spelman Student Killed by Stray Bullet

    A sad day for Spelman. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A Spelman College student was shot and killed early Thursday on the campus of nearby Clark Atlanta University. The shooting happened about 12:30 a.m. in the 200 block of James P. Brawley Drive, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office. The victim, Jasmine Lynn, of…

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  • Ex-Inmate Attempts to Break Into Jail, Fails

    A gem from the AP: Barbed Wire – 1; Sylvester Jiles – 0 The Florida man, who recently copped a plea deal in a manslaughter case, suffered severe cuts trying to scale the 12-foot fence at Brevard County Detention Center on Monday. Why? Because he feared revenge from family members of his victim. He expressed…

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  • Whitney Houston: Call It a Comeback

    In 1985, Whitney Houston made her MTV-ready debut, the latest product spit-shined to perfection by legendary hitmaker Clive Davis. Back then, it was hard to match the glamour quotient—and she made for great copy: She was polished, pristine, the scion of entertainment royalty, possessing a squeaky-clean rep and cover-girl looks. Dubbed “The Voice,” her vocals…

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  • So, About Dr. Roxanne Shante…

    From Ben Sheffner at SLATE: It was the feel-good story of the summer. According to the New York Daily News, Roxanne Shanté, a 1980s female hip-hop pioneer famous for the 1984 underground hit “Roxanne’s Revenge,” had finally gotten her own revenge on Warner Music, the record label she accused of “cheating with the contracts, stealing…

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