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High School Wrestler Brings Crowd to Tears in Classy Move After Loss
A Minnesota high school wrestler showed the crowd the true meaning of a champion after a tough loss in the state championship match, news station KARE 11 reports. After losing the title to Mitchell McKee, Malik Stewart went over and embraced McKee’s father, Steve, who is battling terminal cancer. “I got a little teary because…
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Dick Cheney: ‘No Question’ Vladimir Putin Thinks President Obama Is Weak
Former Vice President Dick Cheney believes that President Obama shouldn’t take military options off the table in response to Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. And the former VP also thinks that there is “no question” that President Vladimir Putin believes President Barack Obama is weak, Yahoo News reports. “I worry when we begin to address the…
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3 Students Suspended for Posting Racist Tweets After Basketball Loss
Some New York high school students who couldn’t handle a tough semifinal basketball loss took to Twitter to send racially insensitive tweets at the opposing school, leading to the suspension of three students and possibly several more. According to CBS New York, on Thursday, Mahopac High School lost 43-40 to top-seeded Mount Vernon, which is…
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Man Gets 4 Years for Jet Ski Accident That Killed Usher’s Stepson
A Georgia jury has found the man who fatally wounded pop singer Usher’s 11-year-old stepson in a 2012 Jet Ski collision guilty and sentenced him to four years in prison, Rolling Stone reports. Jeffrey Simon Hubbard, 40, was found guilty of homicide by vessel as a result of the 2012 water incident that took the…
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Isaiah Washington to Guest Star on Grey’s Anatomy
Isaiah Washington, who was fired from ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy in 2007 for calling cast member T.R. Knight an anti-gay epithet, is throwing on the scrubs once again for a guest appearance on the show in May. According to the Associated Press, Washington’s return as Dr. Preston Burke coincides with the announced departure of series star…
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Melissa Harris-Perry Shows Her Natural Hair Sans Braids and Her New Baby
Melissa Harris-Perry, the MSNBC host who recently chronicled on the news channel’s website her fertility issues and the difficulty she and her husband had in choosing to go the surrogate route, is now sharing another side of herself with viewers: her natural hair. Harris-Perry, the host of the Melissa Harris-Perry show (MHP for those in…
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Running Back Ray Rice and Fiancee to Attend Couples Seminar
Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice and his fiancee, who were involved in a brutal domestic dispute at a casino in Atlantic City, N.J., that ended with Rice allegedly knocking his bride-to-be unconscious, are attending a couples’ seminar, coach John Harbaugh told reporters Wednesday. According to ESPN, Harbaugh told reporters that Rice is “doing everything…
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Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Sisters File Lawsuit Against Christie’s
The sister of famed graffiti artist turned art icon Jean-Michel Basquiat are claiming that art works currently listed at Christie’s auction house are phonies, and they have filed a $1 million false endorsement and false advertising lawsuit, the New York Daily News reports. Jeanine Basquiat Heriveaux and Lisan Basquiat claim that the famed auction house,…
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Latino Leader Calls Obama ‘Deporter in Chief’
A Latino activist called President Barack Obama the “deporter in chief,” denouncing the administration’s deportation of nearly 2 million immigrants, the Associated Press reports. Janet Murguia, who heads the National Council of La Raza, didn’t just direct her anger over the deportations at the president. She also voiced her displeasure with House Republicans for stalling…
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‘Spoiled’ Teen Denied $650 a Week in Child Support
A New Jersey teen who took her parents to court seeking child support after being tossed out of their Lincoln Park home has been shut down after a judge ruled against her, saying the high school cheerleader was “spoiled,” the New York Daily News reports. On Tuesday, Morristown Superior Court Judge Peter Bogaard ruled against…