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Eminem: I Was Called Misogynistic, Homophobic Because I'm White
Is Eminem back on the pills? Anderson Cooper interviewed the rapper on 60 Minutes Sunday night, and he had some interesting things to say about accusations of misogyny and homophobia that have followed him throughout his career. “I felt like I was being attacked,” he said. “I was being singled out. I felt like, ‘Is…
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Obama Uses Pocket Veto on Bill That Could Make Home Foreclosures Easier
It has mostly fallen under the radar, but President Barack Obama was looking out for homeowners last week when he decided to use a pocket veto to stop a bill that might have paved the way for more home foreclosures. Obama has only used the pocket veto — when a president refuses to sign a…
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Star Jones and La Toya Jackson Join Celebrity Apprentice
Star Jones, La Toya Jackson and former Sugar Ray band member and Extra host Mark McGrath are the first of the cast members to be announced for the newest season of Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice, which starts shooting in New York City this month. Some people might bet on former talk-show host Jones, an attorney,…
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Why This FAMU Freshman Chose an HBCU Over Harvard
By Lauren Williams When a boy enters first grade at the age of 4 and high school at the age of 12, it’s a foregone conclusion that the child will end up at a Harvard or a Stanford or a Cornell. Right? Not if the boy is Ralph Jones Jr., a 16-year-old freshman at Florida…
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Rangel and Waters Hearings to Happen After Elections
It turns out that Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), who made an impassioned plea in August not to be left “swinging in the wind until November” while awaiting his ethics hearings, will indeed be doing exactly that. The ethics trials for both Rangel, who is up for re-election, and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) have been officially…
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Bloomberg: No Food Stamps for Soda
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has long made it one of his goals to clear his city of unhealthy foods — the banning of trans fats was a notable move — and this week he asked the federal government if he could forbid the city’s food-stamp recipients from using stamps to buy soda. Some…
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'Queen of Gospel' Dies at 81
Albertina Walker, a songstress so legendary she’s known as the Queen of Gospel Music, died Friday morning at 4:30 at the age of 81. The Chicago native began her amateur career singing in her church choir at the young age of 4 and, after being urged into the music business by her mentor, Mahalia Jackson,…
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Are Black Employees and Black Bosses a Bad Mix?
An inappropriate sense of familiarity? Entitlement? Disrespect? These are all issues that plague many African Americans who manage fellow African Americans in the workplace, according to a recent article in The Atlanta Post. There are few concrete examples of this behavior given, but one anonymous nonprofit executive reportedly confided, “An African-American manager asked his black…
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Glenn Beck to Ride in on a White Horse?
Ever wonder why cable TV show host Glenn Beck gets so emotional when he talks about the Founding Fathers and the Constitution? Patriotism aside, the key to his fervor may be found in the “White Horse” prophecy of Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith Jr. Some have theorized that when Beck, who is Mormon, says the Constitution is…
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Kanye West Reportedly Snubs Oprah Winfrey
It’s not as if Kanye West hasn’t warned everyone with his actions, words and even his latest song, “Runaway,” that he’s really more interested in Kanye than in anyone else. So if it’s true that he canceled a performance on Oprah Winfrey’s show, along with the follow-up — a tell-all interview with the talk-show queen…
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