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Cory Booker Formally Joins New Jersey Senate Race
The Associated Press is reporting that popular Newark Mayor Cory Booker formally declared his candidacy for the U.S. Senate on Saturday, saying, “We need someone in the United States Senate who’s actually had to work on difficult problems, who’s had to find people jobs.” He is hoping to fill the seat of U.S. Sen. Frank…
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Nashville Father of 22 Sued for Child Support
A Nashville, Tenn., man who has 22 children by 14 women has landed in hot water after failing to pay child support. He is being sued in what may be one of the city’s costliest child-support cases, according to the Huffington Post, which cites a report by CBS affiliate WTVF. In an interview outside court,…
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911 Operator Fired for Alleged Racist Facebook Posts
The Huffington Post is reporting that a 911 operator in Texas has been fired after allegedly making a series of racist remarks on her Facebook page. In Facebook posts that only her friends could see, 911 operator April Sims, 23, apparently compared black people to “animals” and said she could “count on one hand” those…
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Serena Defeats Sharapova to Win French Open
Serena Williams has handily defeated Maria Sharapova to secure her second French Open title, 11 years to the day after she beat her older sister, Venus, to win her first in 2002, USA Today reports. Top-seeded Williams beat No. 2 Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4 to secure her second French Open title, 11 years to the…
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Jesse Jackson Jr.: 4 Years in Prison?
The Associated Press is reporting that prosecutors have recommended to a judge that former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. serve four years in prison, following his guilty plea earlier this year on criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items. The government suggested an 18-month sentence…
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A Festival for Foodies and Music Lovers
(The Root) — Corn. That’s one of my earliest and fondest memories of the Taste of Chicago, where you can buy big, juicy corn on cob on a stick and douse it with lemon pepper or any flavoring of your choice. You see, it reminds me of spending summers at my grandparents’ house in the…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Highest-Paid Athlete
Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. was named the highest-paid U.S. athlete for the second year in a row, and Nike does not endorse him; nor does he own a clothing line, ABC reports. Mayweather, 36, was paid $90 million in the last year, none of it coming from endorsements, according to Sports Illustrated. “I earn…
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Michelle Obama Has Retired Her Bangs
First lady Michelle Obama just keeps us guessing with her indelible fashion sense. New York magazine duly notes that on Friday she sported a new look for her commencement address at Bowie State University in College Park, Md.: side-swept bangs. Gone are the blunt midlife crisis bangs she debuted in February, leaving behind only a…
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Watch This: President Obama Delivers Morehouse Commencement Address
Barack Obama arrived in Atlanta on a rainy Sunday to be with a friendlier crowd, after a rough week in Washington, to become the first sitting president to deliver the commencement address at Morehouse College, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The president was scheduled to later attend a fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee at…
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Farrakhan to Detroit: Investment Needed in City
The Associated Press is reporting that Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan on Friday encouraged Detroit’s religious leaders and residents to join him in an effort to buy dilapidated and neglected properties and take other steps to help revitalize the beleaguered city. The fiery orator offered few specifics in a speech to the Detroit City…
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