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With Hollywood for years being a haven for the long-haired blond and brunette, it’s hard to be a sex symbol…

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We’re only human and equally subject to the chronic brainwashing that inevitably instills varying degrees of bigotry. Racism, sexism, homophobia,…

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Times are hard especially financially, however, my girlfriend does not seem to realize the whole world is undergoing something called…

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I remember exactly where I was that night that history was made. I was fast asleep in my bed and…

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It was proven best in the fashionable documentary The September Issue, that Fall is the New Year’s of fashion. Fashion…

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I vividly remember the day I got my first relaxer. I was 7 years old, and there I sat in…

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Brilliance is defined as: having or showing great intelligence, talent, and quality. Well, if you’ve ever had the privilege of watching…

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Once upon a time (i.e. this past spring), Spike Lee put Tyler Perry on blast:

“Each artist should be allowed to…

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I remember way back when… Reminisce with me. Life was less complicated for a youngster. My Huffy Bike was valet’d in the driveway, Saturday morning cartoons were in heavy rotation, Puma wasn’t just an animal at the zoo…

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Who can take out a housemaid with a single Smackberry? Who can rock community service hours in New York City’s…

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Who sold this idea to women that it is the sole responsibility of a man to always have condoms at…

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It seems like every week a new skin care cream hits the shelf. Products for frown lines, laugh lines, crows…

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Talent aside (ahem), there have been very few celebrities who warrant as much media coverage as Robyn Rihanna Fenty. Sure,…

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You can kill the revolutionary, but you can’t kill the revolution. – Fred Hampton, Nov. 3, 1969

This week I came across…

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The conflict in the Congo is a much overlooked atrocity that is claiming the lives of hundreds of thousands of…

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I remember when I was in high school. When it came to fitting in with all the different peer groups…

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Have you ever come across a group of juveniles whose fundraising practices consist of canvassing commercial hubs, or expressway entry…

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So you spent a lot of the governments change (not the free kind) getting your education, you haven’t gotten into…

Notebook

December 30, 2007

Obama: My wife says ‘now or never’

Barack Obama told an Iowa audience Friday that his wife Michelle thinks he should not run for president again if…

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December 27, 2007

Raz B Issues Public Apology to Chris Stokes

A day after former B2K manager Chris Stokes vehemently denied allegations that he sexually molested former members of the boy…

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November 29, 2007

GOP Presidential Candidates Defend ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Republican candidates for the 2008 presidential nomination expressed support this evening for the federal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law which…

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November 28, 2007

Black Ministers Back Clinton In S.C.

(CBS/AP) Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton picked up endorsements from dozens of black ministers Tuesday in South Carolina, an early…

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November 27, 2007

Was Obama’s answer about drug use too honest?

By Carol Costello WASHINGTON (CNN) — Does a good role model talk about using illegal drugs? Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama…

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November 26, 2007

Obama Open to Limited Legalization of Marijuana

AUDUBON, IA – Obama can’t seem to escape the smoke of his youthful indiscretions wafting after him on the campaign…

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November 21, 2007

Obama unveils $18B education plan

By Martha T. Moore, USA TODAY Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama laid out a plan Tuesday to spend $18 billion on…

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November 11, 2007

Bill Clinton: Blame Me For Health Care

(AP) Former President Clinton said Thursday that he is to blame for his administration’s failed health care plan, not his…

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November 9, 2007

Barack Obama Sees Opening to Overtake Clinton in Iowa, ‘Statistically Tied’ in New Poll

With recent polling showing the Democratic presidential candidate catching up to the frontrunner in the early-voting state, Obama is pressing…

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November 7, 2007

Obama’s Red State Appeal

By JAY NEWTON-SMALL/OMAHADave Filipi, a 48-year-old family doctor, made his way to the back room of McKenna’s Blues Bar near…

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November 1, 2007

US presidential candidate insists he saw UFO

By Alex Spillius in Philadelphia When you are a minor candidate in a presidential debate with the likes of Hillary Clinton…

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October 31, 2007

Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate, Front-Runner Clinton Under Pressure

Seven Democratic candidates for U.S. president are debating in the historic city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where front-runner Senator Hillary Clinton…

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Notebook Section: Official Presidential Election Coverage

We are happy to announce that we will be covering the 2008 Presidential Election in our new series, “Our Coverage“. In…

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October 22, 2007

Obama Campaign Closes the Fundraising Gap

From NBC/NJ’s Aswini Anburajan Obama might not be beating the competition in the national polls, but he can at least keep’em…

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Republicans attack each other & Hillary at FOX debate

ORLANDO, Fla. — Sharp words and cutting attacks were flying between presidential wanna-bes – and at Hillary Clinton – during Sunday…

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