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Limbaugh's 'reparations' crowing hits a new, racist low
4:03 PM on 02/24/2010
Once in a while, the dog-whistle messages from the far-right are enough to make one's ears bleed...
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Sade fends off Lady Antebellum to rule the albums chart again
3:36 PM on 02/24/2010
It was a close match, but in the end Sade took the No. 1 spot again, selling 190,000 copies of their 'Soldier of Love'...
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NYPD officers acquitted in sodomy case
3:16 PM on 02/24/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City police officer accused of sodomizing a drug suspect in a subway station was acquitted after defense attorneys spent weeks chipping away at the credibility of the accuser...
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Entire teaching staff fired at underperforming US school
2:02 PM on 02/24/2010
VIDEO - Tthe Central Falls School Committee voted Tuesday evening to fire every educator at Central Falls High School at the end of the school year...
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Ex-sportscaster Marvell Scott pleads not guilty to rape in NYC
12:36 PM on 02/24/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - A former New York City sportscaster was indicted Tuesday on charges he raped a 14-year-old runaway working as a prostitute...
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Is 'Twilight' star Robert Pattinson a racist?
11:59 AM on 02/24/2010
Robert Pattinson, the heartthrob from the "Twilight" series, has upset a few people...
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Former White House adviser Van Jones resurfaces at Princeton
11:35 AM on 02/24/2010
Van Jones has been appointed distinguished visiting fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University...
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Senate approves jobs bill with tax breaks for new hires
11:25 AM on 02/24/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 70-28 vote sends the bill back to the House, which passed a far more costly measure in December...
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University TV show mocking blacks sparks freeze
10:35 AM on 02/24/2010
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The University of California, San Diego has halted funding for student media after a TV segment ridiculed black students outraged by a party mocking Black History Month...
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Emergency doctors leave Haiti
10:20 AM on 02/24/2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Doctors here are bracing for another onslaught of patients, as emergency workers leave the country and thousands of surgeries done after the January 12 earthquake need to be redone...
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Mo'Nique prepares for comedy tour
9:23 AM on 02/24/2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mo'Nique won the Golden Globe. She also picked up a SAG Award. And don't forgot about her most recent honor this week at the BAFTA's...
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Ariz. lawmakers want to force Obama to show birth certificate in 2012
9:08 AM on 02/24/2010
PHOENIX (AP) -- Nearly half of the Arizona Legislature wants to force President Obama to show his birth certificate to state officials if he runs for re-election...
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CBS fights '04 Jackson 'wardrobe malfunction' fine
8:39 AM on 02/24/2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - CBS argued anew Tuesday that it should not be held responsible for the half-second of nudity...
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Fire at famed Philly music company is ruled arson
8:39 AM on 02/24/2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A two-alarm fire that damaged the building where the "Sound of Philadelphia" was born has been ruled an arson...
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Tea Party leader on Obama: 'Our half white, racist president'
5:58 PM on 02/23/2010
A top Tea Party leader derided Barack Obama as "our half white, racist president" in an email to colleagues...
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Reid seeks extension of jobless aid until end of 2010
5:40 PM on 02/23/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is pressing to extend unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for the jobless through December...
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Eagles release RB Westbrook after 8 seasons
5:34 PM on 02/23/2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Brian Westbrook was released Tuesday by the Philadelphia Eagles, ending an often-dynamic eight-year run that was marred by various injuries...
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Afro-centric brides on parade
5:16 PM on 02/23/2010
From The Local - Brooklyn, NY - The ceremony started with a bang as the drum processional proceeded down St. James Place, onto Lafayette Avenue and through the doors of the church...
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Rep. Clyburn denounces Rep. King for IRS attack excuses
4:32 PM on 02/23/2010
James Clyburn took to the House floor on Tuesday to denounce a fellow member of Congress for making excuses for the terrorist attack on the IRS building in Texas...
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Legendary Gamble and Huff studio spared in office fire
3:45 PM on 02/23/2010
The studio, where Patti LaBelle, Teddy Pendergrass, and other stars once recorded their hits, was undamaged despite having walls covered in the original orange shag carpet..
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