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President Obama and leaders of the Senate say they’ve cut a deal to head off a historic American default. “Leaders from both parties have come together for the sake of our economy to reach a historic, bipartisan compromise that ends this dangerous standoff,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on the Senate floor Sunday […]

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Controversial shock-jock Rush Limbaugh recently said that helping President Obama on anything “hurts the country.” The quote by Limbaugh came in response to a comment made by a Washington Post columnist, Colbert King. “So for Colbert king to say, ‘Rush Limbaugh, his biggest concern was Republicans should do nothing to help Obama.’ Damn right. Damn […]

Mary J Blige, Kimora Lee, Jennifer Hudson, Taraji P. Henson, Angela and Vanessa Simmons were in attendance for Russell Simmons’ 12th Annual Art for Life Benefit held at Russell’s home in the Hamptons. Jennifer Hudson hit the stage for the non-profit effort to raise money! Jennifer Hudson In The UK: “I’m Proof That Dreams Come […]

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The remnants of an entire black community pushed out by the creation of Central Park in the 1850s are being given new life thanks to a team of anthropologists and historians who have been busy digging up the items for the past eight weeks. Settled in the 1820s, Seneca Village was a mostly black community […]

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A CBS news station is under fire after it misquoted a 4-year-old boy making him purposely sound violent on the air. In the video, the child tells a reporter from WBBM that the shootings don’t scare him and that, when he grows up, “I’m going to have me a gun.” The comment made it seem […]

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The George Clinton concert wasn’t the only funky thing going on this Saturday in Cleveland. An unidentified person fired numerous shots nearby a Clinton concert in Cleveland on Sunday, police said. Police spokesman Sergeant Sammy Morris confirmed that a 16-year-old shot in the head Saturday night died early Sunday at a hospital. Read more here […]

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Just when you thought it was safe to be an American citizen, the politics of Washington threatens to give everyone a bad credit rating/high interest rates ( Shouldn’t Americans have the right to mess-up our own credit rating?).  On this episode of “After Thoughts”, Dennis Kucinich delivers his plan for debt reduction and,  for those wondering why President […]