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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Texas Rep. Ron Paul, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum waged a tense, three-way struggle for supremacy in Iowa’s Republican presidential caucuses Tuesday night, opening the campaign to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama. SEE ALSO: Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work Returns from slightly […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Check-ups during pregnancy tend to focus around the waist. But there’s growing debate about which mothers-to-be should have a gland in their neck tested, too. SEE ALSO: Ron Paul’s Fundamentalist Christian Roots Numerous studies since 1999 have found that an underactive thyroid can raise a woman’s risk of miscarriage, premature birth, or […]

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Over the last few weeks American Muslims have been in the news a lot. It started with controversy over the TV show All American Muslim. Then it continued after Muslims boycotted Lowe’s hardware stores for pulling ads during the show due to outside pressure. Not long after Muslim community leaders in New York boycotted Mayor Bloomberg’s […]

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For those of you who have grown tired of Chris Brown, you’ll be please to hear that he’s not giving any interviews in 2012, the Huffington Post reports. SEE ALSO: What To Watch On TV This Winter Breakups Of 2011 At least that is what his manager is saying. Breezy’s manager Tina Davis said he […]

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WASHINGTON  — Inserting his voice into a big night for Republicans, President Barack Obama was appealing to Iowa Democrats during the first balloting in the GOP presidential campaign, seeking to counter months of withering criticism in the state that launched his presidential ambitions four years ago. SEE ALSO: Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work Obama […]

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NEW YORK-Robert L. Carter, a federal judge who helped form the case against segregation in the historic Brown Vs. Board Of Education Supreme Court trial has died at age 94 after complications from a stroke. Carter was part of Thurgood Marshall’s NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund as a lawyer and helped win the historic […]

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The circus surrounding dueling couple Deion Sanders and his soon-to-be ex-wife, Pilar, is spinning out of control.  In the latest development, Pilar’s lawyer, Larry Friedman, gave an interview to ABCNews Monday night and Sanders’ daughter vented on Twitter: SEE ALSO: What To Watch On TV This Winter She is heartbroken about the current situation, and […]

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DES MOINES, Iowa– Don’t expect Herman Cain to endorse any of the Republican presidential candidates before Tuesday’s Iowa caucuses. SEE ALSO: Breakups Of 2011 Cain’s campaign manager, Mark Block, tells The Associated Press that Cain hasn’t seen in any of the GOP candidates the commitment and resolve to make bold changes to put the country […]

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A video has been circulating of police officers in Utica, New York allegedly planting evidence in an African American couple’s car. Utica police have denied that police were planting evidence in the car and claim that another part of the video shows the officer taking a bag from the man. WKTV reports: “Obviously it’s a […]

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DES MOINES – The Democrats in Iowa are having a caucus on Tuesday night, but of course President Obama is unopposed. In the hotly-contested GOP race, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is the favorite, but former senator Rick Santorum and Rep. Ron Paul are close in most polls. SEE ALSO: Santorum Will Win Iowa: Here’s […]

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Each year, new laws impact every aspect of our lives.  Of the more than 200 new laws that went into effect January 1, NewsOne spotlights the more controversial, questionable and bizarre legislation of 2012. SEE ALSO: Where Are The Good Roles For Black Actresses? California If you are a teacher in California, you will now […]

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Some African dictators maintain power by force. Others by benevolent rule. SEE ALSO: Ron Paul’s Fundamentalist Christian Roots King Mswati III, on the other hand, holds on to power with Coca-Cola, Newser reports. The King, who has 13 wives and a personal fortune of $100 million, is accused of suppressing democracy and using the nation’s […]