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Gilbert Arenas and Sarah Palin

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 01.06.2010 | Sports

Read More: Al Sharpton, Plaxico Burress, Mike Leach, Washington Wizards, Adam James, David Stern, Gilbert Arenas, Jim Caldwell, Sarah Palin, Sports News
Roger I. Abrams

Sarah Palin should come to the Nation's Capital and speak out in support of Arenas' right to tote. She could sell some books at the same time and it would be wonderful theater.

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Percy Sutton Funeral: Sharpton, Jackson Honor Civil Rights Figure

AP | MARCUS FRANKLIN | Posted 01.06.2010 | New York

Read More: Harlem, Percy Sutton Death, Percy Sutton Funeral, Percy Sutton, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights, New York, New York City, New York News

NEW YORK — Through his civic activism, business ventures and legal work, Percy Sutton touched many people's lives. Thousands of them filled Riv...

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Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 01.06.2010 | New York

Read More: Ira Casson, Plaxico Burress, Al Sharpton, Nfl, Orange Bowl, Mike Shanahan, Concussions, Baseball Hall of Fame, Nfl Brain Concussion, Washington Redskins, Randy Johnson, New York News
Len Berman

Dr. Ira Casson told a House committee that there still isn't enough scientific evidence to prove that repeated head injuries result in long term brain damage. Is this guy kidding?

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Dominique Sharpton, Kathy Sharpton Resisted Arrest, Cursed At Officers: Police

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Rev. Al Sharpton, Traffic Stop, Al Sharpton, Harlem, Dominique Sharpton, New York, Resisiting Arrest, Kathy Sharpton, New York News

NEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton's daughter told a police officer in a profanity-laden rant that she cut him off in traffic because she was in a ...

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Why 'Obama Fried Chicken' Sign Was Blurred In Clipse 'Popular Demand' Music Video

Politics Daily | David Sessions | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Mtv, Al Sharpton, Music Video, Brooklyn, Sharpton, Clipse, Youtube, Obama, Brownsville, Obama Fried Chicken, Fried Chicken, Obama Fried Chicken Sign Erased, Race, Obama Fried Chicken Sign Blurred, Politics News

A restaurant in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brownsville that re-named itself "Obama Fried Chicken" in March is back in the spotlight after it appeare...

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Contessa Brewer Calls Jesse Jackson Al Sharpton (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Contessa Brewer Jesse Jackson, Contessa Brewer, Media News

MSNBC's Contessa Brewer had an embarrassing slip-up Wednesday afternoon when she introduced Jesse Jackson by calling him Al Sharpton. "Joining me now...

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Megan Williams Of West Virginia Recants Allegations In Torture Case

AP | TOM BREEN and MATT LEINGANG | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Sharpton, Frankie Brewster, West Virginia Victim, Columbus Ohio Rape, Bobby Brewster, West Virginia Rape, Recant, Lie Victim, Naacp, Megan Williams, Logan County, Politics News

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An attorney for a black woman who claimed torture by a white group in West Virginia says his client fabricated the story to get...

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Congressman Chaka Fattah Talks Education

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Philadelphia, House-Education-and-Labor-Committee, New America Foundation, Al Sharpton, Arne Duncan, Higher Education Act of 1965, College, Shoemaker Campus, GEAR UP, Public Education, Mastery Charter School, Newt Gingrich, House Democrats, Representative Chaka Fattah, Politics News
Kathleen Wells, J.D.

"There are people who say that money doesn't really matter in public eduction. If it really doesn't matter, then we should equalize the expenditures. If it does matter, we should equalize the expenditures."

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Rush Limbaugh Reveals His St. Louis Rams Uniform Design

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Sports, Racists, Al Sharpton, St. Louis Rams, National Football League, Rush Limbaugh, Satire, Rush Limbaugh St Louis Rams, Racism, Jesse Jackson, Donovan McNabb, Political Satire, Nfl, Humor and Satire, Media News
Matthew Filipowicz

As you have most likely heard, the head of the Republican party, Rush Limbaugh, is attempting to purchase the St. Louis Rams NFL franchise. Needles...

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Rush Limbaugh's NFL Bid For Rams Attacked By Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson

AP | R.B. FALLSTROM, AP Sports Writer | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Al Sharpton, St. Louis, Rush Limbaugh, NFL Players Union, Jesse Jackson, Players Association, Nfl, Email, DeMaurice Smith, Rams, Footbal, Sports, Limbaugh, St Louis, Mcnabb, Media News

ST. LOUIS (AP)--The Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson attacked the bid by Rush Limbaugh to buy the St. Louis Rams on Monday, saying the conservative...

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Obama Can't Talk About Race Even If He Wants To

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conservatives, Mccain, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Presdident Obama, Racism, Gop, White Supremacy, Race, Fox, Palin, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The bitter truth is that President Obama can't talk about race even if he wants to. This has absolutely nothing to do with his mixed racial upbringing, or his straddling of many worlds. It has everything to do with politics

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Enough With The Apologies! When Mea Culpa Just Doesn't Cut It

Nelson Montana | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Bill Clinton, Al Sharpton, Van Jones, Serena Williams, Kanye West, Joe Wilson, Living News
Nelson Montana

There is nothing in life more meaningless than an apology, yet it's become a panacea for just about any behavior, no matter how inappropriate, how vile, classless or sickening. It's down right fashionable!

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Spike Lee-Sponsored Michael Jackson Birthday Party Expecting Big Crowd In Prospect Park

AP | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Michael Jackson, Free Party, Michael Jackson Day, New York, Spike Lee, Fort Greene, Al Sharpton, Brooklyn, Spike Lee Michael Jackson, Dj Spinna, Prospect Park, Marty Markowitz, New York News

NEW YORK — Director Spike Lee's Brooklyn public celebration of Michael Jackson's birthday has been moved amid predictions of a big crowd. The f...

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Yusuf Hawkins Anniversary: Vigil Marks 20 Years Since Murder

AP | SUZANNE MA | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Murder, Yusuf Hawkins, Racism, Al Sharpton, Yusuf Hawkins Anniversary, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York News

NEW YORK — In 1989, after a white mob attacked and killed a black teenager in Brooklyn, the Rev. Al Sharpton led black demonstrators down street...

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The Gates Affair: Why We Care

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Troy Davis, Ruben Blades, Al Sharpton, Capital Punishment, Iowa Primaries, James Baldwin, D.C. Statehood, Gitmo, Pablo Escobar, Police Brutality, Liberation Theology, James Crowley, L.A. Riots, Botero, Mount Pleasant STreet Riot, Elijah Mohammed, Civil Rights, Rodney King, Sharon Pratt Dixon, Criminal Just Us System, War on Crime, Vietnam War, Illegal Immigrants, 4th Amendment, Malcolm X, Abu-Ghraib, Pennymac, Louis Farrakhan, The Greaseman, Gentrification, Langston Hughes, Blogosphere, Pedro Navaja, Bill Clinton, Einstein, Colin Powell, Inverse Surveillance, Colombia Road, Adams Morgan, Condoleeza Rice, Jesse Jackson, Driving While Black, Racial Profiling, Barack Obama, Mayor Bradley, Jim Crow, Marion Barry, 2nd Amendment, Martin Luther King, Park Road, Vicente Fernandez, Cambridge Police Department, Skip Gates, Lapd, War on Drugs, Pancho Villa, LosTigres Del Norte, Wpfw, Mariachis, Politics News
Daniel Bruno Sanz

Inheritance is White, poor credit scores, Black. A missing woman is White and a fugitive on the loose is Black.

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The Case of Henry Gates

Hermene Hartman | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Skip Gates, Al Sharpton, Obama Gates, Amadou Diallo, Racism, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rosa Parks, Henry Louis Gates Arrested, Henry Louis Gates, Cambridge, Politics News
Hermene Hartman

What happened to Gates is a daily occurrence in American ghettos. Police officers sometimes unfairly stop black men while driving their cars. It's called a "DWB" incident: driving while black. .

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Colin Powell Endorses NYC Mayor Bloomberg's Re-Election Bid

AP | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, Colin Powell, Powell Endorses Bloomberg, New York City, New York, New York City Mayor, Mayor Bloomberg, Al Sharpton, Democrat William Thompson Jr, Larry King LIve, Politics News

NEW YORK — Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has endorsed New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's re-election bid. Powell offered the...

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Race in America: Comments on the Arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Martha St Jean | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Henry Louis Gates Arrest, Harvard, Al Sharpton, Henry Louis Gates Jr. Arrested, Black Scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr, Breaking Politics News, The Root, Henry Louis Gates, Henry Louis Gates Arrested, Henry Gates Arrested, Politics News
Martha St Jean

One commentator said, " I am tired of the race card being played every time a black person is arrested/questioned or anything else that happens with the police."

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The NYPD's Hispanic Politics

Len Levitt | Posted 08.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Hispanic, Apollo Theater, Latino, Al Sharpton, Rudy Guiliani, Nypd, New York News
Len Levitt

Is it a coincidence that the Hispanic Society's president, Jeff Stella, has a plush job in the Intelligence Division, or that the Society's first vice president Daniel Coats has a coveted spot on Kelly's security detail?

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What's an Out-of Work Entourage to Do? Groupies, Sycophants, and Hangers-On

Shawn Amos | Posted 08.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Eugene Landry, Two-Foot Fred, Brian Wilson, Michael Jackson, Entourage, Slash, Al Sharpton, Sid Vicious, Jerry Garcia, Big & Rich, Pamela Des Barres, Grateful Dead, Memphis Mafia, Kato Kaelin, Elvis Presley, Andy Warhol, Deadheads, Hangers-On, Nancy Spungen, Groupies, Bubbles the Chimp, Perla Hudson, Sex Pistols, Guns N' Roses, Nico, Entertainment News
Shawn Amos

As the King of Pop's posse heads for the unemployment line, here are a few stories of other groupies and hangers-on. May they serve as inspiration and cautionary tale.

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The Queerness of Michael Jackson

Irene Monroe | Posted 08.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Staple Center, Diana Ross, Queer, Al Sharpton, Michael Jackson Death, Michael Jackson Memorial, Marlon Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Rock Hudson, Vitiligo, Entertainment News
Irene Monroe

Clearly Sharpton's statement hinted at the racism Michael Jackson endured in the music industry. But he totally ignored, as many have, the issues of gender and sexuality that clearly impacted the star.

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Media: Mediocrity or Meaning?

Jim Selman | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media

Read More: John Daley, Michael Jackson, Anderson Cooper, Cnn, Al Sharpton, Media, Sarah Palin, Media News
Jim Selman

Could it be that it is less costly to cover one story ad nauseum rather than maintain balance over a spectrum of relevant news?

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Iran, Al Sharpton, Sarah Palin and Myths About "Media Bias"

Rob Asghar | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Michael Jackson, Neil Postman, Al Sharpton, Media Bias, Matt Welch, Sarah Palin, Media News
Rob Asghar

When we began to receive more information than we could possibly digest, we grew able to digest only that which is tasty and entertaining -- in politics, in education, even in religion.

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Harlem Memorializes Michael Jackson at Apollo Theater

Lauri Lyons | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Harlem, Michael Jackson, We Are the World, Al Sharpton, Baptize, Dr. 90210, Off the Wall, Mourners, African-Americans, Janet Jackson, Usher, Race, Bleach, Britain, President, Prescriptions, Joe Jackson, England, 125th Street, Tanning Salon, Thriller, Army, B.E. T, Collagen, Transformer, American Idol, Pharmaceuticals, Hallelujah, Bad, Heaven, The Wiz, California, Hate, Guilt, Tunisia, Broadway, Surrealism, Suntan, Los Angeles, The Staples Center, Barack Obama, Sunbathing, Elvis Presley, Las Vegas, Anti-Depressants, Gender, Skin, Dancing, Pharmaceutical Companies, 50, Art, John Lennon, Bible, Motown 25, The Beatles, Genetics, Singing, Paul Mc Cartney, Justin Timberlake, Jackson 5, Rain, Apollo Theater, LaToya Jackson, Australia, Cartoons, Britney Spears, Prescription Drugs, Reality Shows, Jamie Foxx, Black Fedora, Spike Lee, Drugs, King of Pop, Musicals, Jacksons, Tummy Tuck, Child Molestation, Fans, Russia, Americans, Cosmetic Surgery, Performers, Gary, Encino, Mtv, Quincy Jones, Amateur Night, Mardi Gras, Tabloids, Associated Press, Suicide, Trials, Music Videos, Billie Jean, Moonwalk, Hollywood, Tanning Booth, Nose Job, Berry Gordy, Dermatologist, Plastic Surgery, Diana Ross, Impersonators, Beat It, Moscow, Jordan Chandler, Chris Brown, Suntan Lotion, Katherine Jackson, Memorial, Botox, Indiana, Mowtown, Rx, New York, Paris Jackson, Lisa Marie Presley, Deborah Rowe, Aeg Live, Martin Bashir, Brooke Sheilds, Lauri Lyons, White-Glove, Judith Hill, Marlon Jackson, Manhattan, Cnn, Jermaine Jackson, Youtube, New Orleans, New York News
Lauri Lyons

The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.

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Jackson Funeral Won't Convince Followers He Is Dead

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Michael Jackson, Al Sharpton, Graceland, Papparazzi, Pied Piper, Toxicology Results, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Michael Jackson Sightings, Larry King" "Thriller, Neverland, Celebrity Icon, Tmz, Prescription Dugs, Celebrity Obsession, The Mirror Effect: How Celebrity Narcissicm Is Seducing America, The Man in the Mirror, The Glove, Harvey Levin, Childhood, Escapism, Elvis Presley, Tent City, Feneral of the Century, Celebrity Worship, Fairy Tales, Peter Pan, The Media, Santa Barbara, Youtube, Autopsies, Molestation, God-Like, Living News
Francesca Biller-Safran

Since Elvis, the social pathos and obsession with celebrities has grown more than a hundred-fold, and this King of Pop will never be laid to rest or allowed to rest in peace.

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