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Judge Joe Brown Released From Jail

Source: Lesley Messer / ABC News After spending just a few hours in a Memphis jail, Judge Joe Brown was released on his own recognizance. According to a spokesman for the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, Judge James C. Beasley signed an order to set him free. “I’m a little hot under the collar,” the former host of “Judge […]

Donald Rumsfeld: A ‘Trained Ape’ Has Better Foreign Policy Skills Than Obama

Source:  Leslie Larson / New York Daily News Donald Rumsfeld thinks “a trained ape” would have better foreign policy skills that the Obama administration. The former secretary of defense slammed the President’s diplomatic dealings with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, as Rumsfeld defends the Afghans for supporting Vladimir Putin. In a slap in the face to President […]

New Study Suggests Violent Video Games With Black Characters Fuel Racism

Source: Breanna Edwards / The Root You start your favorite video game, go to character select, pick a black avatar—be it a fighter or gangster—and start playing. As a white person, what effect, if any, does this have on you? According to a new study, the effect is significant: White players who adopt black characters are more […]

MH370 Families In Angry Protest At Malaysian Embassy, Demand More Information

Source: Gloria Riviera / ABC News BEIJING -  Angry Chinese family members of those on board Malaysia Airlines flight 370  defied China’s ban on protests today to demonstrate outside the Malaysian embassy and demand proof that the plane had plunged into the sea with no hope of survivors. “We want them to give us the truth,” one […]

SUNDAY BOOK REVIEW: ‘Stokely: A Life,’ by Peniel E. Joseph

Source: William Jelani Cobb / The New York Times In the iconography of black American history, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. have long been understood as dueling poles of identity, one an apostle of contempt, urging a downtrodden race to renounce a nation that had rejected it, the other an exemplar of Christian idealism, committed […]

Jimmy Carter: Obama The Only President So Far Not To Call Me For Advice

Source: Josh Feldman / Mediaite Jimmy Carter has been very active in the decades since his presidency, and his successors have occasionally called for his advice. Except, it turns out, the current occupant of the office. A clip from Carter’s upcoming Meet the Press interview reveals that President Obama is the first president since Carter left office not to solicit the Southern […]

First Lady Michelle Obama Meets Chinese President And Wife (VIDEO)

US First Lady Michelle Obama and her two daughters met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the first day of her visit to China on Friday, along with his wife, Peng Liyuan. (March 21)

WTH?! Wal-Mart Toe-Sucking Suspect Arrested

Source: AP / USA Today LINCOLNTON, N.C.  — Police in North Carolina have arrested a man accused of sucking on a woman’s toes at a Wal-Mart after convincing her that he was a podiatry student. Authorities say Michael Anthony Brown was arrested Thursday night at his home in Concord. He was turned over to Lincolnton […]

March Madness: Mercer Stuns Duke, 78-71

Source: Teddy Greenstein / Chicago Tribune RALEIGH, N.C. – If this marked the end of Jabari Parker’s college career, the South Side native and four-time Simeon state champ will have his regrets. Parker struggled mightily in Duke’s 78-71 loss to 14th-seeded Mercer, a senior-stacked team that played with tremendous poise down the stretch. Mercer was a […]

Hackers Are Now Targeting Your Router

Source: Kim Komando / USA Today It’s time for a router emergency call to 911. You knew about hackers stealing our credit cards from retailers, the NSA spying on anyone who picked up a cellphone or writes an email, and ad trackers watching our every move and purchase. Hang on, we’ve got a string of recent […]