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Source: Rihanna Argument Did Not Spur Chris Brown Fight

Source: Alan Duke / CNN
While New York police sort out the brawl that left Chris Brown with a nasty cut on his chin early Thursday, the media is left with conflicting details that are mostly be attributed to unnamed sources.
It was a “brutal attack” that injured Brown, his model girlfriend Karrueche Tran and his bodyguard, Brown rep Jeff [...]

WATCH: President Obama Speaks on Department of Homeland Security Immigration Announcement (VIDEO)

President Obama announces a new Department of Homeland Security policy that will allow certain young people who were brought to the United States as young children, do not present a risk to national security or public safety, and meet several key criteria to be considered for relief from removal from the country or from entering into removal proceedings.

LIVE VIDEO: President Obama Speaks On The Department Of Homeland Security’s Announcement

The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin giving work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives. The election-year initiative addresses a top priority of a growing Latino electorate that has opposed administration deportation policies.

US To Stop Deporting And Grant Work Permits To Younger Illegal Immigrants

Source: MSNBC

The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin giving work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives. The election-year initiative addresses a top priority of a growing Latino electorate that has opposed administration deportation policies.
The administration’s decision will affect as many as 800,000 [...]

LIVE VIDEO: President Obama Speaks On The Economy In Ohio

President Obama delivers remarks during a campaign event in Cleveland, Ohio.

WATCH: Cedric The Entertainer & Niecy Nash Star In TV Land’s New Series, ‘The Soul Man’ (VIDEO)

Source: The Huffington Post
R&B superstar-turned-minister Reverend Boyce “The Voice” Ballentine (Cedric The Entertainer) was living the high life in Las Vegas at the top of the music charts when he got “the calling” and decided to relocate to St. Louis with his family to become preacher in his father’s church. However, his family members [...]

ANDY STAPLES: Luther Campbell In Fight For Right To Coach High School Football In Miami

Source: Andy Staples / Sports Illustrated
Miami Northwestern High’s defensive coordinator stood before his players last month with a marker in his hand and a board full of plays at his back. “Any time in this game we’re going to check goal line, I’m going to go Eagle,” he yelled, referring to a blitz call. “We’re [...]

‘Goodfellas’ Mobster Turned FBI Informant Henry Hill Dead At 69

Source: ABC News

enry Hill, the famed mobster turned FBI informant whose life story was documented in the book “Wiseguy”– upon which Martin Scorsese’s 1990 gangster epic “Goodfellas” was based — has died at the age of 69.
Hill died at a Los Angeles hospital of an undisclosed illness on Tuesday, Nate Caserta, the son of
Hill’s fiancé [...]

GRAPHIC CONTENT: Docs Say Face Eating Victim ‘Feeling Well’ (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Doctors say “face eating” victim Ronald Poppo is recovering well after his Memorial Day weekend attack in Miami.
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WATCH: ‘Daily Show’ Tears Apart Florida Governor Rick Scott’s Voter Purge (VIDEO)

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Source: Christine Friar / The Huffington Post
Florida Governor Rick Scott recently passed a law requiring all new voters in the state to submit their completed voter registration forms within 48 hours of filling them out. If they wait even a minute longer than that [...]