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Gil Scott-Heron, Poet And Musician, Has Died

Source: Daoud Tyler-Ameen / NPR Gil Scott-Heron died Friday afternoon in New York, his book publisher reported. He was 62. The influential poet and musician is often credited with being one of the progenitors of hip-hop, and is best known for the spoken-word piece "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." Scott-Heron was born in Chicago in 1949. He spent his early years in Jackson, Tenn., attended high school in The Bronx, and spent time at Pennsylvania's Lincoln University before settling [...]

GOP Field Won't Take Shape Until After Labor Day

As a political analyst, I'm supposed to be one of those folks who are so into politics that every time a new poll comes out, they dissect the margin of error, the number of respondents and whether it was conducted via land line or cellphone. Sorry, folks, when it comes to the drama each day about who will run for president on the Republican side, I feel like an actor in the movie "He's Just Not That Into You." Don't [...]