Posted on 13 October 2011.
Whether college athletes should be compensated for the millions of dollars they bring in to universities around the nation, or just be happy to receive a “free” education, has been a hot button topic for many years. Nothing, though, has been said about the fairness of capitalizing off the professional fame of those athletes once […]
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NFL star Terrell Owens was hospitalized in L.A. last week — after someone called 911 to report a medical emergency at an apartment where the football player had been staying. An ambulance was sent to the apartment at 11:02 PM Thursday night — and police arrived soon after. Officials are not disclosing the nature of […]
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World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion, Bernard Hopkins (left) and challenger, Chad Dawson at a boxing news conference. Hopkins, 46, will defend his title against Dawson on Saturday, October 15th at the Staples.
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BUCHAREST, ROMANIA — A man was arrested Monday in the killing of Chauncey Hardy, a former basketball player at Sacred Heart in Connecticut who prosecutors say was punched in the face by the boyfriend of a woman Hardy was with in a bar. Ionut Adrian Tanasoaia surrendered to police and will be in custody for […]
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Hailed the “Dean of the Civil Rights Movement,” Rev. Joseph Lowery stood a foot soldier in all of the epic civil rights battles of his day. With determination, diligence and depth, he braved the front lines in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, refused to back down from a violent showdown with Bull Connor in Birmingham, maintained […]
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A 96-year-old woman who has been voting for more than 70 years, even through the Jim Crow era, said the new voting ID laws in Tennessee have made voting more of a hassle than its ever been. Dorothy Cooper spoke about the difficulties she experienced trying to vote appearing on Rev. Al Sharpton’s Politics Nation […]
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A 79-year-old Texas woman and her mentally disabled son have been missing for almost a month, according to Texas police. Lettie Fisher and her son, 31-year-old John Fisher Jr., were last seen leaving Lufkin Memorial Medical Center, where Lettie was treated for breast cancer. After leaving the medical center, detectives believe the Fishers went home […]
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BUFFALO, NY — Candy shaped like marijuana that’s showing up on store shelves around America won’t get kids high, but aghast city leaders and anti-drug activists say the product and grocers carrying it represent a new low. The “Pothead Ring Pots,” ”Pothead Lollipops” and bagged candy are distributed to retail stores by the novelty supply […]
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DETROIT — A Nigerian man pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempting to bring down an international flight over Detroit with a bomb in his underwear, telling a surprised courtroom on the second day of his trial that the failed attack was retaliation for the killing of Muslims worldwide. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who had never denied the […]
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