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School officials in Edenton say one 5th grader’s hairdo is too much for her fellow students to handle. The Daily Advance of Elizabeth City reports that 10-year-old Jakyra Kearse was taken out of class Wednesday after coming to school sporting a mohawk haircut with dyed red and blue braids. Officials say Kearse was put in […]

Multi-talented performer Ben Vereen opens up about his past and his “blood family” in his new autobiography, revealing that he didn’t know he was adopted until he was 25-years-old and needed to apply for a passport to tour Europe with Sammy Davis, Jr. He told BlogTalkRadio.com: “I didn’t have a passport so he told me […]

Michelle Obama sported a Rachel Roy silk dress to Tuesday’s State of the Union address. The choice for an American designed dress comes in the wake of backlash she received for wearing a European designer [Alexander McQueen] to the state dinner for China last week. Roy, the ex-wife of former rap mogul Damon Dash, couldn’t […]

The announcement late Tuesday night came after her husband said she had watched an hour of television from her hospital bed. Her husband, Mark Kelly, called the development “‘exciting,’ ” said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a friend of Giffords. “Last night or the night before she watched television — it was CNN in fact — […]

“We must say that we will never go back,” urged state NAACP chief Rev. William Barber. “North Carolina must not take one step backward from the progress we’ve made in education, health care, civil rights and social justice.” Barber laid out the 14-point agenda of Historic Thousands on Jones St., a coalition of progressive groups. […]

“We know what it takes to compete for the jobs and industries of our time,” Obama said to applause. “We need to out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the rest of the world. We have to make America the best place on Earth to do business. We need to take responsibility for our deficit and reform our […]

A conference organized by a group known for white supremacist, anti-immigrant rhetoric is drawing new protests in Charlotte. The Charlotte Observer reports a militant Jewish group, along with liberal and anarchist organizations, are planning protests of the American Renaissance conference scheduled for Feb. 4-6. The Jewish Defense Organization says it’s called 40 hotels in the […]

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.’s evidence hearing in a felony domestic violence case has been postponed until March, according to reports. The boxer is facing charges of coercion, grand larceny and robbery, as well as domestic battery stemming from a violent altercation with his ex-girlfriend Josie Harris on Sept. 9. The 33-year-old athlete made a brief appearance […]

TMZ is reporting that Ted Williams — the homeless man with the “Golden Voice” — has left rehab against medical advice, less than two weeks after checking in for drug and alcohol dependency. Williams decided to enter rehab earlier this month following a taping of the Dr. Phil show. According to TMZ, he left the […]

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