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Yahoo news chief fired for saying RNC doesn’t mind watching Black people drown

Huffington Post – Yahoo News’ Washington bureau chief David Chalian was fired on Wednesday after a hot-mic incident during an online broadcast from the GOP convention in Tampa. Media watchdog NewsBusters was first to post audio of the incident. Politico broke the news of his firing. Chalian later apologized for his remarks. During the broadcast, [...]

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7.9-quake off Philippines triggers tsunami alert

Associated Press: MANILA, Philippines— A 7.9-magnitude undersea quake struck off the eastern coast of the Philippines late Friday, triggering tsunami warnings across a wide swath of Asia. There were no immediate reports of damage or injury. A tsunami alert was in effect for the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan, Guam, the Northern Marianas and Papua New [...]

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Hip-hop mogul Chris Lighty dies in NYC at 44

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Lighty, a hip-hop mogul who helped the likes of Sean “Diddy” Combs, 50 Cent and Mariah Carey attain not only hit records, but also lucrative careers outside music, was found dead in his New York City apartment Thursday in an apparent suicide. He was 44. [...]

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DÉJÀ VU

On the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Isaac hit Haiti, sideswiped Cuba, spared South Florida and walloped New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. COMPILED FROM WIRE AND STAFF REPORTS NEW ORLEANS – Hurricane Isaac struck the Gulf Coast Tuesday evening hours before the seventh anniversary of catastrophic Katrina, packing 80 mph winds, and the [...]

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Blacks air concerns during RNC

Tampa protests target voter suppression BY SOMMER BROKAW FLORIDA COURIER As the Republican National Convention took over Tampa this week, some African-Americans about town and a few at local protests said they were already sick of it, especially considering their concerns about voter suppression. Black diners at the Open Café, a popular spot in Tampa [...]

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2012 U.S. OPEN / NEW YORK

‘Young gun’ advances Plantation (Broward County) native Sloane Stephens, age 19, beat veteran pro Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 6-4 in the opening round of the U.S. Open tennis tourney on Tuesday. Stephens is the youngest pro player to be currently ranked in the world’s top 50 women players. (MARGOT JORDAN PHOTO)

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Judge ends the fight over voter registration

FROM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The battle between voting rights groups and state election officials over get-out-the vote restrictions is officially over after a federal judge entered a final order that has been signed off by both sides. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle issued a permanent injunction preventing the state from adopting [...]

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Taking it to the streets

RNC protesters focus on corporate greed, voter suppression and education BY SOMMER BROKAW FLORIDA COURIER While Republicans gathered this week in Tampa to take care of party business and select a presidential nominee with the hopes of unseating President Barack Obama in November, groups of protesters staged demonstrations throughout the week in hopes of having [...]

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Will Rattlers still show up?

Bethune-Cookman partisans concerned about FAMU alums’ loyalty BY ANDREAS BUTLER FLORIDA COURIER Marion Rouse is an alumnus of Daytona Beach-based Bethune-Cookman University’s “Marching Wildcats” band. B-CU’s archrival in almost everything is Tallahassee-based Florida A&M University. Performances of the FAMU Marching ‘100’ band were suspended in the aftermath of the hazing-related homicide of FAMU drum major [...]

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Random thoughts of a free Black mind, v. 151

Bro. Prez has a praying grandmother – How else do you explain an abortion comment that was a major distraction the week before the Republican National Convention? How else do you explain a head-faking Hurricane Isaac that knocked off half the GOP schedule before blowing by and leaving Tampa unscathed? How else do you explain [...]

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