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Billboard breaks down the trend of hip-hop fans holding MCs accountable for inappropriate lyrics and ads, versus the days of C. Delores Tucker and gangsta rap when the accusations came from outside of the hip-hop community. The women who took Rick Ross down — for a lyric about drugging a girl and “enjoying” her — [...]

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A hostage situation continues in Trenton, N.J., as police negotiate with a man who NBC News reports may have killed the mother of their four children, along with one of their kids. He still holding the remaining three children hostage in their apartment. Negotiations continued in the standoff Saturday said Trenton Police spokesman Lt. Steve [...]

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After the singer sends a cryptic tweet about Rihanna, users have a little fun. Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRootRssFeed/~3/vcIxW61pxOU/root-salutes-our-moms

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‘The Watsons Go to Birmingham’ Wraps Filming in Atlanta Post 11 May 2013 By M. Alexis Scott, ADW Publisher Hits: 139 Tweet ‘The Watsons Go to Birmingham,’ a movie adaptation from the award-winning book by Christopher Paul Curtis, just wrapped up production here in the Atlanta area. Prev 1 of 3 Next “The Watsons Go [...]

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Jaylyn Neal is CAU ‘Man of the Year’ Post 11 May 2013 By Special to the Daily World Hits: 55 During the recent “Man of the Year” scholarship competition and pageant at Clark Atlanta University, Jaylyn Neal (center), a sophomore TV and film major from Prince George’s County, Md., was named “Man of the Year.” [...]

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‘Searching for Our Sons Daughters’ Debuts on DCTV Post 11 May 2013 By Atlanta Daily World Hits: 38 DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis has announced the debut of DeKalb County Television’s (DCTV Channel 23) newest feature, “Searching for Our Sons Daughters: Finding DeKalb County’s Missing.” The segment spotlights missing persons cases via public service announcements [...]

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – John Brennan, who stripped naked last year to protest a security check at Portland’s airport, said he expects to lose the first round of his legal fight against a $1,000 fine. Still, he plans to press his free-speech argument in an appeal and push for effective security checks that aren’t as [...]

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) – The Environmental Protection Agency, the White House and other federal departments announced Friday that they are expanding a program for restoring and improving urban waterways nationwide. The Urban Waters Federal Partnership now operates in seven locations. Officials said Friday they’re adding the Grand River in Grand Rapids, Mich., the Middle [...]

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) – Three men convicted of illegally selling guns were sentenced in federal court in Chattanooga on Thursday. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports 41-year-old Kevin Dawson received the harshest sentence of two years, 10 months in prison. Federal agents first encountered Dawson while tracing guns purchased by a man convicted of killing [...]

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BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) – A judge in coastal Georgia has set a September trial date for a Brunswick man charged with beating his father and seven others to death inside a mobile home nearly four years ago. Glynn County Superior Court Judge Stephen Scarlett said in an order Thursday he plans to begin the trial [...]

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