Black Girls, Others, Should Stop Mechanically and Chemically Straightening and Curling Their Hair.Yesterday, in the northeast of Brazil, a twelve year-old Black girl chemically straigtened her hair and then electrocuted herself as she tried to use her mother’s curling iron...
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Dougald MacDonald - a great writer, climber, and all-around guy - wrote a brilliant post yesterday about the tragic passing of climber Craig Luebben. In it, he discusses at length the commonly-heard phrase: "Well, at least he died doing what he loved."
In his post,...
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About 40 rioters threw molotov coctails at police and torched cars in Paris suburb Bagnolet after the death of a young pizza deliverer. Witnesses say the young delivery driver was fleeing police on a motorcycle after refusing to show them required documents, and that police...
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Baby P case is the most horrific and notorious case in history...I have come across many acts of pure evil, but this one involving a child so young is devastating.How many more children have got to die before the...
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A sixteen-year-old Chiness teen, Deng Senshan was beaten to death during a treatment for internet addiction. Three supervisors, who allegedly beat the boy were arrested, and the case is still under...
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Gayatri Devi, once described as one of the most beautiful women in the world, has died at the age of 90.The fashion icon broke with tradition by winning election to parliament in 1962. She was re-elected twice.She...
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" Believing himself to be as much an expert in meteorology as in everything else, Hitler, a world-class know-all, went on to state that "weather prediction is not a science that can be learnt...
" CEBU CITY -- A Norwegian was stabbed to death Monday morning after he allegedly held hostage four persons inside his house since Saturday night. Nils Frode Aksnes Steen, 51, died of multiple stab wounds at the...
A woman has been found dead in one of the machines at the Golden State Foods food processing plant in Southern California, one of the major suppliers for McDonald's restaurants. Investigators believe her death was accidental, and her body was found early on Tuesday morning....
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Ravi Nessman, the Associated Press burea chief in Sri Lanka was denied permission to remain in Sri Lanka. Associated Press had reported extensively on the heavy civilian casualities this year. Nessman also...
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" BHUBANESWAR: Five more persons died on Sunday in the torrential rains in Orissa taking the toll to 33, even as heavy downpour due to a fresh low pressure over the sea triggered floods in many parts of the state. While two persons were swept away in Rana river in...
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"The last " Nine staff were originally arrested after the disputed re-election of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the street protests that followed. Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said he is "very glad" at news of the release of Hossein Rassam but said the arrests on...
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Walter Cronkite was a star television news anchor for many years. He was watched and liked and trusted by many millions of Americans for years. Millions more disliked and distrusted and refused to watch his show. He will live on in television news history. "Walter...
This story gets more and more complicatedecery day. It will be very likely years and years before all of this is sorted out. If someone is charged with homicide then this could go on for ten years or...