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Manhunt for Ex-Cop Targeting Officers and Families

The scene in southern California, appears to be something like a scene out of Training Day. A manhunt is on across three states for a former LAPD officer Christopher Dorner. He’s being held responsible for the shooting deaths of a woman and her fiance’ after a manifesto was discovered by LAPD that linked him to [...]

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We Remember: Leo O’Brien of Last Dragon Fame Has Passed On

The Last Dragon is a cult favorite from 1985 that introduced us to Taimak, the chizeled ‘Bruce’ Leroy follower who became Laura Charles’–played by Vanity of Vanity 6–hero and love.  The characters like Sho’ Nuff we’ll never forget. One of the most beloved characters of the film is Richie, played by Leo O’Brien.  He was [...]

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Bizarro News: A Man Dies from Consuming Too Many Cockroaches? (Video)

The Guinness Book of World Records is filled to the brim with some of the most disturbing things a person can attempt to do to get attention…worldwide attention.  But, what if there were one of those gross categories like eating cockroaches and you didn’t try for the Guinness, but just a local contest.  Would you [...]

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Bronx Zoo Car Crash Kills Three Generations of Family

One of the most devastating car accidents that has ever happened occurred Sunday.  The car crash is the second to happen in nearly this very same location.  Another crash happened in 2006, along this stretch of highway. One family has been destroyed over the loss of seven family members that died in a horrific accident [...]

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White Teens Kill Black Man in Race Crime (Video)

We just reported on the relevance of the movie “Do the Right Thing” and how the racial climate hasn’t significantly changed since that time.  But, we are also watching Troy Davis face the death penalty today as  the U.S. courts completely ignore evidence of the man’s innocence.  Now, we have a hate crime that will certainly be under the  microscope [...]

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‘Spartacus’ Star Dies

A lot of us are fans of the hit show “Spartacus: Blood and Sand”.  It is similar to the action-packed, cinematography wonder of the ground-breaking film “300″.  The star of the Showtime series, while appearing strong on the show, was quite ill behind the scenes in his private life.

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We Remember: Former Runnin’ Rebel and NBA Player Armen Gilliam

  The 1987 UNLV Runnin’ Rebel team ran a perfectly exciting basketball season all the way to the Final Four.  Jerry Tarkanian was the coach and the whole nation was watching as this team exhibited professional ability in their exhilarating season.  They rode high with the assistance of a major power forward that will always be remembered. [...]

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We Remember Shannon Tavarez

In case you don’t know who she is, Shannon Tavarez, played the role of  Nala in the Broadway spectacular The Lion King.  We were first introduced to her through Rihanna and Alicia Keys when they told us about this special young lady and her illness.  She was battling acute myeloid leukemia and donors were few and [...]

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