Twinkies are back on store shelves today after Hostess filed for bankruptcy back in last Fall. CupCakes, Donettes, Zingers, HoHos and Ding Dongs will also go on sale nationwide on Monday as well.
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TRAYVON MARTIN FOUND GUILTY (DETAILS)
In News on July 14, 2013 at 10:11 am
Myself and millions of folks woke up this morning with our hearts clenched in a fist after a Florida jury on Saturday night found not guilty a culturally identified white man who stalked and murdered a black teenager because he looked like he didn’t belong in a “white” neighborhood.
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BLACK MAN HIRES KKK MEMBER AS HIS LAWYER (DETAILS)
In News on July 11, 2013 at 10:10 amThis story is so weird but it offers great insight into the human condition vis-a-vis racism in America, and how to respond to distressing news. A retired black police officer moved to Arkansas from Cali and discovered that his new residence had problems with its interior. Looking for a lawyer, he checked the phone book and chose one as advised by his neighbor. The lawyer couldn’t take his case so he referred another lawyer, a colleague.
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JOHNNY DEPP WANTS TO BUY WOUNDED KNEE & GIFT IT TO NATIVE AMERICANS (DETAILS)
In Lifestyle, News on July 11, 2013 at 9:11 amThe Lone Ranger may have flopped at the box office but thats not stoppping Tonto actor Johnny Depp from continuing Native American causes or interests. Depp, who claims Native American lineage, in an interview with the Daily Mail, said he would like to buy Wounded Knee, South Dakota, the site and scene of an 1890 massacre.
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HERE’S THE TRAYVON MARTIN VIDEOGAME YOU DIDN’T ASK FOR (PHOTOS)
In News, TECH on July 8, 2013 at 3:51 pm
The George Zimmerman trial is nearly wrapped up but pundits who want to know what its like to be his victim can do so via an Android game called Angry Trayvon. The game is published by Trade Digital, Inc. and so far, over 5000 smartphone users have downloaded it.
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WORLD’S LARGEST COCAINE DEALER BUSTED IN COLOMBIA (PHOTOS)
In News on July 6, 2013 at 10:59 pm
Top world cocaine dealer deported from Colombia to Italy (via AFP)
A drug trafficker believed by Italian investigators to be the biggest cocaine smuggler in the world was deported back to Italy from Colombia on Saturday after being arrested in a Bogota shopping mall with fake Venezuelan papers. Roberto Pannunzi, who…
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EGYPT IS IN TURMOIL: HERE’S WHY (DETAILS)
In News on July 3, 2013 at 10:58 am
Four days that shook Morsi’s rule in Egypt (via AFP)
Following are key developments in Egypt since millions took to the streets Sunday to demand the resignation of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, a year after he took the oath of office – Sunday, June 30: – Chanting “Leave!” and “the people want the…
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SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN DOMA (DETAILS)
In LGBT, News on June 26, 2013 at 10:38 am
US high court gives major victory to gay couples (via AFP)
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a controversial federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, in a major victory for supporters of same-sex marriage. The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) had denied married gay and…
BRAZILIAN YOUTHS GO HAM IN PROTESTS AGAINST CORRUPTION (PHOTOS)
In News on June 18, 2013 at 8:12 am
Tens of thousands protest Confed Cup costs in Brazil (via AFP)
Youths clashed with police in central Rio as more than 200,000 people rallied in major Brazilian cities to protest the billions of dollars spent on the Confederations Cup and higher public transport costs. The nationwide demonstrations late on Monday, the biggest in 20 years, were relatively peaceful…
STANDING PROTESTS EMERGE IN TURKEY (DETAILS)
In News on June 18, 2013 at 8:07 am
Turkey’s ‘Standing Man’: a new form of protest (via AFP)
A man stood still in Istanbul’s Taksim Square: silent, staring straight ahead, he had not moved for hours. His peaceful action, on the square that police cleared of protesters on Saturday and where the Turkish authorities have banned gatherings, was a new form of protest. He arrived Monday evening…
US-VENEZUELA TO KISS & MAKE-UP (DETAILS)
In News on June 7, 2013 at 10:06 am
US, Venezuela take steps towards mending ties (via AFP)
US and Venezuelan officials will meet soon for talks that could lead to the countries exchanging ambassadors for the first time since 2010, Venezuela’s foreign minister said late Thursday. The meeting will be “in the next days, probably in Washington,” said Foreign Minister Elias Jaua, speaking on…
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FEMEN ACTIVISTS ON TRIAL IN TUNIS TODAY (DETAILS)
In News on June 5, 2013 at 11:07 am
European women go on trial for topless Tunis protest (via AFP)
Three European women went on trial in Tunis on Wednesday for holding a topless anti-Islamist protest, and their French lawyer said he was confident they would escape prison despite the threat of jail sentences.
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