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13-Year-Old Chicago Rapper Causes Controversy

13-Year-Old Chicago Rapper Causes Controversy


Growing up, I listened to teen rappers like Bow Wow and Lil Romeo. They rapped about playing basketball and school crushes, things that most …

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7 Tips to Make Your Blended Family Work

7 Tips to Make Your Blended Family Work


Many cringe at the idea of marrying, let alone dating, someone who has children from a previous relationship. But blended families aren’t as bad …

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Is It Okay to Discipline Someone Else’s Child?

Is It Okay to Discipline Someone Else’s Child?


What do you do when a child who isn’t your own behaves badly? Do you discipline the child or do you confront the child’s …

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Chavis Carter Autopsy Released – Death Ruled Suicide

Chavis Carter Autopsy Released – Death Ruled Suicide


Last week, an Arkansas medical examiner ruled that Chavis Carter, the 21-year-old man killed by a gunshot wound to the head while …

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VIDEO: Pennsylvanians without ID are speaking out about the new voter ID Law.

VIDEO: Pennsylvanians without ID are speaking out about the new voter ID Law.


From MSNBC’s Lean Forward blog:
A new voter ID law passed by Republicans in Pennsylvania could disenfranchise over three quarters of …

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Michelle Obama Covers Ladies’ Home Journal

Michelle Obama Covers Ladies’ Home Journal


First lady Michelle Obama is set to grace the September 2012 cover of Ladies Home Journal. The magazine features an exclusive interview with both …

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Teacher Being Sued For Calling Student ‘Fat, Black and Ugly’

Teacher Being Sued For Calling Student ‘Fat, Black and Ugly’


The St. Paul Public School District and Timothy Olmsted, 6th grade teacher at the Heights Community School in St. Paul, Minnesota, are being sued …

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85-Year-Old Couple Remarries After 48 Years of Divorce

85-Year-Old Couple Remarries After 48 Years of Divorce


They always say if love is meant to be, it’ll come back around. Lena Henderson and Roland Davis of West Seneca, New York are …

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Lupus Among Black Women

Lupus Among Black Women


It seems like recently I have been hearing a lot about the illness lupus. I wasn’t very familiar with it but I repeatedly heard …

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Talking to Kids About Shooting and Guns

Talking to Kids About Shooting and Guns


In a recent Today Show article, Kathy Ehrich Dowd discusses talking to your children about the Colorado movie theater shooting. Ehrich Dowd begins by …

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