Robin Williams, an Academy Award-winning actor and comedian who imbued his performances with wild inventiveness and a kind of manic energy, died on Monday at his home in Marin County, Calif. He was 63. The county sheriff’s office said in a statement ...
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YOUR NATIONAL NEWS
DAY 10
AUGUST 2014
Thriller Coaster Ride lasted five hours. . .Sunday, August 10, 2014
Twenty-four people were glad to end a thrill ride as they waited a little over five hours to get their feet back on the ground. The S ...
Posted Monday, August 11th 2014 at 7:27PM
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YOUR WORLD NEWS
DAY 11
AUGUST 2014
Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti
A prison attack to free the son of a businessman aided the escape of 329 Haitian prisoners. News sources stated that the prisoners took advantage of the planned attack as the inva ...
Posted Monday, August 11th 2014 at 7:08PM
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Xernona Clayton, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of The Trumpet Awards and Psychedelic Soul and R&B singer-songwriter Janelle Monáe will be among honorees at The Lincoln University’s 3rd Annual Lion Awards at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 21 at The Union ...
Posted Monday, August 11th 2014 at 9:43AM
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THE BIZARRE SLAYINGS OF LIFE
YOUR WORLD NEWS
MAY 2014
THE SWORD AND THE SON
Your National/World News
MAY 2014
DAY 1
Decatur, GA
There's nothing very comforting in slayings or even murder.....
A 39 year old man too ...
Posted Monday, August 11th 2014 at 12:26AM
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A LITTLE SOUTHERN NEWS
August 2014
Issue 87
Event news from Memphis with light humor
HIGHLIGHTS:
August is the month when all the good music is in and around Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis shows are the best and of course, with Elvis Presley's ...
Posted Saturday, August 9th 2014 at 4:17PM
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During a recent TV appearance on Fox’s new daytime show, “The Daily Help Line,” actress Tisha Campbell-Martin disclosed a childhood trauma that she had never spoken about publicly before confessing she was raped at 3-years-old.
The actress, best ...
Posted Friday, August 8th 2014 at 9:07PM
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Chances are you didn't wake up this morning and think: Yes, today is the day I'm going to meet a married man—and I'm going to want to be with him. I'm even going to want him divorced so that we can be together.
When I woke up that morning almost eig ...
Posted Friday, August 8th 2014 at 8:38PM
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Black fathers often get a bad wrap. Despite popular belief, there are many men out there who take pride in the institution of fatherhood. There may be limited positive depictions of them on TV, but with social media fueling user-generated content, we ...
Posted Friday, August 8th 2014 at 8:24PM
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Hair is big business in Africa, and global brands are definitely starting to take notice. Despite limited financial resources, Reuters reports that Africans are spending an estimated $7 billion on their hair. According to Euromonitor International, ...
Posted Friday, August 8th 2014 at 8:16PM
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A female news anchor in Saudi Arabia did the “unthinkable” when she appeared on national television without wearing her hijab, a move that caused an uproar in the Islamic state. Video of the unnamed newscaster, whose hair flowed naturally while repo ...
Posted Friday, August 8th 2014 at 10:45AM
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YOUR WORLD NEWS
DAY 7
August 2014
London and the UK
The lights went out as London participated in its Lights Out project remembering the time, and soldiers of WWI. In a group project involving many people in the UK ...
Posted Thursday, August 7th 2014 at 4:44PM
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THIS ISN'T A SOUP RECIPE BUT IT'S A QUICK MEAL FOR ANY DAY!
Okay, the troop is hungry and you need something that's quick, easy and tastes great. Normally your hamburger helper can be bland right of the box. This recipe will zest up that boxed ...
Posted Thursday, August 7th 2014 at 1:03PM
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Michelle Obama and Laura Bush tag teamed the presentation Wednesday for African first ladies, with a cameo from George W. Bush.
BY Leslie Larson
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Wednesday, August 6, 2014, 8:40 AM
George W. Bush crashed his wif ...
Posted Thursday, August 7th 2014 at 10:18AM
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YOUR WORLD NEWS
DAY 6
August 2014
World
This is one for the computer hackers history blogs!
Super hackers have invaded files of heisting 420,000 websites. The cyber thieves have packed a mother load with account numbers, names, passwords ...
Posted Wednesday, August 6th 2014 at 8:58PM
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