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Entertainment

Mariah Carey joins ‘American Idol’ as new judge

July 31, 2012

Fox says Mariah Carey is joining “American Idol” as a new judge. Fox entertainment chief Kevin Reilly announced her signing to a meeting of the Television Critics Association on Monday, and then put Carey on speakerphone to confirm the deal.

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Sugar Ray Leonard– The Main Event

July 23, 2012

One of the most prodigious pugilists of all time, Sugar Ray Leonard was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on May 17, 1956 to Cicero and Getha Leonard. The fifth of seven kids, his family moved to Washington, DC in 1959 before settling down seven years later in Palmer Park, Maryland…

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Willis Edwards dies at 66; L.A. civil rights activist

July 23, 2012

Willis Edwards, a civil rights and political activist in Los Angeles’ African American community and the former leader of the Beverly Hills-Hollywood branch of the NAACP who was a controversial force behind its entertainment industry Image Awards, has died of cancer. He was 66.

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How human trafficking works

July 15, 2012

As schoolchildren, we learned that Abraham Lincoln freed slaves in the United States. And we learned that the elimination of slavery, in combination with the Civil Rights Movement that would come a century later, was a fulfillment of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, which states that all men are created equal.

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Missy Elliott sues Lamborghini dealership

July 15, 2012

Missy Elliott says her new Lamborghini is being held captive by an Illinois car dealership after she paid a lot of money for the ride, and she’s suing the business to get it back. The rapper filed the lawsuit in Florida against Fox Valley Motor Cars, claiming she entered into an agreement with the dealership…

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Houston tribute, obscenities highlight BET Awards

July 8, 2012

With all the star power at the BET Awards, the most stirring moment came not from a superstar, but from the mother of one. Whitney Houston’s mother, Cissy, provided the emotional highlight of Sunday’s ceremony as she sang “Bridge Over Troubled Water” in tribute to her late daughter…

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