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[24 Feb 2011 | Leave A Comment]
Saudi Using Student Visa In Texas Arrested For WMD Threat

FBI agents arrested a Saudi Arabian college student in Texas who they believe was trying to put together an improvised explosive device (IED) and may have been targeting the Dallas home of former President George W. Bush.


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[23 Feb 2011 | Leave A Comment]
Malcolm X’s Daughter Arrested For Warrants

Malcom X’s daughter, Malikah Shabazz, has been arrested in Madison County.


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[23 Feb 2011 | Leave A Comment]
Chinese Man Dies After Three-Day Online Gaming Binge

A Chinese man died after internet gaming for three days straight, the Beijing Times reported Tuesday.


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[22 Feb 2011 | Leave A Comment]
City of Detroit Closing Half Of Their Public Schools

The city of Detroit will shut down half of their school districts in order to end their financial struggles.


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[18 Feb 2011 | Leave A Comment]
St. Louis, Atlanta Top Most Dangerous Cities In America List For 2011

The list of most dangerous cities in America for 2011 has been revealed and there are some surprising cities who made the top 10.


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[18 Feb 2011 | Leave A Comment]
Feds Break Up Mexican Sex Slave Ring In Houston

A modern day international sex slavery ring has been broken up right under our noses. Since 1999, federal investigators say young Mexican women and girls have been smuggled into an east Houston compound, then forced to work as prostitutes


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[17 Feb 2011 | Leave A Comment]
Michael Vick Cancels His Appearance On Oprah

Michael Vick has reportedly withdrawn himself from which was expected to be his Oprah appearance today.


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[17 Feb 2011 | Leave A Comment]
Major Record Labels Team Up To Launch iTunes Competitor

Sony Corp., alongside three record labels, have began a music streaming service for Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. to compete with iTunes.


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[17 Feb 2011 | Leave A Comment]
DEA Busts Major Multi-State Drug Ring Based Out of Beaumont, Tx

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the suspects “conspired to distribute cocaine and marijuana through the Eastern District of Texas.


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[16 Feb 2011 | Leave A Comment]
Israel Warns It Might Act on Iranian Warships Passing Through Suez Canal

Israel is monitoring two Iranian warships about to pass through the Suez Canal for Syria and warn they might act.


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[15 Feb 2011 | Leave A Comment]
O.J. Simpson Beaten Unconscious During Prison Attack

The National Enquirer reported on Tuesday that O.J. Simpson was attacked in the Nevada prison and beaten unconscious. He spent three weeks in the infirmary.


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[10 Feb 2011 | Leave A Comment]
Taco Bell Offers Facebook ‘Fans’ Free Taco

Taco Bell will offer Facebook fans a free taco as it looks to recover from a lawsuit questioning the content of its taco filling.


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[9 Feb 2011 | Leave A Comment]
Hundreds Show Up At Houston Town Hall Meeting On Police Brutality

Several hundred Houstonians came face to face with the mayor and other city leaders for the first time since a controversial video was released.


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[9 Feb 2011 | Leave A Comment]
Officers Find Crack Hidden In Man’s Penis Foreskin

A Louisville, Kentucky man is in police custody after authorities say he was arrested and found to be hiding crack cocaine in his penis.


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[7 Feb 2011 | Leave A Comment]
Deion Sanders Among Seven Voted In Football Hall of Fame

Seven former NFL greats were voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday (February 5), and among the retired players was “Prime Time” Deion Sanders.


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[7 Feb 2011 | Leave A Comment]
Green Bay Packers Defeat The Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 To Win Super Bowl XLV

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers has turned the Green Bay Packers into Super Bowl champions once again.


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[6 Feb 2011 | Leave A Comment]
Michael Vick Named ‘NFL Comeback Player of the Year’ By The AP

After missing two seasons in the NFL while serving a federal prison sentence for dogfighting, Michael Vick’s road to redemption since has been unprecedented.


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[6 Feb 2011 | Leave A Comment]
Cleveland Cavaliers Set Record With 24-Game Losing Streak

The Cleveland Cavaliers just can’t win this season, can they? They lost Lebron James in the off-season, and it’s obviously time to rebuild, but with their lost to the Portland Trail Blazers Saturday night (February 5), they set an NBA recording for the longest losing streak in history.


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[3 Feb 2011 | Leave A Comment]
Houston Activist Quannell X Releases Disturbing Video of Police Beating Teen

Nine months ago Chad Holley, a teen suspected of a burglary, was brutality beaten by several Houston police officers. Now, the video has surfaced and KTRK-TV (ABC 13 Houston) released the surveillance video and aired it Wednesday night.


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[2 Feb 2011 | Leave A Comment]
Should the United Nations Establish Term Limits as Universal Law?

With current protests in Jordan and swift actions being made by King Abdullah II, it appears that recent uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia against oppressive regimes are spreading like wildfire throughout the North African and “Middle East” regions.