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  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: Gun-Toting Granny Shoots Intruder During Robbery

    Filed under: News http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bvblackspin.com/media/2010/09/grandma-shooter.jpg It was 3 a.m. on Monday morning when Ethel Jones, a 69-year-old grandmother, heard some noises outside her Decatur, Ga., home. "I heard somebody at the back door and then around at the front door," Jones told the Decatur Daily. "I said to myself, 'Somebody's fixin' to break in.'" Jones, a...

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  1. Street People Have Ideas Too, but No One's Asking for Them

    http://change-production.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/wordpress_copies/homelessness/2010/09/invisible-people-william-senina-250x154.jpgThis new video comes from Mark's InvisiblePeople.tv 30-city, 11,000-mile, 75-day road trip, going on now. Imagine you need to clean up but the only privacy you can find is between the wall on a freeway overpass and a cement barricade. That's where I met William and...

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  2. Drunk Baboons Raise Hell in Cape Town

    http://change-production.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/wordpress_copies/animals/2010/09/baboons-250x166.jpgThey're raiding vineyards, terrorizing neighborhoods and passing out drunk in public. This isn't a group of reckless teenagers, but*a troop of baboons in Cape Town, South Africa. Every day, the marauding monkeys come down from the mountains into Cape Town's wine country to binge on the grapes....

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  3. Future hiring will mainly benefit the high-skilled - The Associated Press

    <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG5e6g9XN0kaBjtyrt9UX9doLjkPw&url=http://www.kval.com/news/business/102257159.html"><img src="http://nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/D_xiWwM_E1J9SM/6.jpg" alt=""...

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  4. Hundreds Of Tiger Sharks In Feeding Frenzy

    Tiger Sharks have been spotted in a massive feeding frenzy off the southern Queensland coast. The rescue helicopter crew who filmed the sharks said they spotted more than one hundred of them encircling fishes in a long stretch of the coastal area in Noosa. The night crew were flying back from Fraser Island when they noticed the feeding sharks just 20 metres off the beach at Teewah. ...

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  5. In sour US job market, military recruitment thriving - Dallas Morning News

    <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a...

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  6. Rights Advocates in Bangladesh Need Urgent Labor Day Solidarity

    Meet Kalhttp://change-production.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/wordpress_copies/humantrafficking/2010/09/IMG_01682-Jessica-Jones-250x250.jpgpona Akter and Babul Akhter. Kalpona and Babul are former child laborers who worked in the garment industry in Bangladesh and now run the Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity (BCWS). At 2 a.m. on August 13, Kalpona and Babul were awakened by 20 police officers...

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  7. 'Snitches Get Stitches' Mentality Fuels Sorority Lawsuit

    Filed under: News, Interviews, Profiles, Race and Civil Rights http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bvblackspin.com/media/2010/09/northwestern2-3.jpg I've never understood the attraction of the Greek lifestyle for college students. I've heard all the reasons from my best friends, girlfriends and others why pledging Q-Dog, Kappa or Alpha would have been a smart move during my college days. They...

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  8. T.I. Arrested: Could Rapper's Drug Arrest Put An End to His Comeback?

    http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bvblackspin.com/media/2010/09/ti-and-tiny.jpg Multiplatinum rapper T.I.'s stars were perfectly aligned: He had finally sealed the deal with his long-time lady love Tameka "Tiny" Cottle by getting married in July; he was basking in the glow of his box-office smash "Takers"; and he was in the throes of wrapping up a new album and had completed taping a VH-1 music...

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  9. Man taught dog to smoke

    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jVVDVzcqb9c/TID-sN3bSCI/AAAAAAAAMyQ/yyapkPBRuwU/s320/smoking_puppy.jpgA Chinese man has been criticised for training his pet puppy to smoke cigarettes. Zeng Ziguang, 23, a chef, of Wuchang, Hubei Province, has been teaching Blackie to smoke since buying him six months ago. He now claims the dog is addicted to tobacco and gets through a packet of...

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    09-03-2010 10:28 AM Go to last post

  10. News: Policeman let's 11 year old girl die of asthman, refuses to help...

    <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img alt="" src="http://api.ning.com/files/dlWfBRm5YfC06Q4HtSbi8zHWVXNMiyFsTqmk*hYLvNe8B7gWJCK2PqcUZ40OzbrC5DZ0b2hpp6Qa3CQq1D3TYesd7hn80W-X/asthmablog.jpg"/></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font size="3">What a sad story...condolences to the family. "F" the police!</font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><object width="500" height="405"><param name="movie"...

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  11. Teacher Terminated From School for Being a Married Lesbian

    http://change-production.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/wordpress_copies/gayrights/2010/09/CatholicSchool-250x167.jpgChristine Judd was a darn good at her job. Having worked for Cathedral High School in Springfield, Massachusetts for 12 years, Judd's career took off, from starting off as a science teacher in 1998, moving onward to become the Dean of Students and then an athletic director three years...

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    09-02-2010 11:37 PM Go to last post

  12. Romer on Why the Government Should Do More - The Washington Independent

    <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGVJm0bt03T_oIKS-PJU8ia9GKn6g&url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38951319/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/"><img...

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    09-02-2010 11:37 PM Go to last post

  13. Palin for President? Bring it On.

    Filed under: News, Politics, President Obama, Race and Civil Rights http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bvblackspin.com/media/2010/09/610x-1283469649.jpg I hope former Alaska governor Sarah Palin does run for President. First of all, I think she'd get clobbered. Secondly, if this country is crazy enough to elect her, then we'll deserve whatever punishment, er, I mean policies, she dishes out...

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    09-02-2010 11:37 PM Go to last post

  14. Will Listing Calorie Counts on Menus Really Help Combat Obesity?

    http://change-production.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/wordpress_copies/food/2010/08/2754623523_93ceebce86_m.jpgIt might not be the opportunity to revolutionize fast food into locally sourced, organic, and cruelty-free meals that we've all been waiting for, but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking public feedback on a plan that may combat obesity. A soon-to-be implemented federal law...

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    09-01-2010 09:09 PM Go to last post

  15. Chief economist calls on Congress to 'finish the job of economic recovery' - Washingt

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    09-01-2010 09:09 PM Go to last post

  16. The Naked Emperor: Obama, Iraq and Afghanistan

    http://change-production.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/wordpress_copies/war/2010/09/The-Naked-Emperor-Obama-Iraq-Afghanistan-250x146.jpgWars don't have causes. Rather, people have causes and turn them into wars. As those causes change, so do the ways in which people engage in war to bring those causes into actuality. At one point in this apparently magical process, because almost everyone goes along as...

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    09-01-2010 05:09 PM Go to last post

  17. Marijuana-Guarding Bears Get a Chance to Mellow Out

    http://change-production.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/wordpress_copies/animals/2010/09/800px-Black_bear2-250x166.jpgWhen the Royal Canadian Mounted Police raided a grow-op near Christina Lake in British Columbia, they discovered at least 1,000 marijuana plants along with several black bears wandering among the weed. It's unclear whether the property owners had been feeding the bears to guard their...

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  18. Alvin Greene Dances During Radio Interview

    http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bvblackspin.com/media/2010/09/alvin-greene.jpg South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Alvin Greene was asked to appear on a Charlotte, North Carolina, radio show Monday to discuss politics. The longer-than-long-shot controversial politician, whose campaign has been fraught with surprises, added yet another brow-raiser to his laundry list of memorable moments...

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  19. Obama Speech: Declares End to U.S. combat mission in Iraq

    Filed under: News, Politics, President Obama http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bvblackspin.com/media/2010/08/obamairaqspeech.jpg He came, he saw, he conquered. Well, sort of. President Barack Obama took the nation's attention for about 20 minutes tonight to deliver a speech about the end of America's military involvement in Iraq. Sitting in the Oval Office with pictures of his family in the...

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  20. Why Are We So Fascinated With the "Cat Bin Lady?"

    http://change-production.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/wordpress_copies/animals/2010/08/cattrash-250x187.jpgIn Coventry, England, a woman was caught by a security camera petting a cat and then dumping her in a nearby trash bin, where the cat was stuck without food or water for 15 hours before her owners found her. Lola, the cat, was okay, but her owners posted the video online to try and find out the...

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    08-31-2010 08:39 AM Go to last post

  21. Teaching Ebonics in School: It Really Don't Be Making No Sense

    Filed under: News, Politics, Race and Civil Rights http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bvblackspin.com/media/2010/08/blackmalegraduation.jpg I wrote recently about how the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is now seeking to hire Ebonics translators to help them to apprehend drug dealers. The group seems to believe that by learning the underpinnings of urban language, it can find a way to bring down...

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  22. Glenn Beck: I Shouldn't Have Called Obama a 'Racist'

    Filed under: News, Politics, President Obama http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bvblackspin.com/media/2010/08/glennbeckonobama.bv.jpg Glenn Beck has stepped back from his claim that President Obama is "racist." The bombastic Fox News commentator now says he misspoke when he said the commander-in-chief had a "deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture."

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  23. Why We Need a Second Stimulus - New York Times

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  24. Woman's Couch gets Repo'd ... Moment later realizes her cat was in the cushions

    http://change-production.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/wordpress_copies/animals/2010/08/catcouch-250x166.jpgWhen Timmy DeJordy of Edmonton bought a new mattress, she*gave her old set to Sleep Country Canada, a major mattress retailer whose donation program provides beds to charitable organizations throughout the country. The delivery guys wrapped up DeJordy's old, double-sized mattress and took it...

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    08-26-2010 08:39 PM Go to last post

  25. Living in limbo: the back-to-school job hunt for a pink-slip teacher - San Francisco

    <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a...

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  26. Fire tornado caught on camera

    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jVVDVzcqb9c/THX3n3GJVLI/AAAAAAAAMfU/7x5U0MADhZE/s320/Fire-tornado.jpgA rare fire tornado, also known as a fire devil, was filmed spinning hot-headedly around arable land in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Many of you will quite rightly note that tornadoes are destructive and scary enough without them being on fire. Thankfully, fire devils don’t occur too often,...

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    08-26-2010 03:46 AM Go to last post

  27. News: Dominos delivers a pizza and racist message...

    <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="http://api.ning.com/files/91uzQ6gb-mk2CHrRCqFSW9HC7GbczYebK9z6nuscr6PaCsKTba2lOQttEva9Bk1Ht5RVH8-rowshskl5k73GB5CNNet3rWyaGvqNTVqLSr4_/nwordreceiptblog.jpg"/></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><font size="1">Hmm... I wonder what it says.<br/>Source: The Consumerist</font></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><font size="3">That n-word you see crossed...

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  28. DEA May Hire Ebonics Translators to Understand Drug Dealers

    Filed under: News, Politics, Race and Civil Rights http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bvblackspin.com/media/2010/08/drugdealers.jpg The Associated Press is reporting that the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is considering hiring translators to help agents understand the language of drug dealers. Apparently, the agents are having trouble interpreting the words and sentences being used by suspects during...

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  29. Tammerlin Drummond: Time to recognize long-term unemployment is a national ... - San

    <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEjgU3Z_juiHrvpN2f80GzELrlfXg&url=http://news.suite101.com/article.cfm/wheelchair-world-record-broke-to-honor-ada-20th-aniversary-a265884"><img...

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  30. Palin Defends Controversial Talk Show Host, Dr. Laura Schlessinger

    Filed under: News, Politics, Race and Civil Rights http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bvblackspin.com/media/2010/08/palinondr.laura.bv.jpg (CNN) - Sarah Palin defended Dr. Laura Schlessinger on Thursday, comparing her own critics to those who have called for the resignation of the embattled radio talk show host in the wake of Schlessinger's repeated use of the N-word during a broadcast. ...

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