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by Dina Estelle Williams Last fall, Tyler Clementi was a promising college freshman. Sadly, just weeks after arriving at The State University of New Jersey—Rutgers University—Tyler jumped over the George Washington bridge on September 22, 2010. Tyler committed suicide when he discovered his roommate, Dharun Ravi, had broadcast online his sexual encounter with another man.

NEW YORK– Donald Trump is making claims that President Obama was a “terrible student” and was not qualified to get in to the Ivy League universities he attended.

Brittany Smith was a week away from graduating from the most prestigious academic institution in the world two years ago. Today she faces accessory to…

The end of the world is upon us; May 21, 2011 to be exact. That’s the date when Harold Camping, a preacher from Oakland, California, is confidently predicting the Second Coming of the Lord. At about 6pm, he reckons 2 per cent of the world’s population will be immediately “raptured” to Heaven, while the rest of us […]

MISSISSIPPI-According to Public Policy a recent poll determined that 46 percent of Republican voters in Mississippi want to have interracial marriage banned. We asked voters on this poll whether they think interracial marriage should be legal or illegal- 46% of Mississippi Republicans said it should be illegal to just 40% who think it should be […]

DeJuaii Pace, the daughter of a preacher and member of the Anointed Pace Sisters has revealed to the Root her sexual orientation as a lesbian, the fact that she is a virgin and her struggles with food addiction. Pace will appear on Oprah’s new show “Addicted To Food.” The Root reports: I didn’t tell anyone […]

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.– A 29-year-old man was shot 16 times on the street shortly before 3 p.m. yesterday and survived, police said.

Donald Trump appeared on the Today Show this morning to talk to Meredith Vieira, and continued to express his doubt of Obama’s nationality, blasting the President on his foreign affairs policy and affiliating himself “with the tea party.” WATCH THE INTERVIEW BELOW RELATED: Trump Banks On “Birtherism” For 2012 Race Whoopi Goldberg Slams Trump For […]

WASHINGTON — Washington’s new mayor hasn’t had much of a honeymoon. Three months after he succeeded Adrian Fenty, Vincent Gray has been besieged by controversies and minor scandals. The most serious allegations involve whether the Gray campaign funneled cash and promised a six-figure job to a minor candidate who was attacking Fenty during last year’s […]

WASHINGTON — Short of a deal, congressional leaders bargained and squabbled by turns Thursday on legislation to cut spending and prevent a partial government shutdown that loomed for Friday at midnight. After all-night talks among aides, President Barack Obama summoned Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. to the White House […]