Archive | August 18, 2012

Black Kids Ousted From Swim Club Awarded $1.1 Million In Racial Bias Lawsuit

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A few years ago, a group of mostly black and Hispanic children from inner-city Philadelphia day camp were denied swimming privileges at the Valley Swim Club in Huntington, Pa.

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Now the U.S. Justice Department has announced a settlement awarding $1.1 million to sixty-five of the children, the camp and its counselors who were involved in the case, reports the…

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CNCPTS x New Balance 999 ‘S.E.A.L’ – Release Info

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The long awaited CNCPTS New Balance are finally here people. These NB's go so hard. These are sneakers that will get the party going. for sure. The new CNCPT New Balances' come in the 999 silhoutte. The NB's come in a full suede upper with a few different colours. Dominated by a light grey, the kicks also have hints of blue and brown throughout the kicks, and the perforated toe box.

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Don't Miss Mary Winning Weekend!

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Listen all weekend for your last chance to win tickets to see Mary J. Blige, D’Angelo and Melanie Fiona perform live at the Liberation Tour at the Verizon Center on August 26th!

All winners qualify for their chance to be VIP which includes dinner for two at Phillips Seafood, transportation provided by Calvin Hicks of Mercedes Benz of Arlington, and front row tickets to the show.

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REWIND: 9 Most Expendable Rap Group Members

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(originally published in 2010)

Quick, name all of the members of Young Money. Taking you a minute huh? With the movie The Expendables opening today we began to wonder about those expendable members of the most popular rap groups.

What makes them expendable? If you can’t name them right way that is an easy indicator, but if the group manages to do just fine without them that could be a sign that they haven’t made the strongest impression on the masses.

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Bus drama puts parents in bad situation

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Indianapolis-- Parents were scrambling Friday, trying to find out how their kids would get home, after bus drivers staged an apparent sick out .

Some students got home as long as two hours after dismissal because of the incident.

Some parents went to Thomas D. Gregg Elementary School to get their children because they didn’t have a ride home.

Many parents said they received an automated call from IPS alerting them about the busing situation.

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Tiny Launching Late Night Talk Show With VH1

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T.I. and Tiny’s television empire will expand sooner than you think. During an interview with VH1’s The Morning Buzz, Tiny revealed that she is launching the first ever late night talk show on VH1.

On the new venture, Tiny said:

I’m very excited about that. I’ve been wanting to do a late night talk show with my homegirls — my friends — for a while now.

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Nike Hyperposite NYC

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Yes ladies and gentlemen, another colorway to the Nike Hyperposite's. The Hyperposite hasn't even hit store shelves and we already have seen five colorwys to the Nike hybrid sneaker. I thought the Statue of Liberty joints went hard until I seen these. According to sources, these will be worn during this weekend's Nike basketball Nike Rivington championship game. When you think of New York colors you automatically think of orange, and blue.

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