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Entries from April 2008

DC Rapper Stands Up For The DMV Against Jay-Z, LeBron and The Cavs

April 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

In honor of today’s game we’re reposting this story… Go Wizards! 
DC Rapper Proverb released a response to Jay-Z’s diss song about DeShawn Stevenson and the Wizards that for some strange reason was played at Love Nightclub on Friday night. If you’re not up on all that has been going on you can check it out here at […]

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Tags: Entertainment - Gossip · Sports

Obama’s Former Pastor Addresses Detroit NAACP Dinner

April 28th, 2008 · No Comments

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By JEFF KAROUB
Associated Press Writer
DETROIT
The outspoken former pastor of Barack Obama told an audience of 10,000 at an NAACP dinner on Sunday that despite what his critics say, he is descriptive, not divisive, when he speaks about racial injustices.
“I describe the conditions in this country,” the Rev. Jeremiah Wright […]

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Around The Way With Mark Gray - Wizards Cavs Recap Following Game 4

April 28th, 2008 · No Comments

From Washington A Recap of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Washington Wizards following game four where the Cavs won 100-97.
NBA Playoffs Fast Break

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Tags: Sports

Sean Bell Rally

April 28th, 2008 · No Comments

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Obama Discounts Race As A Factor In Election

April 28th, 2008 · No Comments

By HOPE YEN
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON  –  Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday that race is not the reason he is struggling to attract working-class votes and insisted he can win over uncommitted superdelegates by showing he is “best able to not just defeat John McCain, but also lead the country.”
Speaking in […]

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Tags: News · Politics

Bell’s Fiancee: Justice System Let Me Down In NYC Shooting

April 27th, 2008 · No Comments

By VERENA DOBNIK
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK  –  The fiancee of an unarmed man shot to death by police on his wedding day said Saturday that “the justice system let me down” when the three detectives were acquitted of all charges in his killing.
“April 25, 2008: They killed Sean all over again,” Nicole Paultre Bell softly […]

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Tags: News

Reverend Jeremiah Wright Speaks Out

April 27th, 2008 · No Comments

The former pastor to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says his sermon blaming U.S. policies for the 9/11 attacks was a warning against vengeance and that critics have been twisting his words for political gain. Reverend Jeremiah Wright said he was preaching that God doesn’t want revenge, but rather “wholeness” and “redemption.”

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High School Baseball Played in DC Under the Lights

April 27th, 2008 · No Comments

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Sean Bell Trial Photo Gallery

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: News

Sean Bell’s Life Worth 3/5

April 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments

By Brandon Whitney
Many in the African American community were not surprised at the verdict in the Sean Bell case.  That is probably the biggest tragedy, the lack of surprise.  In a nation that is rabidly defensive of its title as enlightened and egalitarian a founding population has nearly resigned itself to the fact that their […]

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