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Gingrich, Romney and the politics of anti-Obamaism
(theGRIO) Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich refers to President Obama as “the food stamp president,” and a “Saul Alinsky radical” and says the president takes advice from people who “don’t like the classical America.” He constantly promises to take on Obama in Lincoln-Douglas style debates if he wins the nomination and jokes he will let the president use a teleprompter, a regular GOP attack line that implies Obama can’t give a speech without help. On the other hand, his chief opponent, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, barely can stomach calling Obama a socialist as other Republicans do and rarely invokes the sharp, anti-Obama rhetoric of the Tea Party. Is Romney too meek in his Obama-bashing to win the GOP primary? Since Obama’s…
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TV anchor & NYPD Commissioner’s son accused of rape
Woman accuses Greg Kelly, son of police comissioner, of raping her ‘Good Day New York’ co-host is no-show on program (NYDN) “Good Day New York” co-host Greg Kelly — son of Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly — was a no-show on the program Thursday morning after reports that a Manhattan woman had accused him of rape. The woman told cops she had drinks with Kelly, 43, at the South Street Seaport Oct. 8 before he sexually assaulted her in the law office where she worked, sources said. The accuser, who is around 30, did not report the alleged assault until Tuesday night, when she walked into the 13th Precinct stationhouse and gave her account, sources said. Cops interviewed the woman, but…
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Obama gets in fight on tarmac with Gov. Jan Brewer
Obama, Arizona governor Jan Brewer have tarmac dispute (theGRIO) President Obama and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer had a tense exchange on an airport tarmac on Wednesday afternoon after Air Force Once landed near Phoenix. Obama, who was in the area for a speech, is often warmly greeted by elected officials when he lands. Brewer, who in 2010 signed a controversial immigration law the president has opposed, gave Obama a handwritten letter inviting him to have lunch with her and visit the Arizona-Mexico border. The president in turn, according to a White House official, “said he’d be glad to meet with her again, but did note that after their last meeting, a cordial discussion in the Oval Office, the…
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Demi Moore rushed to hospital after 911 call, entering rehab
Demi Moore rushed to hospital for reported substance abuse; Actress to enter rehab months after split from Ashton Kutcher (NYDN) Two months after her split from Ashton Kutcher, a painfully thin Demi Moore was rushed to a hospital late Monday and is entering rehab, sources told the Daily News. “Because of the stresses in her life right now, Demi has chosen to seek professional assistance to treat her exhaustion and improve her overall health,” her publicist Carrie Gordon said in a statement to the Daily News. “She looks forward to getting well and is grateful for the support of her family and friends,” Gordon said. Moore, 49, was taken to an unnamed Los Angeles-area hospital after paramedics spent more than a…
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State of the Union: What Obama proposed
(theGRIO) President Obama outlined a number of new proposals, specifically on the economy. Here’s a look at a few key ones: 1. Stay in School: Twenty states already require students to stay in school until they graduate or turn 18. The president called on the rest of the states to do the same, arguing it would increase high school graduation rates and therefore help the economy. 2. More Work-Study Jobs: Obama called for doubling the amount of “work-study” jobs that universities can offer students to help them pay for college. Millions of low and middle-income college students use work-study. 3. The Buffett rule: Obama called for requiring all millionaires to pay at least 30 percent in taxes….
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Gingrich, Romney and the politics of anti-Obamaism
(theGRIO) Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich refers to President Obama as “the food stamp president,” and a “Saul Alinsky radical” and says the president takes advice from people who “don’t like the classical America.” He constantly promises to take on Obama in Lincoln-Douglas style debates if he wins the nomination and jokes he will let the president use a teleprompter, a regular GOP attack line that implies Obama can’t give a speech without help. On the other hand, his chief opponent, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, barely can stomach calling Obama a socialist as other Republicans do and rarely invokes the sharp, anti-Obama rhetoric of the Tea Party. Is Romney too meek in his Obama-bashing to win the GOP primary? Since Obama’s…
Common explains hip-hop feud with Drake
(theGRIO) –PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – The Sundance Film Festival became the unlikely center of hip-hop’s latest feud when actor-turned-rapper Drake and rapper-turned-actor Common came to town. Common was promoting his role in upcoming family drama “LUV,” while Drake was performing at one of the many late-night parties. The two have traded insults recently via their raps, but Common said he didn’t want to say anything else about Drake not in rhyme form. “I feel like I said everything I really needed to say on the record. I just looked at it as like ‘Hey, it’s just a hip-hop battle,’” he explained in an interview this week. “The time to talk is on record as far…
TV anchor & NYPD Commissioner’s son accused of rape
Woman accuses Greg Kelly, son of police comissioner, of raping her ‘Good Day New York’ co-host is no-show on program (NYDN) “Good Day New York” co-host Greg Kelly — son of Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly — was a no-show on the program Thursday morning after reports that a Manhattan woman had accused him of rape. The woman told cops she had drinks with Kelly, 43, at the South Street Seaport Oct. 8 before he sexually assaulted her in the law office where she worked, sources said. The accuser, who is around 30, did not report the alleged assault until Tuesday night, when she walked into the 13th Precinct stationhouse and gave her account, sources said. Cops interviewed the woman, but…
Mom who survived tragic fire in CT tries to kill herself
Madonna Badger, who lost three daughters and both parents in Christmas Day fire, tried to kill herself (NYDN) The tragic mom who lost her three young daughters and parents in a Christmas Day blaze in Connecticut tried to take her own life. Madonna Badger, one of only two survivors of the fire at her waterfront mansion in Stamford, was hospitalized last week after injuring herself in a bid to end her terrible personal pain, a relative confirmed to the Daily News. “She is okay. . . . She is out (of the hospital) and somewhere safe,” the relative said. “It’s just terrible — nobody could really hold up well under the circumstances.” The suicide attempt was first…
Obama gets in fight on tarmac with Gov. Jan Brewer
Obama, Arizona governor Jan Brewer have tarmac dispute (theGRIO) President Obama and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer had a tense exchange on an airport tarmac on Wednesday afternoon after Air Force Once landed near Phoenix. Obama, who was in the area for a speech, is often warmly greeted by elected officials when he lands. Brewer, who in 2010 signed a controversial immigration law the president has opposed, gave Obama a handwritten letter inviting him to have lunch with her and visit the Arizona-Mexico border. The president in turn, according to a White House official, “said he’d be glad to meet with her again, but did note that after their last meeting, a cordial discussion in the Oval Office, the…
Demi Moore rushed to hospital after 911 call, entering rehab
Demi Moore rushed to hospital for reported substance abuse; Actress to enter rehab months after split from Ashton Kutcher (NYDN) Two months after her split from Ashton Kutcher, a painfully thin Demi Moore was rushed to a hospital late Monday and is entering rehab, sources told the Daily News. “Because of the stresses in her life right now, Demi has chosen to seek professional assistance to treat her exhaustion and improve her overall health,” her publicist Carrie Gordon said in a statement to the Daily News. “She looks forward to getting well and is grateful for the support of her family and friends,” Gordon said. Moore, 49, was taken to an unnamed Los Angeles-area hospital after paramedics spent more than a…
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TV anchor & NYPD Commissioner’s son accused of rape
Woman accuses Greg Kelly, son of police comissioner, of raping her ‘Good Day New York’ co-host is no-show on program (NYDN) “Good Day New York” co-host Greg Kelly — son of Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly — was a no-show on the program Thursday morning after reports that a Manhattan woman had accused him of rape. The woman told cops she had drinks with Kelly, 43, at the South Street Seaport Oct. 8 before he sexually assaulted her in the law office where she worked, sources said. The accuser, who is around 30, did not report the alleged assault until Tuesday night, when she walked into the 13th Precinct stationhouse and gave her account, sources said. Cops interviewed the woman, but…
Mom who survived tragic fire in CT tries to kill herself
Madonna Badger, who lost three daughters and both parents in Christmas Day fire, tried to kill herself (NYDN) The tragic mom who lost her three young daughters and parents in a Christmas Day blaze in Connecticut tried to take her own life. Madonna Badger, one of only two survivors of the fire at her waterfront mansion in Stamford, was hospitalized last week after injuring herself in a bid to end her terrible personal pain, a relative confirmed to the Daily News. “She is okay. . . . She is out (of the hospital) and somewhere safe,” the relative said. “It’s just terrible — nobody could really hold up well under the circumstances.” The suicide attempt was first…
Duke students call for better climate for blacks
(theGRIO) — DURHAM, N.C. (AP) – A group of about two dozen Duke University students urged administrators Tuesday to create a better climate and provide more financial support for black students, saying they’ve been disappointed so far in how top officials have reacted to their viewpoints. The students, almost all of whom were black, unsuccessfully sought a meeting with university President Richard Brodhead at his campus office in hopes of explaining a document they describe as a call to action for the prestigious, private southern school. Concerns range from the future location of a black culture center to the lack of support for a black student group’s annual event and a recent study that suggested African-American…
STRAP UP!Condoms now required in porn films
Mayor still has to approve the bill; question now is how the law would be enforced LOS ANGELES — Actors in adult movies filmed in the nation’s Porn Capital would be required to use condoms under an ordinance granted final approval Tuesday by the Los Angeles City Council. The measure, adopted 9-1, next goes to the mayor for his signature. Before it can take effect, however, the City Council has ordered police officials, the city attorney and others to hold meetings to figure out how it might be enforced. The council’s second and final vote to approve the law was taken without public discussion on a day when most of the porn industry’s major players…
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50 Cent to tweet nude photo if Giants lose Super Bowl
(HuffPost) Rapper 50 Cent is a betting man and he’s about to make this year’s Super Bowl a little more interesting. The 36-year-old rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, reportedly won a $500,000 bet on the New York Giants in the NFC Championship game, but he’s wagering even more on the Giants’ ability to take down the New England Patriots on Feb. 5. The Hollywood Gossip first pointed out that Fiddy recently accepted a bet from Twitter follower@MyBestAssets that will cost him more than cash if the Giants lose: The rapper quickly responded to the bet agreeing that he’ll post a nude photo of himself and@MyBestAssets said she’d post photo of both her “boobs and face” if the Giants win. Will…
Common explains hip-hop feud with Drake
(theGRIO) –PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – The Sundance Film Festival became the unlikely center of hip-hop’s latest feud when actor-turned-rapper Drake and rapper-turned-actor Common came to town. Common was promoting his role in upcoming family drama “LUV,” while Drake was performing at one of the many late-night parties. The two have traded insults recently via their raps, but Common said he didn’t want to say anything else about Drake not in rhyme form. “I feel like I said everything I really needed to say on the record. I just looked at it as like ‘Hey, it’s just a hip-hop battle,’” he explained in an interview this week. “The time to talk is on record as far…
Demi Moore rushed to hospital after 911 call, entering rehab
Demi Moore rushed to hospital for reported substance abuse; Actress to enter rehab months after split from Ashton Kutcher (NYDN) Two months after her split from Ashton Kutcher, a painfully thin Demi Moore was rushed to a hospital late Monday and is entering rehab, sources told the Daily News. “Because of the stresses in her life right now, Demi has chosen to seek professional assistance to treat her exhaustion and improve her overall health,” her publicist Carrie Gordon said in a statement to the Daily News. “She looks forward to getting well and is grateful for the support of her family and friends,” Gordon said. Moore, 49, was taken to an unnamed Los Angeles-area hospital after paramedics spent more than a…
Star Jones making guest appearance on ‘The View’
NEW YORK (AP) – Apparently enough time has passed for Barbara Walters and Star Jones to reunite for a day. “The View” announced on Wednesday that Jones will appear on the daytime talk show on Feb. 22 to promote an awareness campaign about heart disease among women. Walters and Jones had a falling out in 2006 when Jones, one of the five original co-hosts of the daytime chat show, exited “The View.” ABC decided not to renew her contract and Jones took Walters by surprise by announcing on June 27 that she would be leaving the show. That exit came more quickly than expected. Walters wouldn’t allow her back the next day. Walters later said that…
Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer Lead 2012 Oscar Nominations
The Help costars could continue the tradition of making Hollywood history for Black actors. (BET) This morning, the list for the best and brightest in film for Hollywood was finally announced. Viola Daviswas nominated for Best Actress for her role as the stoic, proud maid Aibileen Clark in the 1960s period drama The Help. Davis’ stiffest competition comes from her friend, two-time Academy Award winner and now 18-time nominee Meryl Streep her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. If Davis wins the Best Actress award, she will become only the second African-American woman in history (after Halle Berry in 2002) to receive that award in the Academy’s 84-year history. The Help costar Octavia Spencer received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her turn as the…
