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Super Bowl LI Cheat Sheet: 5 Things Non-viewers Should Know
Did you really miss the Super Bowl Sunday night? If so, that's too bad, because you missed a lot -- and you're probably going to hear about it at work on Monday. Fortunately, we've got you covered with a list of highlights so you can save face:
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“The Blood of Emmett Till” by Timothy B. Tyson
You really can’t remember. For sure, something important happened years ago, something you should recall very easily, but time’s made things fuzzy. Have you forgotten or, worse yet, have you just remembered everything wrong? Usually, you suppose, it wouldn’t matter but in the new book “The Blood of Emmett Till” by Timothy B. Tyson, it surely does.
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Gucci’s Pre-Fall 2017 Campaign Casts All Black Models
While the term "diversity" is definitely a hot topic in the fashion world right now, not every brand necessarily understands the concept in full. Gucci shared a series of audition videos via Instagram for their pre-fall 2017 campaign.
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Black History & The Education Of Hidden Figures
At schools across the country, the vibrancy of February is all the same. There are the morning announcements, with school wide events announced; birthdays lauded, teachers and school teams having imaginary flowers thrown on their name. Then comes the obligatory read out of a Black History Month figure. Some students roll their eyes of boredom, others, too disinterested to care. Yet there is one student, his or her ears perked up, waiting to feed into someone new. They’re anticipating a new fact, a new lesson, a new hero to look upon.
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5 Things for Friday, February 3, 2017: Israel, Russia, Yemen
Good morning. It's the Friday before the Super Bowl. If you haven't picked the team you'll be rooting for come Sunday, you better get to it. Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.
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2nd Smahrt Girl Brunch & Ball Gowns Gala
Photography by Vicky Pink - The Smahrt Girl Foundation at their 2nd Annual Brunch and …
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Trump's First Days In Office Spawn Dozens Of Lawsuits
Donald Trump the businessman was no stranger to lawsuits, both frivolous and substantive.
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Big Changes In Trump's Cybersecurity Executive Order
An executive order awaiting President Trump's signature is aimed at improving nation's hacker defenses -- including a plan to have the U.S. military review what kids are learning about cybersecurity in school.
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The Air Jordan 4 “Motorsports” Pops Up Early
The Air Jordan 4 “Motorsports” won’t release until March 26th, but retailer Jimmy Jazz momentarily had these up on their site for a short while before taking them down for good.
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Watch The First Look At ‘Girl’s Trip’
Jada Pinkett and Queen Latifah team up for movie based around Essence Festival
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Adidas Ultra Boost Uncaged “Crystal”
The adidas Ultra Boost Uncaged gets a new look this spring for women in an appropriate pastel blue.
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How One Patriots Super Bowl Ring Gave New Life To 24 Orphans In Thailand
Jerod Cherry was attending a religious youth conference in 2008 when he ran into a staffer who had a thought about the three Super Bowl titles he won with the New England Patriots. The gathered teens had fallen $20,000 short of their fundraising goal for building an orphanage overseas, and the staffer, Courtney Cherest, wondered whether Cherry might be in the mood to cover the difference.
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Baytown Police Looking For Suspect Using Credit Card Skimmer At ATMs
Police are looking for a man who allegedly used a "skimmer" at a bank in Baytown.
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Donald Trump's Early Crisis
President Donald Trump begins his 11th day in office shrouded in crisis, roundly criticized for a chaotic unveiling of immigration measures and under new scrutiny after he fired the nation's top law enforcement officer who refused to enforce them.
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Trump to Continue Obama Order Protecting LGBTQ Federal Workers
An executive order protecting federal employees from anti-LGBTQ discrimination that was signed by President Barack Obama in 2014 will continue to be in effect in President Donald Trump's administration, the White House announced Tuesday.
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With the start of US President Donald Trump's administration, and despite a senior administration official stating that the White House has no plans to reverse …
Published on January 31, 2017
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Sean Spicer Slams 'nitpicking' of Holocaust Statement
White House press secretary Sean Spicer defended Monday the Trump administration's omission of any reference to Jews in its Holocaust remembrance statement, saying "nitpicking" of the Friday statement is "just ridiculous."
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The Real Estate Mogul's Architect: Bannon's Influence Swells
To outsiders looking in, President Donald Trump's decision to give his chief strategist Steve Bannon a permanent seat with the National Security Council's most senior officials marked the startling elevation of a political adviser to a policy-making role.
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Jeff Sessions Grilled Sally Yates On Constitutional Duty During 2015 Hearing
Sally Yates had been in the crossfire over her constitutional duty before her ouster Monday night as acting attorney general.
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5 Things for Tuesday, January 31, 2017: Sally Yates, Travel Ban, Super Bowl LI
With all of the political talk dominating the headlines, we almost forgot that it's Super Bowl week. And the storyline for Super Bowl LI looks very familiar. Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.
