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Data Leaked Of 100 Million Facebooks Users Online

Larry Young — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:28:58 +0000

From MSN.com:

The personal details of 100 million Facebook users have been collected and published online in a downloadable file, meaning they will now be unable to make their publicly available information private.

However, Facebook downplayed the issue, saying that no private data had been compromised.

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Formspring.me: Cyber Bullying Or Do Haters Really Make You Famous

Sagging Pants Are “Foolish” But Legal Says Judge

Larry Young — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:11:29 +0000

From NYPost.com:

You have the right to look ridiculous.

A Bronx judge has thrown out a summons issued against a Bronx man for wearing saggy pants, finding that “the Constitution still leaves some opportunity for people to be foolish if they so desire.”

Judge Ruben Franco said that although Julio Martinez may have offended the fashion police with his low-hanging and underwear-exposing pants, his manner of dress didn’t deserve a ticket from a cop.

“While most of us may consider it distasteful, and indeed foolish, to wear one’s pants so low as to expose the underwear . . . people can dress as they please, wear anything, so long as they do not offend public order and decency,” the judge wrote.

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OPINION: Sagging Pants Dehumanize Black Men

Sean Bell’s Dad Responds To Union Chief: “My Son’s Death Is Not A Joke”

Larry Young — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:52:15 +0000

From NYDailyNews.com:

Sean Bell’s dad lashed out Wednesday at a top police union official who called his dead son drunk – and suggested he brought on his own demise.

William Bell told the Daily News he is outraged that detectives union President Michael Palladino called the $7 million wrongful death settlement in the 50-bullet shooting case “an absolute joke.”

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Police Say Woman Shot Cousin Over Short Shorts On Easter

Noose Found At College May Be Latest Racial Prank

Larry Young — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:41:10 +0000

SAN DIEGO—Police at the University of California, San Diego, are investigating a noose that was found in a campus building in what may be the latest in a series of racially charged pranks.

School spokesman Jeffrey Gattas says a thin piece of rope fashioned in a crude loop was found last week hanging from a stairwell.

To many African-Americans, nooses are a symbol of historical oppression and lynchings.

In February, an off-campus party mocking Black History Month sparked controversy and campus protests were held after a noose was found dangling in the library. A student later admitted placing it, apologized and was suspended.

In March, a KKK-style hood was found draped over a campus statue.

Blacks comprise less than 2 percent of UCSD undergraduates.

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Black Congressman Received Faxes Of Noose After Health Care Vote

Court Date Set In Katrina Shooting

Larry Young — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:38:24 +0000

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Mississippi man is set to be arraigned on charges he fired a shotgun at three black men in what prosecutors call a racially motivated attack in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath.

One of Roland Bourgeois Jr.’s alleged victims was shot in the throat but survived. Two others had less serious wounds.

Bourgeois, a 47-year-old white man from Columbia, Miss., allegedly opened fire on the men as they tried to leave New Orleans after the August 2005 storm.

A five-count indictment handed up this month claims Bourgeois and others discussed shooting black people and defending a New Orleans neighborhood on the south side of the Mississippi River from “outsiders” after the storm.

Bourgeois is scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate Thursday for his arraignment.

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Man Charged With Shooting Blacks After Katrina

Kilpatrick To Undergo Seven Hours Of Questioning About Slain Stripper

Larry Young — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:09:43 +0000

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is scheduled to undergo seven hours of questioning today about whether he ordered police to scuttle the investigation into the killing of a woman said to have danced at a rumored wild party at the Manoogian Mansion in 2002.

But whether he will answer any questions about exotic dancer Tamara Greene, with criminal charges hanging over his head, remains a mystery.

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State Proposes Kilpatrick Get Boot Camp, Parole 90 Days

A Black Family’s Journey To Judaism

Larry Young — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:08:41 +0000

From HuffingtonPost.com:

“It’s an explosion of luuuv!” Elyse yells from the kitchen as she admires the golden challah loaves that she and her daughter Sydnee have prepared for the evening’s Shabbat.

This night will be like no other night I’ve experienced with a Jewish family. While I have been a guest for many years at my friend Maggie Klein’s family Passovers (I come armed with containers to take home matzo ball soup and charoset, and Maggie’s sister, Fran Fink, is happy to fill them up), where I addressed the late matriarch as “Mother Klein,” I have never been the guest of a Modern Orthodox African-American family. Tonight I will be one of two Gentiles, the other being Elyse’s sister, Arnette Haynes, and we’ll be joined by two other couples — six children in all, and two dogs.

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OPINION: Jewish Voices Of Color Must Be Heard

Insurers Cheat Fallen Soldiers’ Families While Making A Profit

Larry Young — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:27:16 +0000

The package arrived at Cindy Lohman’s home in Great Mills, Maryland, just two weeks after she learned that her son, Ryan, a 24-year-old Army sergeant, had been killed by a bomb in Afghanistan. It was a thick, 9-inch-by- 12-inch envelope from Prudential Financial Inc., which handles life insurance for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Inside was a letter from Prudential about Ryan’s $400,000 policy. And there was something else, which looked like a checkbook. The letter told Lohman that the full amount of her payout would be placed in a convenient interest-bearing account, allowing her time to decide how to use the benefit.

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NAACP Causes War of Words Within Tea Party

Blacks Suffer Higher Rates Of Fire-Related Deaths

Larry Young — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:51:55 +0000

From TheGrio.com:

To combat the growing problem, the International Association of Black Professional Firefighters (IABPFF) is preparing to launch “No Child Left Alone,” a fire safety and awareness campaign during Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 3-9.

According to a press release issued by the group, the campaign will focus on informing caregivers about the dangers of leaving children at home alone and provide fire-safety information. The USFA has awarded the IABPFF a grant to implement the “No Child Left Alone” campaign in cities across the nation with high numbers of African Americans and Spanish-speaking communities.

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Obama Warns of Massive Layoffs of Teachers, Police and Firefighters

Panic Ensues As AIDS Funding Disappears

Larry Young — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:34:17 +0000

From WashingtonPost.com:

Ten years ago, many experts thought you couldn’t bring antiretroviral therapy to people with AIDS in poor countries. The drugs cost too much, there weren’t enough doctors, the patients wouldn’t take the medicines correctly, and the risk of creating a resistant virus was too high.

None of that turned out to be true. About 5.2 million people with HIV infections are on lifesaving treatment in low- and middle-income countries. In sub-Saharan Africa, antiretroviral therapy, much of it paid for by the U.S. government, is resurrecting whole communities.

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New Study Offers Options To Reduce AIDS Rate for African Women