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MISSING! Have You Seen Antonio Williams?

The Clayton County Police Department is searching for 14-year-old Antonio Williams after the boy got into a vehicle with an unknown man at a gas station and vanished, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Surveillance video shows Antonio getting into the vehicle at around 9:40 p.m. on Monday, January 30. His mother recovered his bicycle at the gas station on Tara Boulevard in Jonesboro, Georgia on the outskirts of Atlanta.

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Feb 3, 2012 at 4:36 pm

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Mitt Romney Forms Strategic Alliance With Ron Paul

While they may differ on foreign policy, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney have formed a strategic alliance. Reports claim that Mitt Romney’s aids are in close contact with Ron Paul and that the two campaigns coordinate events with each other.

Paul has a strong following but is unlikely to win the nomination and Romney is hoping that Paul supporters will help him defeat President Barack Obama in the upcoming election.

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Feb 3, 2012 at 4:26 pm

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Black Slave Assisted Explorers Lewis And Clark In Trek Across America

The tale of American explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their epic transcontinental journey has long been a fixture in history books. A little known fact behind the pair’s adventure was that a Black slave helped the men bridge cultural gaps between themselves and American Indian they encountered along the way.

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Terra Hall of Fox4 Kansas City recently reported that a slave

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Feb 3, 2012 at 2:13 pm

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Obama Flip-Flops On Church and State, GOP Rep Walks Out

Representative Phil Gingrey (R-Georgia), walked out of President Barack Obama‘s address at the annual National Prayer Breakfast after becoming offended that the president insinuated politics into what is supposed to be a non-partisan event, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

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“He was glad that the president attended, but he felt that there were 364 days in a year to give a

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Feb 3, 2012 at 2:07 pm

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Oh, Lord. Kimmel Asks Whites To Name “Favorite Black Person”

Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t sure of the best way to start off Black History Month. So he decided to hit the streets and ask white people who their favorite black person is, according to reporting by Clutch Magazine.

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The responses were a mix of incredibly funny and, shall we say, disturbing insights into how

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Feb 3, 2012 at 12:04 pm

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Oh, For Real? Welfare Recipients Face Strip Club Ban

After voting on a ban Wednesday evening, the Republican-led House of Representatives sent a clear and bizarre message to Congress that they would stop welfare recipients from using their benefits at strip clubs, liquor stores, and casinos.

Dubbed in the press as the “strip club bill,” the legislation received a whopping 395-27 vote. Essentially, the bill would

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Feb 3, 2012 at 10:21 am

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When Will It Stop?! Unarmed Teen Fatally Shot By Police

Ramarley Graham was fatally shot by plain clothes officers, after he tried to run from them during a confrontation Thursday afternoon, according to the New York Daily News.

Graham, 19, was pursued by a team of police who had attempted to stop and question him. Reportedly, police witnessed the youth adjusting the waistband of his pants on the street and immediately assumed he had a gun. The youth,

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Feb 2, 2012 at 7:33 pm

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“The View” Co-Hosts Clash Over Komen and Planned Parenthood

The ladies of The View engaged in a contentious debate over the Susan G. Komen Foundation‘s controversial decision to halt funding to Planned Parenthood. Komen has implemented criteria that bars them from providing grants to organizations that are under investigation by local, state or federal authorities, according to spokesperson, Leslie Aun.

Since Planned Parenthood is the focus of an inquiry spearheaded by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.), in efforts to determine

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Feb 2, 2012 at 7:29 pm

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Are Black People The New Political Orphans of America?

Prepping for another run for the White House, President Barack Obama recently launched an African Americans for Obama campaign to target Black voters.

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“I don’t think there’s a better time than African-American History month to consider the tremendous progress we’ve made through the sacrifices of so many, or a better time to recommit to the challenges we face right now,” said Obama in

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