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Case Study: Racial Perceptions
Seeded on Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:07 PM EDT (Tyra Banks show)
The Video Will load after 30 seconds. The "Tyra Show" conducted a social experiment to expose the real and raw racial perceptions that people still have today. What our focus group has to say will shock you.
Erykah Badu strips down in new video and is called indecent. Matt and Kim (whose video came out first) strip down in their video and are called inspirational. Why the difference in critique?
Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:01 PM EDT
A day or so ago, a news story broke about multi platinum recording artist Erykah Badu's new music video, where she strips down naked in front of unknowing passersby. According to her, (and to me as well) it was art and tied to the message of her song.
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Chatroulette. Heard of it?
Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:29 PM EDT
We've all heard of Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter, but the newest craze is chatroulette. Chat roulette hooks you up with random people instantly. What's the big deal? It's all via webcam.
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Teacher writes "loser" on 6th graders paper.
Seeded on Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:28 PM EST (KSFY)
A North Carolina middle school teacher is in the hot seat over his controversial style of teaching. Rex Roland teaches sixth graders at Enka Middle School in Candler, N.C. Patty Clement says her child was repeatedly bullied by Roland in class and she wants it to stop.
Pregnantism? In the grocery store.
Sat Mar 6, 2010 2:25 PM EST
Yesterday, I went to the grocery store. There were two girls there who were both very visibly pregnant. They both looked around the age of 26, were nicely dressed (though their styles were different), beautiful, and were glowing from head to toe.
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300 lb man in leotard dances to Beyonce's single ladies
Seeded on Sun Feb 28, 2010 12:59 AM EST (YouTube)
You just have to take a look! :)
Zeitgeist- The movie.
Sun Feb 21, 2010 6:59 PM EST
Extremely controversial documentary split into three parts, first producing information on the origins of religion, particularly Christainity through showing the similarities of major religious figures.
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What goes well with creamy potato soup?
Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:26 PM EST
I am making Creamy Potato Soup for dinner, and I wanted to know what else I could have with it? I know bread would go really well but what kind of bread and what other dishes could I make? Any help is much appreciated! Thanks :)
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Got something to say? Design your own t-shirt.
Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:51 AM EST
Go to www.zazzle.com and have at it! Then post a link to your design! Have Fun. :-)
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The face of Heroin- it's not inner city kids (and hasn't been for a long time), it's suburbia
Seeded on Mon Feb 8, 2010 4:49 PM EST (The New York Times)
"My parents had no idea," said one of them, a 17-year-old girl who, like other formerly addicted youths interviewed, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of her past drug use.
Jokes about the Religious and Non-Religious. Tell your best one!
Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:30 AM EST
Alright. We all know that some of the worst fights here on Newsvine are about the Religious v. Non-Religious. SO, instead of chewing each others eyes out, lets see who can come up with the best jokes about the other side. This is all in the name of FUN, so go at it! :)
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Faces of the dead US soldiers
Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:40 PM EDT
Take a moment, and scroll through the beautiful faces of those who have had their lives ended so abruptly due to the war.
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some Israelis insulted by Obama Picture
Seeded on Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:54 PM EDT (AOL)
Israeli TV newscasters Tuesday night interpreted a photo taken Monday in the Oval Office of President Obama talking on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an "insult" to Israel
Man exonerated after 20 years in prison
Seeded on Mon Jun 8, 2009 7:27 PM EDT (aol)
Byron Halsey, a New Jersey man who spent more than 20 years in prison before being exonerated by DNA testing in the rape and murder of two Plainfield children, has filed a lawsuit against authorities.
New Jersey Police Beating
Seeded on Sun Jun 7, 2009 1:18 PM EDT (AOL)
Surveillance video shows a Passaic, New Jersey, police officer beating a 49-year-old man standing idly on a street corner
To0 much Hate in America?
Sun Jun 7, 2009 12:50 PM EDT
Lately, I have been reading every article on News vine that I could get my hands on. Whether it be what I believe or not, I have taken the time to read them. After reading the articles I go through and read all the comments; and what I have found is quite disturbing.
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Day care fire claims the lives of 35 children
Seeded on Sat Jun 6, 2009 3:52 PM EDT (AOL)
A fire killed 35 children in a day care center in northern Mexico despite desperate attempts of firefighters and a father who crashed his pickup truck through the wall to rescue babies, toddlers and others trapped inside
Congress ok's guns in national parks
Seeded on Thu May 21, 2009 11:43 AM EDT (AOL)
In a stinging defeat for gun-control advocates, Congress has voted to allow people to carry loaded guns in national parks and wildlife refuges.
11 year hangs himself after constant anti-gay bullying
Seeded on Fri May 8, 2009 5:46 PM EDT ()
11-year-old Massachusetts boy, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, hanged himself Monday after enduring bullying at school, including daily taunts of being gay, despite his mother's weekly pleas to the school to address the problem.
Bullycide (bullying leading to suicide)
Seeded on Fri May 8, 2009 5:45 PM EDT (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
A crowd of about 60 gathered Tuesday night at the DeKalb home of Jaheem Herrera to remember the fifth-grader who committed suicide last week. The 11-year-old boy hanged himself at his home after — according to his family — relentless bullying at Dunaire Elementary School
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Hi JanayB,
I just wrote an article that I think is pretty good and wanted some input from my friends list to see if I could generate some support for it. Please stop by when you get a chance and leave a comment on it (oh, and take the poll too, please)
Title: Say what you want, Obama is a fighter
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