Bring That Week Back: Week of April 12
Kobe fined, Obama slams GOP plan, plus more top stories.
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Obama as a Monkey, Again? - A California Republican official distributed an email last week depicting President Obama’s face imposed on a chimpanzee, with the caption “Now you know why—no birth certificate.” Marilyn Davenport, an elected Orange County Republican Party official, issued a defensive apology afterwards, adding that she never considered the president’s race when forwarding the email. “We all know a double standard applies regarding this president. I received plenty of emails about George Bush that I didn’t particularly like, yet there was no ‘cry’ in the media about them,” she wrote in an email defending her actions. The OC GOP chairman has called for her to issue a real apology and step down, but she has refused to do so. (Photo: Orange County Republicans and Tea Baggers/blogs.ocweekly.com)
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Obamas Paid $453,770 in Taxes in 2010 - The Obamas released tax returns showing that they earned a total income of $1,728,096 last year and paid $453,770 in federal taxes. A large chunk of the earnings came from the sale of President Obama’s books. Mr. and Mrs. Obama also donated $245,075 to 36 different charities.
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Lil Wayne Pushes Back Album - Lil Wayne’s latest album Tha Carter IV will now be released sometime in June, instead of its original May 16 date. The decision to delay the release has nothing to do with a leak of the album’s track list, one of the album’s producers said. (Photo: Robb D. Cohen/ Retna ltd)
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Jesse Jackson Sr. Faces Another Sex Scandal - Last week, reports surfaced that an openly gay former employee of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition had filed a lawsuit against the organization alleging harassment and wrongful termination. Tommy R. Bennett claims that he was required to escort women to Jackson’s hotel room and clean up afterward, among other jaw-dropping allegations. He also says he was laid off in December of 2009 due to “lack of funding” but was replaced by someone else. (Photo: ALLEN FREDRICKSON/ REUTERS/LANDOV)
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Report: Weave, Braids Cause Hair Loss in Black Women - Weaves and braids applied too tightly and with excess heat are behind many Black women’s hair loss, according to a recent study. A common form of hair loss in Black women is alopecia, which is due to excessive pulling and pressure on the hair. Thinning edges and red bumps around the hairline could be an indicator of alopecia. (Photo: Goff/INFphoto.com )
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Nigeria’s President Re-Elected - Days after Nigeria’s presidential election, President Goodluck Jonathan was named the official winner of Saturday’s vote. (Photo: AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Act Like a Lady Coming to the Big Screen - Steve Harvey’s best-selling relationship book, Act Like a Lady Think Like a Man, will soon be turned into a movie. The film’s producer, Will Packer, recently took to Twitter, announcing, “MY NEXT MOVIE BASED ON @IAmSteveHarvey’s bestseller ‘Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man’ Shoots this summer … All my real up and coming actors stay tuned for casting info.” (Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Steve Harvey Foundation)
Photo By Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Steve Harvey Foundation
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Latinos Taking Over Cities - Latinos now outnumber African-Americans in most of the nation’s metropolitan areas, according to Census figures. The nation’s Latino population grew 42 percent over the last 10 years, and much of that growth was in cities that whites and Blacks previously dominated. (Photo: iStockphoto.com)
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Trump: "I Have a Great Relationship With the Blacks" - It appears that possible presidential hopeful Donald Trump may be a little intimidated by President Obama’s popularity in the African-American community. After a recent poll showed that the president still has strong support from Blacks in New York (Trump’s home state) the businessman said in an interview with Talk1300, “I have a great relationship with the Blacks. I’ve always had a great relationship with the Blacks. But unfortunately, it seems that, you know, the numbers you cite are very, very, frightening numbers.” Trump, who has yet to announce his intentions, has made waves the past few weeks by expressing doubt about the president’s birthplace. (Photo: Andy Kropa/Getty Images)
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DJ Henry Shooter Named “Officer of the Year” - The police officer who shot and killed unarmed Pace University student Danroy “DJ” Henry last October was named “Officer of the Year” by a local police union. Months after the shooting, a grand jury refused to indict the officers involved, ruling that Officer Aaron Hess had no choice but to fire.
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Kobe Bryant Fined - On Wednesday, the NBA handed Lakers star Kobe Bryant a $100,000 fine for using a gay slur after a referee called a technical foul on him during a game the previous night against the San Antonio Spurs. “While I’m fully aware that basketball is an emotional game, such a distasteful term should never be tolerated … Kobe and everyone associated with the NBA know that insensitive or derogatory comments are not acceptable and have no place in our game or society,” league commissioner David Stern said in a statement. (Photo: AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Photo By AP Photo/Chris Carlson
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HBCU Receives $28.5 Million Grant - Baltimore HBCU Morgan State University received a $28.5 million grant from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for research, the school announced recently. The grant is the largest the school has ever received. As part of the award, the school’s professors and graduate students will work with the Universities Space Research Association to study climate change, the chemistry of the earth’s atmosphere and ocean, and the effect of the carbon cycle on the environment. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Alicia Keys to Perform at 2011 BET Awards - Alicia Keys will perform at this year’s BET Awards on June 26. The performance will coincide with the release of the 10th anniversary deluxe edition of her debut album, Songs in A Minor, set to be released June 28. (Photo: Kristian Dowling/PictureGroup)
Photo By Kristian Dowling/PictureGroup
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LeBron’s Mother Sued by Valet - On Tuesday, the Miami valet who had an altercation with LeBron James’ mother Gloria filed a lawsuit against her for battery. The previous week Gloria James was arrested for “suspicion of misdemeanor assault” after allegedly hitting the man at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel when she reportedly became impatient while waiting for her car. (Photo: The Plain Dealer /Landov)
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Drug Charges Against Montel Williams Dropped - A Milwaukee judge dismissed a drug paraphernalia possession charge against former talk show host Montel Williams on Tuesday. Back in January, TSA agents confiscated a pipe that was found on him at a Milwaukee airport. The pipe tested negative for marijuana, but Williams, who suffers from chronic pain from multiple sclerosis, is a medical marijuana advocate. "Hopefully this issue and incident will spark some conversations that will help more rational minds find a way to solve the problem and take the patients off the battlefield,” he told a Milwaukee paper after learning the charges were dismissed. (Photo: AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Barry Bonds Found Guilty - Former baseball slugger Barry Bonds was convicted of obstruction of justice Wednesday following a trial that lasted almost two weeks. The jury couldn’t agree on a verdict on other charges concerning whether Bonds lied about never knowingly using steroids during his baseball career. Legal experts believe Bonds will avoid jail time. His lawyers requested the court to throw out the guilty verdict. (Photo: AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Photo By AP Photo/Noah Berger
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Bobby Brown, Fiancée Expecting Sixth Child - R&B singer Bobby Brown is expecting his sixth child, according to reports. The child would be his second with fiancée/manager Alicia Etheridge. They also have a one-year-old named Cassius. (Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for AOL)
Photo By Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for AOL
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Obama Slams GOP’s Budget Plan - President Obama attacked the Republicans’ proposed budget plan Wednesday, saying it would harm the nation’s economic recovery. “A 70 percent cut to clean energy, a 25 percent cut in education, a 30 percent cut in transportation, cuts in college Pell Grants that will grow to more than $1,000 per year—that’s what they’re proposing,” Obama said. “These aren’t the kind of cuts you make when you’re trying to get rid of some waste or find extra savings in the budget. These are the kind of cuts that tell us we can’t afford the America we believe in.” He also promoted more taxes for the wealthy and said his plan would reduce the deficit $4 trillion in the next 12 years. (Photo: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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UConn's Kemba Walker Will Enter NBA Draft - University of Connecticut’s Kemba Walker announced Tuesday he will enter the NBA draft this June. The 6-foot-1 guard led the Huskies to a 32–9 record, including an 11–0 postseason run that ended with a national championship. Walker is expected to be a first-round pick. (Photo: AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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Serena Williams Gets Back on the Court - Serena Williams, who has not played an official tennis match since she won Wimbledon last July due to injury, returned to practice Tuesday. The former No. 1–ranked tennis player tweeted, “Cool news guys stay tuned. Ill update u with a pic. U ready?" (Photo: AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
