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With Concealed Carry Ban Lifted, Illinois Gun Advocates Already Pushing For Looser Laws
As the first crop of Illinois gun owners receive concealed carry permits this week, the state’s gun rights lobbyists are already vowing to push the…
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updated 03:13 PMNicki Minaj Shares No-Makeup, Topless Selfies
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11:07 AMShaq Seeking Funding For New 'Shaq Fu' Video Game
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06:42 AMRapper Lil' Boosie Released From Louisiana Prison
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NATIONAL NEWS
Federal forecasters predict a warming of the central Pacific Ocean this year that will change weather worldwide. And that’s good news for a weather-weary United…
Glenn Beck once said Obamacare would mean “the end of prosperity in America forever.” But so far, it turns out President Obama’s 2010 health law…
WORLD NEWS
The seventh witness in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial provided emotive and at times gruesome testimony Thursday on the double-amputee runner’s distraught actions and the…
Four young men were convicted of gay sex and whipped publicly as punishment Thursday in an Islamic court in northern Nigeria, a human rights activist…
ENTERTAINMENT
Who hasn’t Pharrell produced for? The hitmaker’s Rolodex includes pop heavyweights from Beyonce to Justin Timberlake, maestros like Hans Zimmer and Heitor Pereira, and wildcards…
Since its debut in January, HBO’s “True Detective” has captured a great deal of attention, all of it richly deserved. In the past month, the…
POLITICS
Republican leaders implored conservatives to offer a stark contrast to President Barack Obama’s policies and stand firm on principles as a way to win back…
The Senate on Thursday blocked a bill that would have stripped senior military commanders of their authority to prosecute or prevent charges for alleged rapes…
BUSINESS
The U.S. economy has been skating on an icy patch in advance of the February jobs report being released Friday. Hiring skidded in December and…
Stocks moved higher in morning trading Thursday after the government reported that the number of people filing for unemployment benefits fell last week to the…
SPORTS
D.J. Augustin scored 26 points off the bench and Joakim Noah had a triple-double as the Chicago Bulls beat the Detroit Pistons 105-94 on Wednesday…
Jason Collins started walking from the bench to the scorer’s table, fans rising out of their seats all around Barclays Center. He committed a foul…
HEALTH
Electronic cigarettes exist in a limbo world of laws, even as use of the battery-powered nicotine vaporizer grows across the nation. The U.S. Food and…
AP Just try sugar-coating this: The World Health Organization says your daily sugar intake should be just 5 percent of your total calories – half…
EDITORS PICKS
Ever wince when someone else stubs their toe? It turns out that the empathy we feel actually can be influenced by racial bias, and it…
FEATURES
Race issues on college campuses have seemed to prevail over time with disregard to the humans who are deeply impacted by it, the students. Students…
FAITH
Our favorite singing sisters Mary Mary are back for Season 3, premiering Thursday February 27th at 9|8c on WE tv. Click through the below stunning…
“Winners lose much more often than losers. So if you keep losing but you’re still trying, keep it up! You’re right on track.” – Matthew…
FOCUS
CNN is experimenting with a new weekly night show hosted by Don Lemon. The Wrap reported Wednesday that “The Don Lemon Show” will air “tentatively”…
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) took to the Senate floor Wednesday night to slam fellow senators for what he called their “shameful” vote to block the…
CULTURE
A pregnant woman in labor was robbed at gunpoint in Annapolis, Md. early Sunday, according to local media. A witness saw the woman and her…
Just months after stepping down as head of the nation’s largest civil rights organization, former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous is changing his career from an…
VIEWS
As a black man, my heart aches over the disproportionate numbers of men and boys of color left back by schools, left out of jobs…
There is a crisis that demands our urgent attention. For the last four decades, this country has been obsessed with expanding the number of people…
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