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In a recent op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, Erin Aubry Kaplan criticizes President Barack Obama’s racial politics and expresses frustration over his late-July appearance on The View in which he ostensibly whitewashed his biracial heritage:

Vivid Entertainment President Steve Hirsch has confirmed he’s in possession of a video that features the former Playmate getting it on with boyfriend Sam Jones III. He describes the action as “extremely erotic” and says “a reputable third party” dropped the tape off in his office.

Niko Mushi hated rats, as did most people in his village near Tanzania’s Mt. Kilimanjaro — until he learned the critters had a nose for land mines.

The youngest child of reggae legend Bob Marley has admitted growing marijuana in her Philadelphia-area home.

When I read about the possibility that Reggie Bush may have his Heisman Trophy taken, I became irritated beyond imagination.  “Here we go again,” I thought.  “Another self-righteous group of hoity-toity NCAA administrators making value judgments about the character of black male athletes.

Eighteen people died and several others were wounded Tuesday in a shooting at a shoe factory in San Pedro Sula in northern Honduras, police said.

A former soldier arrested after a hostage incident at a military base in Georgia faces multiple charges that include threatening to kill President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton, according to federal court documents filed Tuesday.

George Grier said he had to use his rifle on Sunday night to stop what he thought was going to be an invasion of his Uniondale home by a gang he thought might have been the vicious “MS-13.”

Downed power lines ignite at least 24 blazes on ‘worst’ day in 20 years.

Some unhappy meals are being served at a McDonalds in San Francisco. Homeless advocates say the decision by one of the restaurants to do away with the Dollar Menu is a ploy to get rid of the homeless.