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A Cherokee County man found a hidden treasure in a painting he bought at an auction: four pounds of marijuana. Gordon Clement, 80, discovered the pot stashed inside of the painting, which he bought at a post office auction about five years ago.

From Clutchmagonline.com: On Friday evening, cultural critic and writer Michaela angela Davis tweeted: “It is with a heavy heavy heart I have learned that Essence magazine has engaged a white fashion director, this hurts, literally, spiritually.” Michaela’s tweet erupted a series of reactions, re-tweets, and scores of Facebook comments. Responses ranged from shock, disappointment to utter confusion.

From CNN.com: Wyclef Jean for president?

From TheRoot.com: In 1998, when President Bill Clinton was allowing Cuban artists to travel relatively easily in and out of the United States, I invited a well-known Cuban visual artist to visit my graduate class at Columbia College in Chicago. I wanted her to show the students her work and talk a little about what […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two Drexel University basketball players face robbery and weapons charges after an armed robbery at a fellow student’s apartment in which they went looking for cash but came away only with two cell phones, police said.

From NBCNewYork.com: Crackpot movie director Oliver Stone is out to do for Hitler and Stalin what he’s tried to do for Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez.

According to the rookie first-round pick, Roy Williams and the other veteran receivers can carry their own shoulder pads after practice. Dez Bryant wouldn't take part in innocent rookie hazing at the hands of Roy Williams.

In response to the U.S. Department of Education's release of the "Gainful Employment" rule, the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women (NOBEL/Women) strongly believes that the U.S. Department of Education must support the goal of increasing the number of college graduates among students rather than barring students from attaining higher education.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has confirmed that a French hostage was killed by al-Qaida's branch in North Africa

With the recent Shirley Sherrod controversy, many people have been calling the Obama administration “too white” with their hands off approach to the subject of racism.

If there is one thing we know about our great country, it’s that people love their pets. But these pictures sure do strike of people who love their pets a bit much. Look below to view gallery: RELATED: Pit Bulls Kill And Injure Men In Memphis Man Charged With Stabbing Racist Dog

From DailyCaller.com: Shirley Sherrod, who recently lost her job at the USDA after an excerpt of a speech she delivered to the NAACP surfaced showing her saying she didn’t do everything she could to help a white farmer, is now accusing Big Government’s Andrew Breitbart of, you guessed it, racism.