Leonardo Blair

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  May 16, 2014

  UK Teenager Stephen Sutton Dies After Using Battle With Cancer to Raise More Than $6 Million for Teenage Cancer Trust

  Britain is now grieving after Stephen Sutton, a brave teenager who used his terminal bowel cancer diagnosis to inspire people from across the world to donate more than $6 million to the local Teenage Cancer Trust, died from his disease Wednesday.

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  May 16, 2014

  Boko Haram Leader Pledges War Against Christians; Scoffs at Gays Saying Even Animals Know Better

  Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Islamic militant group Boko Haram, has made it clear that the recent abduction of nearly 300 mostly Christian schoolgirls in Nigeria is not merely about denying education to women but a war against the damaging effects of Christians and Christianity in Nigeria.

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  May 16, 2014

  White Police Commissioner Says He Won't Apologize for Calling President Obama Expletive Laced N-Word

  A white police commissioner of a predominantly white but small New Hampshire town is under fire for refusing to apologize for calling President Barack Obama a "f**king n***er" because he thinks he meets and exceeds the definition of the racial slur.

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  May 15, 2014

  Former NFL Star Aaron Hernandez Indicted for 2012 Double Murder; Allegedly Gunned Down Men in Car After 'Chance Encounter'

  Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, who is already awaiting trial for the murder of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, last year was indicted Thursday for the double murder of two Boston men on July 16, 2012.

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  May 15, 2014

  Leggy Teen Says Richmond Homeschool Prom Kicked Her Out After Dads Complained Her Dress Could Trigger 'Impure Thoughts'

  A leggy 17-year-old girl from Virginia says she was kicked out of the Richmond Homeschool Prom because several fathers complained that her dress triggered "impure thoughts." Others who attended the event held in a church gym, however, are calling her a liar.

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  May 15, 2014

  New York Times Fires Top Editor Jill Abramson, Replaces Her With Dean Baquet, the First Black American to Lead Paper

  After less than three years as the top editor of The New York Times, the company abruptly announced Wednesday that Jill Abramson had been fired and replaced by managing editor Dean Baquet, the first black editor to lead the paper.

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  May 14, 2014

  Planned Parenthood Counselor Failed to Report Rape Involving Alleged Teen Sex Predator Tyler Kost Because It Was a 'Hassle'

  Abortion advocate Planned Parenthood is under investigation after it was revealed that one of the organization's counselors in Arizona failed to report a rape allegedly carried out by accused 18-year-old serial predator, Tyler Kost, because it was too much of a "hassle."

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  May 14, 2014

  Ex-Pastor Who Killed Himself Ahead of Sex Assault Trial Reportedly Abandoned Flock, Wife for Church Pianist

  Scott B. Sechrist, 61, a former pastor of the First Baptist Church of Morrisville, Pennsylvania, who killed himself Monday a week before he was to stand trial for molesting an underage girl more than 20 years ago, reportedly abandoned his old church and wife for a relationship with a member of his congregation.

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  May 14, 2014

  'Dead Giveaway' Cleveland Hero Charles Ramsey Pens Book; Gave Away $2K Worth of Hamburger Gift Cards to Homeless People

  A year after a colorful television interview about his role in the rescue of three women and a young girl shot him to fame last May, Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey has penned a book and it's chock-full of riotous details about the man who became America's unlikely hero.

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  May 13, 2014

  30,000 Soldiers Will Lose Jobs in Next 17 Months With Automatic Budget Cuts; 10K This Year, Another 20K Next Year

  Automatic budget cuts known as "sequestration" are expected to shed some 30,000 soldiers from the active rolls in the next 17 months, with 10,000 of that number going in 2014 and another 20,000 to follow in 2015.