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  Jul 19, 2014

  Born-Again Rapper Hopsin Irreverently Questions God, Bible; Reveals He's 'Lost Faith' in New Song 'Ill Mind of Hopsin 7'

  In 2012, popular California rapper, actor, director and record producer Hopsin, whose real name is Marcus Jamal Hopson, declared to the world that he found God and was ready to walk the path of righteousness. On Friday, July 18, the day he turned 28, however, Hopsin revealed to the world in a most irreverent way, that he had lost his faith, and it shook the Internet profoundly.

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  Jul 18, 2014

  Cancer-Afflicted Rapper J2 NYCE Breaks Down During Chemotherapy Treatment and Fans Inspire Him With Prayers

  Jessy Lopes, a 26-year-old Rhode Island rapper popularly known as J2 NYCE who is currently battling cancer, broke down in desperation during one of his chemotherapy sessions Thursday, declaring "I want out." He was quickly lifted from his dark place with prayers of support from friends and well-wishers.

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  Jul 18, 2014

  'I Can't Breathe, I Can't Breathe:' 400LB Asthmatic Father of 6 Dies After NYPD Officer Places Him in Chokehold

  A 400 pound asthmatic father of six died Thursday after an NYPD officer locked him in a chokehold and other officers appeared to slam his head against a sidewalk in Staten Island, New York, according to witnesses, after he tried to break up a fight.

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  Jul 18, 2014

  100 AIDS Researchers, Workers, Including Pioneer Joep Lange, Killed on Flight MH17 En Route to Conference in Australia

  Participants at an international AIDS conference set to begin in Australia Sunday plunged into mourning early Friday morning after learning that 100 AIDS medical researchers and workers including former International AIDS Society President Joep Lange, died en route to the conference on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 which crashed in eastern Ukraine Thursday.

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  Jul 18, 2014

  Officials Say Malaysia Flight MH17 Was Shot Down With Russian-Made Missile; Recordings Suggest Hit May Have Been Awful Mistake

  American and Ukrainian officials said the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that exploded and crashed Thursday in a conflict-torn section of eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russia separatists, was shot down with a Russian-made anti-aircraft missile and new data suggests the incident could have been an awful mistake.

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  Jul 17, 2014

  Ukrainian Official Says 23 Americans Were Aboard Malaysia Flight MH17; Obama Still Checking as Bodies Lay Scattered on Scene

  A Ukrainian official said 23 Americans were aboard Malaysia Flight MH17, reportedly shot down in the troubled Donetsk region of the Ukraine near the Russian border Thursday. President Barack Obama said, however, that the U.S. is still checking to see if any Americans were among the 295 people killed on the doomed flight.

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  Jul 17, 2014

  'I Briefly Tried to Commit Suicide,' Says Stephen Hawking as UK Seeks to Legalize Suicide; Church Calls Move 'Grave Error'

  Famed Cambridge scientist Stephen Hawking, 72, recently confessed that he "briefly tried to commit suicide" and said denying an individual who is in great pain and facing imminent death the right to commit suicide is "discrimination."

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  Jul 17, 2014

  Malaysia Airlines Flight With Nearly 300 People Aboard Shot Down in Ukraine

  Authorities in the Donetsk region of Ukraine confirmed that a Malaysia Airlines "Boeing 777" aircraft carrying nearly 300 people en route from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, crashed after it was shot down Thursday near the border between Russia and Ukraine.

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  Jul 16, 2014

  Retired Methodist Minister Sets Himself on Fire in Honor of Lynched African-Americans (Read Suicide Note)

  A retired 79-year-old Methodist Minister who died after setting himself on fire on a busy street in Grand Saline, Texas, revealed in a suicide note made public by police that he did it in honor of the many African-Americans who were lynched in the United States, and implored the community to repent of its racist past.

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  Jul 16, 2014

  Abortion War: Doctor Who Performs Abortions Up to 6 Months and Says He's Christian Would Roll Back Abortion Limits

  Dr. Willie Parker, a Washington, D.C.-based abortionist who claims to be a Christian, says he now regrets not performing abortions in the first 12 years of his medical career. Parker threw his support Tuesday behind a bill called the Women's Health Protection Act that would make it difficult for states to regulate abortion clinics.