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Today, Barbie celebrates her 50th birthday! Co-founder of Mattel Toys, Ruth Handler, watched her daughter Barbara play with paper dolls and pretend they were adults. Handler had the brilliant idea to create a teen doll that little girls could play and dream about the future with. Handler recognized the importance of helping kids realize their...
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I found interesting facts about daylight saving time this morning on AOL Health. There’s a spike of 5% in heart attacks during the first week of daylight saving time, according to another study published last year. Losing an hour of sleep may make some more susceptible to a heart attack, according to some experts....
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The Jimmy Lee Blackwell Support Group is holding The Unfinished Walk at 10 AM this Saturday. According to the Hartwell Sun, the march is non-violent and no negative statements or signs will be displayed there. Participants will line up at 9 AM and leave their IDs in one of Blackwell’s pillowcase during the event. ...
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Jimmy Lee Blackwell, the man beat by a Hartwell police officer, filed a $16.3 million lawsuit against seven police officers and two Hart County EMS workers. According to the Hartwell Sun, the lawsuit states Hartwell police officers, headed by Officer Robert Mitchell, “savagely” beat Blackwell in the face and head during an ilegal arrest....
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Jimmy Blackwell, 51, has now been left blind due to the injuries sustained by the Hartwell Police, according to his daughter, Keesha Blackwell. Read the whole story: http://www.wyff4.com/news/18742572/detail.html I will post more information as more is available. Tweet This PostJamie Fleming
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I’m sure everyone has heard or read about by now about the controversial editorial cartoon in the New York Post. If you haven’t then look at a news source some time! Anyway, a cartoon by Sean Delonas illustrates two police officers, one with a smoking gun, and they are standing over a dead chimp. One...
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I know we’ve all heard the stories of police brutality and excessive force they sometimes use (Rodney King and Sean Bell come to mind). This type of thing really makes me angry, so I was very upset and disappointed that this happened in my hometown of Hartwell, GA. A town that’s pretty small; so...
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According to the New York Magazine website, The Black Artists Association is not very happy with First Lady Obama for not wearing clothes by black designers. Co-founder Amnau Eele, a former runway model, told Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) , “It’s fine and good if you want to be all ‘Kumbaya’ and ‘We Are the World’...
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Obama signs equal pay bill By Phillip Elliot (Associated Press Writer) WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama signed an equal-pay bill into law Thursday before cheering labor and women leaders who fought hard for it and the woman whose history-making lawsuit gave impetus to the cause. Obama, choosing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act as...
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Civil rights vets: Fight not over because Obama reaches top By Eliott C. McLaughlin CNN ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — Barack Obama’s inauguration marks a profound manifestation of the Rev. Martin Luther King’s dream, civil rights leaders say, but the movement would be foolish to drop its guard now. King did not fight tirelessly and...
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