The NCAA announced that it will not longer profit from the exploitation of it's student athletes names. It will no longer sell shirts with the kid's names on it. They were making big buck off the names of the athletes but the students themselves could not profit from their own talent or own name. It's about time.
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Whitey Bulger is convicted of 31 or 32 counts - public enemy #1 is going to jail for what will assuredly be the rest of his life
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NY City Council Speaker and Mayoral candidate Christine Quinn front runner is also leading the race for the money. Most of my liberal friends are supporting the more liberal Bill De Blasio but think I am pulling for Ms.Quinn because it would be amazing and powerful to have the mayor of the most important city on the planet to be a lesbian. She may not be the perfect liberal but she surely is progressive but I can accept that to send the message of her election to the world.
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New York Police Stop and Frisk has been found to violate the civil rights or thousands of New York citizens. This procedure needs a second look and the court did the right thing to force the city's hand.
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