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RFK and the Civil Rights Movement

In this podcast, Truthdig’s Associate Editor Kasia Anderson talks with Murray Horwitz and Jonathan Estrin, the playwrights of “RFK: The Journey to Justice,” about Bobby Kennedy’s evolution from political animal to true believer in his transformative relationship with the civil rights revolution. RFK_Interview_March_19_2010.mp3

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Red-Hot Red Carpet: True Blood Season 3 Premiere

The wait is almost over! Last night the cast and creators of HBO’s hit vampire series True Blood celebrated the premiere of the show’s third season, with head bloodsuckers Stephen Moyer…

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Can Lindsay Lohan Get a Fair Shake?

Attention, mean girls and boys: all your vitriol for Lindsay Lohan just might be doing her a favor. A lawyer for the embattled actress is asking a Los Angeles judge to postpone her civil…

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Roethlisberger’s 1st Accuser — Still Waging War

Filed under: TMZ Sports , Ben Roethlisberger Ben Roethlisberger is still not out of the woods in his other sexual assault battle — the civil lawsuit filed against him by a woman in Nevada is very much alive.TMZ spoke to the lawyer for Andrea McNulty — the woman who claims Ben raped her in a … Permalink

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Black Eyed Peas Settlement a Real Perez Dispenser

Did they meet him halfway? We may never know. The slur-happy Perez Hilton has settled his civil suit against the Black Eyed Peas’ punch-happy tour manager, Liborio Molina. The terms…

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You’re Not Rosa Parks

Link: http://yourenotrosaparks.tumblr.com/ A collection of quotes by dummies likening their martyrdom to the civil rights pioneer's.

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Author Maya Angelou Taken to Hospital

“Pulitzer Prize-nominated author and poet Maya Angelou was taken to the hospital Sunday for as-yet-unknown causes, TMZ.com reported. Jemal Countess, Getty Images for AWRT Pulitzer Prize-nominated author and poet Maya Angelou was taken to the hospital Sunday for as-yet-unknown causes, TMZ.com reported. Angelou, 81, was in Los Angeles to be honored at the BraveHeartAwards, celebrating women who have made changes in their professional fields

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Candice Crawford-Tony Romo Dating Rumors: Sort of Confirmed!

The rumored romance between Candice Crawford, beauty queen and sister of Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford, and Dallas Cowboys star Tony Romo is now confirmed! Or at least reported by a whole bunch of other sources! The Chicago Sun-Times, Dallas Morning News, New York Daily News and others are saying that the football star has moved on from Jessica Simpson with Candice. One could call her a younger, prettier and in all likelihood smarter and less annoying version of the alleged actress and singer he dated for over a year until recently.

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Jackson Rathbone Spills Fighting, Civil War Secrets from Eclipse

According to sources, Kristen Stewart is a ” young woman in love ” on the set of Eclipse . That’s great and all, but can we get an update on the actual shooting of the third Twilight Saga film?!

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Fifty injured in Spain car bombing, ETA blamed

A car bomb exploded outside a police barracks in northern Spain early Wednesday, leaving around 50 people slightly injured in an attack authorities blamed on the Basque separatist group ETA. The powerful bomb, which went off at around 4:00 am (0200 GMT) in the city of Burgos, destroyed the facade of the barracks of the Civil Guard police force and gouged a crater in front of the modern building, according to images on Spanish television. Police said 46 people, including 22 women and six children living in the barracks, were slightly injured, most suffering cuts and bruises

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