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Henry Hill, the famed mobster turned FBI informant whose life story was documented in the book "Wiseguy"- upon which Martin Scorsese's 1990 gangster epic "Goodfellas" was based - has died at the age of 69. Hill died at a Los Angeles hospital of an undisclosed illness on Tuesday, Nate Caserta...

If we are to accept that then why did the engineer react so negatively to humans being there? And why did he set his target as earth? If it is not a germ/weapon then wouldn’t that mean the engineers were some kind of benevolent creators? And if they were then the glyphs would have been...

Anti-government 'sovereign movement' on the rise in U.S. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-03-30/anti-government-militia-groups-freeman/53873496/1 TRINIDAD, Texas – Gary Thomas will never forget the letter he received in early 2000. It was from John Joe Gray, a suspect in a...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Somewhere along the timeline that began with Paul Robeson, followed by Jackie Robinson, and stretched to Jim Brown and Muhammad Ali, a pattern of disconnect developed between the black athlete and his community. What was once commonplace has often been reduced to turkey...

After a hearing in the House of Representatives, the Department of Homeland Security was forced to release their list of hundreds of words that will trigger analysts to monitor behavior online. Naturally, the list contains words such as Al Qaeda, terrorism, and bomb, but there are some rather...

Auto legend Carroll Shelby died Thursday night at Baylor Hospital in Dallas at the age of 89. Carroll Shelby's shadow stretched out Texas tall across nearly the whole of the world's automotive landscape. A natural as a race driver, he won three U.S. sports-car championships in Ferraris and...

The 2Pac hologram & our unwillingness to let rap’s most beloved icon rest in peace What the Tupac hologram says about our unwillingness to let rap’s most beloved icon rest in peace http://www.avclub.com/articles/what-the-tupac-hologram-says-about-our-unwillingne,73539/ What does it say...

Hip-hop sold out on its own terms. R&B on somebody else’s. (Reading required warning) Rhythm and Bullshit?: The Slow Decline of R&B, Part One http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/050603-randb Yeah, I’m nostalgic: When Mary J. Blige first uttered the opening lines to “You Remind Me,” it was...

"Chemically... black fat may be the same as white fat. Culturally it is not." Black Women and Fat By ALICE RANDALL http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/opinion/sunday/why-black-women-are-fat.html?_r=1&smid=pl-share&pagewanted=print FOUR out of five black women are seriously overweight. One out...

http://www.hiphopisread.com/2012/04/secret-meeting-that-changed-rap-music.html?m=1 "The Secret Meeting that Changed Rap Music and Destroyed a Generation" This anonymous letter landed in my inbox about a minute ago: Hello, After more than 20 years, I've finally decided to tell the world what...

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International Workers' Day is the commemoration of the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago, the Chicago police fired on a public assembly during a general strike for the eight-hour workday killing dozens of demonstrators.

Our “white people problems” problem: Why it’s time to stop using “white” as a pejorative http://www.avclub.com/articles/our-white-people-problems-problem-why-its-time-to,72974/ About a month ago, when Mad Men returned from its long hiatus and the Internet exploded with reviews, interviews...

Top 5 lists Rules are a little different for this installment because these should be movies that haven't come out yet. Please try to post a trailer of the movie you are anticipating (obviously some will not be available yet, but when they are please include them.) The object is still to...

Think you’ve tasted the famous Japanese Kobe beef? Think again. Of course, there are a small number of you out there who have tried it – I did, in Tokyo, and it is delicious. If you ever go to Japan I heartily recommend you splurge, because while it is expensive, it is unique, and...

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The War Against Youth The recession didn't gut the prospects of American young people. The Baby Boomers took care of that. By Stephen Marche James Victoire Published in the April 2012 issue Twenty-five years ago young Americans had a chance. In 1984, American breadwinners who were...

http://www.avclub.com/articles/michael-k-williams-is-going-to-play-ol-dirty-basta,71333/ After years of providing inspiration to the highest corridors of power as The Wire’s Omar, Michael K. Williams will further his good deeds by playing another man who was always for the children...