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B. Smyth, the most popular dancer on “Twerkaholic” died on Tuesday
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B. Smyth, the most popular dancer on “Twerkaholic” died on Tuesday

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Wayne

R&B singer B. Smyth, known for 'Twerkaholic,' dies of respiratory failure at 30 Smyth, whose twerk videos of himself dancing and performing lewd gestures gained more than 1.6 million YouTube views since 2012, died...

The Holidays Are For Everyone
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The Holidays Are For Everyone

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Wayne

The Holidays Are Longer Now. Is That a Good Thing? The holidays are for more than just the stuff that gets you out of your house and into a cold park after a long...

The Charlotte Observer: Our Election Police Have Been Effective
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The Charlotte Observer: Our Election Police Have Been Effective

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Wayne

Granderson: The 'election police' don't need to be right to be effective Published: Sunday, November 2, 2013 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 1, 2013 at 8:42 p.m. In the first half of...

Hillary Clinton’s DNC resigns after Podesta email leaked
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Hillary Clinton’s DNC resigns after Podesta email leaked

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Wayne

Column: De León embodied the American dream. After racist audio leak, he's living a political nightmare After days of protests, the Democratic National Committee withdrew its endorsement of presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton...

Apple’s AirPods and Apple Watches could help police drones in Toronto
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Apple’s AirPods and Apple Watches could help police drones in Toronto

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Wayne

Uber warns of higher prices and longer wait times following Toronto’s decision to freeze new licences Share this: Drones are increasingly being used by police in Canada for routine patrols and as record-breaking crime...

Mikaben, 41, dies from heart failure
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Mikaben, 41, dies from heart failure

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Wayne

Singer Mikaben dies at 41 after going into cardiac arrest onstage in Paris Show all 4 1 /4 Singer Mikaben dies at 41 after going into cardiac arrest onstage in Paris Singer Mikaben dies...

My Peers Are Fighting for Higher Wages and Better Working Conditions
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My Peers Are Fighting for Higher Wages and Better Working Conditions

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Wayne

Op-Ed: As a UC professor, I support the strikers. Our schools shouldn't have let it come to this. What began as a peaceful march outside the University of California, Davis, is now the subject...

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Is Going to Be a Year of Controversy
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The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Is Going to Be a Year of Controversy

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Wayne

After this year's Oscars controversy, film academy will present all 23 categories live on Sunday. It's something we don't see all that often. After all, we get two big awards shows over the course...

California is trying to save the endangered yellow-legged frog
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California is trying to save the endangered yellow-legged frog

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Wayne

Rare yellow-legged frogs are returned to drought-hammered San Gabriel Mountains after decades of mismanagement, a rare success story. In this photo taken last week, a small number of California yellow-legged frogs, which have been...

Christopher LaVoie’s “smoke shop” looks like a pop-up art gallery
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Christopher LaVoie’s “smoke shop” looks like a pop-up art gallery

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Wayne

He used charm, others’ personal tragedies and fake celebrity endorsements. How Christopher LaVoie cast his reality show and reeled in successful entrepreneurs. How the show failed to create a successful business. And how he...