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NEW ORLEANS, La—The Coast Guard is responding to a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. The explosion on Vermilion rig 380 happened around 9:30 a.m. Thursday. A Coast Guard spokesman said 12 of the 13 people on the rig have now been rescued from the water. One person is still missing. Seven Coast Guard […]

A 15-year-old Mexican youth stands on the corner talking to two friends. A 17-year-old black teen spots the trio and quickly approaches. He pulls out a knife, demanding the Mexican youth’s iPod while shouting anti-Latino slurs. The 17-year-old flees with the stolen items. The victim’s two companions, who are African-American, are unharmed.

President Obama’s Oval Office speech last night the end of combat in Iraq was also in part a message about job creation, and improving the economy. In this interview, NAACP president Benjamin Jealous analyzes the president’s speech, while discussing in what ways the US can move beyond these economic struggles.

VIA: CNN.COM The decomposed body of a California doctor was found lodged in her boyfriend’s chimney, several days after she had apparently attempted to get inside his home, police said. Internist Jacquelyn Kotarac, 49, had been reported missing on Thursday, Bakersfield, California, police said in a statement Tuesday. Her body was found lodged in the […]

VIA: FREEP.COM Police say Rapper T.I. and wife Tameka Cottle have been arrested in West Hollywood on drug charges. Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy Mark Pope says the arrests for possession of a controlled substance came late Wednesday night during a traffic stop, when officers smelled alleged marijuana smoke coming from their vehicle. MORE

It’s sad how many people probably take water for granted because it’s such a common commodity surrounding our daily lives. Faiz Ali is 3 years old, yet he weighs only 10 pounds. He is one of the second wave of Pakistan flood victims — those sickened by water-borne disease. CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports.

VIA: ABCNEWS.COM After 30 years of barring black students from running for class president, a Mississippi public middle school, reversed a Jim Crow era policy today and announced students of all races would be allowed to run for student government. Students at Nettleton Middle School looking to run for class president, previously needed to maintain […]

Herman Atkins is still trying to pick up the pieces 10 years after he was freed from imprisonment on phoney rape charges.

This is 2010 right? One middle school in Mississippi segregates class positions by race. msnbc Read More