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Arthur Delaney arthur@huffingtonpost.com The number of Americans unemployed for 99 weeks or longer has averaged just shy of 2 million for the past two years, but their ranks may …
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The Huffington Post  | By Kia Makarechi Hollywood’s awards race just got serious. Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone announced Oscar nominations for the 2013 Academy Awards on Thursday morning, adding …
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The Huffington Post  | By Madeline Boardman Quvenzhané Wallis just made history. With the announcement of the nominees for the 85th annual Academy Awards this morning, the Louisiana-born Wallis, just …
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The Huffington Post  | By Meredith Bennett-Smith If the Washington Redskins ever want to return to the city of D.C., the team will need to seriously consider changing its name. …
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Atlanta’s National Center for Civil and Human Rightshas taken another step toward construction. Although the center broke ground last summer, major construction on the downtown site had to wait until the …
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Robert Griffin III should be healthy at the start of the 2013 NFL season, according to Dr. James Andrews, who performed surgery to repair torn ligaments in the right knee …
Continue reading “Robert Griffin III Expected to be Sidelined 6 to 8 Months After Surgery”
In a strong signal that the Obama administration is serious about instituting new gun control measures, Vice President Joe Biden  said today that the president would be using executive …
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Scientific illustrator Danny Quirk was just trying to make his girlfriend a Halloween costume when he stumbled upon viral gold. His stunning anatomical reproductions, made of Sharpie and latex, quickly …
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The Huffington Post  | By Julee Wilson Nicki Minaj is on a roll–straight down the road to dressing normal, that is. The 30-year-old rapper stepped out Tuesday night wearing a …
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The Huffington Post  | By Julee Wilson Wowzas! The internet is abuzz with the image of a nearly naked Beyonce covering what could be GQ’s February issue. She’s a bit …
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Jon Stewart devoted his entire show to the subject of gun control on Tuesday, including discussing the subject with retired General Stanley McChrystal. But it was his two-part opener that …
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Flanked by more than 100 construction workers, philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa celebrated the placement today of the final steel beams …
On Jan. 7, 1955, Philadelphia-born singer Marian Anderson broke barriers when she became the first Black person to perform at the New York Metropolitan Opera as a regular company member. She played …
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When a $1 million stolen Matisse painting is recovered after 26 years missing, we’d say that is cause for celebration. The work in question, Henri Matisse’s 1920 painting, “Le Jardin,” …
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This old dive in Harlem has been shuttered for about as long as it had been open. Yet Minton’s Playhouse will always be known as the cradle of bebop, where …