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University votes not to reinstate prof over series of anti-Israel tweets

http://twitter.com/#!/LeonLittman/status/510110476898824192 University of Illinois trustees voted 8-1 Thursday not to reinstate Steven Salaita, who had accepted a tenured professorship last fall to teach in the school’s American Indian Studies program. That offer was revoked this August after Salaita posted several tweets denouncing Israel’s military strikes in Gaza. Dozens of students staged a walkout earlier this week in support of Salaita and shouted…

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Darius Rucker says he wasn’t invited to CMA Fest

http://twitter.com/#!/dariusrucker/status/336323828676448256 Darius Rucker rose to fame as the lead singer of the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish. Now he’s a country music star, and his cover of “Wagon Wheel” is burning up the charts. Fans were disappointed to learn that Rucker didn’t receive an invitation to CMA Fest, a big country music festival that takes place…

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Rapper Azealia Banks says she’ll call Perez Hilton a ‘faggot’ if she wants

http://twitter.com/#!/AZEALIABANKS/status/302431433174163456 In early January, rapper and all around classy lady Azealia Banks made headlines for calling celeb blogger Perez Hilton a “messy faggot.” @perezhilton lol what a messy faggot you are. — YUNG RAPUNXEL (@AZEALIABANKS) January 5, 2013 Banks, who is bisexual, explained her choice of words. A faggot is not a homosexual male. A faggot…

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The Mom Of An Autistic Boy Was So Overwhelmed, But Then A Kind Waitress Stepped In

Being a mom is so difficult, and when you add caring for a child with special needs into the mix, it’s even harder. Jamie Mathews Heustess is the mom to a sweet boy who happens to have autism named Ian. Sometimes Ian has bad days, and sometimes Jamie does, too. They were recently at a…

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Salon calls Uber ‘the embodiment of unrestrained hyper-capitalism’

http://twitter.com/#!/scottlincicome/status/506221843162750976 What has Salon does this time, and are we sure it’s not the Salon parody account? It’s published a piece entitled, “Why Uber must be stopped,” noting that the app-driven ride sharing service “is proving to be the embodiment of unrestrained hyper-capitalism.” http://twitter.com/#!/WTrentNichols/status/506230109905629184 Pretty much. What writer Andrew Leonard is trying to say is this,…

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