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Authorities have finally confirmed the identity of the woman who jumped off of the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge in South Carolina on December 9

Better Education Place , a South Florida-based education company, has named both Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj  their “Teachers of the Year.” According to the company’s media page , in order to receive the award, nominees, which included actual teachers, were judged against seven categories: RELATED: Nicki Minaj Wins Two Trophies At American Music Awards The duo along with several other teachers were judged based on seven different categories including, ability to capture and maintain attention, the ability to move their audience or create interaction, the ability to inspire, effective use of language, use of memory devices, ability to transform behavior or make them do as you do and the quality of the content. Of all of the categories, Lil Wayne and Niki Minaj had the lowest scores in … wait for it … “Quality of Content.” The company’s CEO, Melvin El , said the controversial MCs were chosen because of their “swagger” and their “methods” in connecting with youth: … The methodologies the two stars are using are undeniable forces in learning

Melissa Harris-Perry Today, neither the press nor government has the authority to validate little Virginia's belief in miracles.

New York college student Nicholas K. Peart writes a disturbing yet familiar article in the New York Times about his experience with the police, entitled “Why Is the NYPD After Me?” RELATED: Black Males and Cops: Are We Living in a Police State Peart initially explains that even though his mother gave him an ominous warning about the police at the precocious age of 9 — “She cautioned me to carry ID and never run away from the police or I could be shot” — he still thought police officers were “cool.” Nearly 10 years later, Peart’s perception of New York’s finest was irrevocably changed after his 18th birthday celebration, when he was brutally harassed: … Out of nowhere, squad cars surrounded us. A policeman yelled from the window, ‘Get on the ground!’ I was stunned

I was born to a 17-year old single mother in a housing project in Louisville, Ky. I struggled through elementary, middle and high school.

Gary Younge His rise and fall are instructive about the way race, sex and class operate in presidential campaigns.

Bishop Eddie Long and former Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain were once considered to be pillars of their community. Long was the lead pastor at one of the largest churches in the south(the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, where he remarkably maintained power), and Cain was on his way to becoming the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for President of the United States. SEE ALSO: Father Says It Was ‘A Mistake’ To Use 9-year-old As Chauffeur ‘Tunnel Of Love’ Couple Busted Having Sex On Water Slide Since then, both Long and Cain have been found to be nothing more than self-proclaimed men of God who spent their spare time doing the work of demons

Bishop Eddie Long and former Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain were once considered to be pillars of their community.