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08.11.13
BUSH HOSPITALIZED
Former President George W. Bush was
hospitalized Tuesday after undergoing a
procedure to open a blocked artery in his heart.
The 67-year-old had a stent inserted into the
artery after a yearly physical exam revealed the
blockage, his office said. “[Bush] is grateful
to the skilled medical professionals who have
cared for him,” the office said in a statement. “He thanks his family, friends, and fellow citizens
for their prayers and well wishes. And he encourages us all to get our regular check-ups.”
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‘PARALLEL TO
EMMETT TILL’
THAT’S
VIRAL
CHRIS BROWN
CALLING IT QUITS?!
Oprah Winfrey spoke out publicly this
week on Trayvon Martin, the unarmed
Florida teenager who was killed earlier
this year by George Zimmerman, a
neighborhood watchman who said he shot
Martin in self-defense. Zimmerman was
recently acquitted by a jury, but Oprah
compared the killing to that of Emmett
Till, whose 1955 murder helped catalyze
the civil rights movement. “Trayvon
Martin, parallel to Emmett Till,” she told
The Grio’s Chris Witherspoon. “Let me
just tell you, in my mind, same thing. But
you can get stuck in that and not allow
yourself to move forward and to see how
far we’ve come.”
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