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*With Abraham Lincoln being touted in new GOP ads as a reason for African Americans to vote Republican, a film about his struggle to preserve the union is preparing for a nationwide release on Nov. 9 – with Oscar winner Daniel Day Lewis in the title role and Steven Spielberg calling the shots. “There are [...]
*Haiti’s electoral council on Friday ruled that hip hop-artist Wyclef Jean cannot run for president, ending his outsider’s bid to lead the reconstruction of the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation. Council spokesman Richard Dumel said election officials have accepted 19 candidacies and rejected 15 others. The Haitian-born singer’s candidacy was turned down because he did not meet [...]
*Wyclef Jean has written an article in the Wall Street Journal defending his decision to run for the presidency of Haiti. “While I don’t pretend to be a miracle worker, I wholeheartedly believe that at this important time in Haiti’s history, I am the right person to put the country on the road to the [...]
*Accompanied by his wife and 5-year-old daughter, rapper/musician Wyclef Jean has submitted the necessary paperwork to run for president in his native Haiti. The potential front-runner in Haiti’s Nov. 28 election held a rally in capital Port-au-Prince to announce his candidacy, and spoke with the Associated Press about his vision for the impoverished nation he [...]
*Wyclef Jean has resigned as leader of Yele Haiti, the embattled aid group he founded, as he prepares to formally declare his candidacy for the Haitian presidency, reports the AP. The move, which was effective immediately Thursday, also comes as the IRS hits Wyclef with $2.1 million in tax liens, according to the website Smoking [...]
*The American people have been wishy washy over the job that President Obama has done over the last year. Now that he’s embarking on the second year in his presidency, he is taking the demand for jobs back up to the #1 priority. His report card should exhibit something between an A- and a B+ as he [...]
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