daily dos: PeeWee's new video, Obama chooses a Latino poet and NY's stop and frisk ruled unconstitutional
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daily dos: PeeWee's new video, Obama chooses a Latino poet and NY's stop and frisk ruled unconstitutional
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is denying Charlie Sheen's claim that the two of them partied together in Mexico. "I had a three-minute conversation and took a picture with him, that simple... I take a picture virtually every single day, 50 times," said Villaraigosa. Sheen says they hung out for two hours: "He's a terrific guy, a great mayor and he can drink with the best of 'em."
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Meet Richard Blanco, the Cuban-American poet who was selected by President Obama as the Inaugural Poet for his swearing-in ceremony. Blanco is the first Latino, the first gay man and the youngest poet to be selected. President Obama: "Richard’s writing will be wonderfully fitting for an inaugural that will celebrate the strength of the American people and our nation’s great diversity."
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The Twitter hashtag #cuttingforbieber, which was reportedly started by young girls who were cutting themselves in reaction to Justin Bieber smoking marijuana, has been revealed to be a hoax started by Internet pranksters.
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PeeWee gets chased through the forest while he sings a ready-for-the-club pop track in a new video, "Live Your Life."
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Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 was the big "loser" during this year's Razzie Award nominations for the worst movies and performances of 2012. The Twilight movie was nominated in every category, including Worst Movie, Worst Screen Couple and Worst Screen Ensemble. Other nominees included Rihanna (Battleship), Jennifer Lopez (What to Expect When You're Expecting) and Tyler Perry.
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The NYPD's controversial "stop and frisk" policy has been ruled unconstitutional by a Manhattan federal court. Judge Shira Scheindlin: "While it may be difficult to say when precisely to draw the line between constitutional and unconstitutional police encounters such a line exists, and the NYPD has systematically crossed it when making trespass stops outside buildings." Scheindlin ordered police to cut down on stops in front of private buildings.
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