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Ridley's version (Sundays, 10 p.m. E.T.) retains many of the characters, like shop owner Calvin, who is played by Omar Gooding rather than Ice Cube, a producer of the series. But the stories rely much more on the social-button-pushing aspects of the movie. In the second episode, the shop's gentrifying Chicago neighborhood gets a franchise of a black rap star's clothing chain called Niggaz. (The chain, the narration explains, is "the value-priced version of his high-end store, Uppity Niggaz, in Beverly Hills.") One character argues that the store empowers black people by taking...
Within minutes of his conversation with former Miami Commissioner Arthur Teele Jr., Miami Herald columnist Jim DeFede realized his friend, who was deep in the middle of legal problems and a criminal probe, was in great distress. DeFede instinctively pressed the record button on the tape recorder by his home phone...
...Parry Aftab, founder of an online nonprofit called WiredSafety.org says teens "are exploring who they are--and they role-play by being mean, horrible and hateful in ways they would never be off-line." Aftab recalls meeting a New Jersey 13-year-old with a preppie-perfect appearance--khakis, button-down shirt, penny loafers complete with pennies--and a creepy hobby of making online death threats against strangers. He would gather information from chat rooms or people's websites, then threaten them as if he knew them. Says Aftab: "He said to me, 'I would never do anything in real...
...year-olds what they want for their birthday, and the answers range from a puppy to a laptop to getting their belly button pierced to "my girlfriend's virginity." New ballet slippers. My own room. Cash. Thirteen-year-olds have more power than discipline, more weapons than shields. They demand more respect from their parents and show them less. The Motion Picture Association of America understood the nature of the age when it invented the PG rating--parental guidance suggested--as though it knew that from here on, parents can guide, they can suggest, but kids are making more decisions...
...victims - which is why Bhatti has been telling police about the birthmark under Ciaccia's left eye. Friends and relatives are spreading such details in hopes that some aspect will help identify the missing: Karolina Gluck, a 29-year-old administrative worker from Poland, has a pierced belly button and carries a London 2012 Olympics key ring; health-care analyst James Mayes, 28, who was identified late last week, had hazel eyes and short brown curly hair. As recovery crews and police investigators continue their work, forensic experts in surgical scrub suits are trying to identify the bodies...