Dueling 'racist' claims defuse once powerful word

Everybody's racist, it seems.

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Man cries after attempt to rob liquor store fails

Police say a 19-year-old who tried to rob a liquor store sat down and cried after 76-year-old owner locked him in the store. The man was accused of trying to rob Sykes Liquor Store in Trenton Monday night. Police said the owner, who was behind the counter, triggered the lock after the man grabbed a bottle of Hennessy cognac and bolted for the door.

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Prosecutors: No crying in death penalty closings

Prosecutors say there should be no crying during closing arguments in death penalty cases. Jason Phillabaum, an assistant Butler County prosecutor, filed motions this week asking that defense attorneys be blocked from using emotional appeals to a jury during the trial and sentencing phase of an upcoming death penalty case.

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Yes, There's Crying in Politics

Having a Muskie moment isn't necessarily a bad thing anymore.

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The Crying Game: Male Vs Female Tears

"Please, please, please, just give the dog back," Ellen DeGeneres wept on national TV last week. It was a moment that quickly established itself in the pop culture firmament, less for the plight of Iggy the adopted terrier than for the copious crying itself.

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It's one of those great mysteries: How does Glenn Beck, propagandist and D-list actor, get himself to cry on cue? A rogue video making the rounds of the Internet offers an answer: an eye-watering substance applied under the eyes, which Ron Brynaert at The Raw Story suggests to be …

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A frightened 3-year-old Roxbury boy left alone with his 2-year-old sister in a roach-infested house of squalor set off into the night to locate his mother, only to be rescued by a good Samaritan as he was about to cross busy Shawmut Avenue, police and neighbors said.

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I can't say that I haven't been tempted to do the same thing ... but only tempted. The one who should probably have been slapped was the mother, but who knows. 2-year olds are tough, from what I've been told.

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Roger Stephens, 61 yrs old slapped a 2yr old screaming, crying child in Walmart after telling her mother "If you don't shut that baby up I will shut her up for you," . Apparently he acted on his threat.

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A Wal-Mart shopper who became so angry about a crying child that he allegedly slapped the girl in the face is due in court Wednesday.

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A teenager who cries tears of blood may be able to get help from a doctor at Hamilton Eye Institute in Memphis who learned of his condition. The article includes a link to a video and pictures of the boy that are not pleasant to look at.

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Key reasons why women live longer than men

In Britain, women can expect to live up to eight years, on average, than men. There seems to be five key reasons for this.

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Police in Dayton, Ohio say a 2-year-old girl and 8-month-old boy have been found crying inside a large trash bin, about 13 hours after their mother reported them missing. She told police her boyfriend fled with them after a fight.

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In order to confront the five major problems confronting America we have to provide workable solutions. Words & Promises Do Matter. Missouri Will Show The Way!

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April HCG's day.

Have you ever had one of those days that you wish you would have stayed in bed, well if I would have been a pansy, I would have curlled up in a ball and started crying.

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Letters to the Editor responding to an AIG Executive Vice President resignation letter that was published by the New York Times.

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Leave the AIG Bonuses Alone

I was opposed as anyone to the Bank Bailout but now that it has happened we need to just suck it up and move on. The constant whining I've been seeing regarding the apx 120 million in bonuses AIG handed out is a waste of time and breath.

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The final tear-soaked episode of "The Bachelor" was remarkable for the star's dumping the winning bachelorette for the runner-up, but what really has people talking is the endless waterworks -- and the tears didn't come from the women.

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DELAND -- A brothers' battle over a pair of jeans ended when the younger brother whacked his older brother in the back of the head with a tire iron, Volusia County sheriff's officials said Friday.

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Just as researchers have found that people tend, with time, to selectively remember the best parts of their vacations (the swim-up bars and dancing) and forget the headaches, so crying may also appear cathartic in retrospect.

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This is for my journalism teacher. Sorry Mr. Fine, but I think we can all admit now Nadal reigns supreme... though Federer does earn some sympathy points for the ending tears. We all know what it's like to lose something you really wanted.

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A Hialeah man accused of trying to carjack a woman outside a Miami store then punching a baby to "keep her from crying" is facing criminal charges.

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A stream of blonde women left the bomb-scarred Gaza Strip and piled into buses at the Israeli-controlled border yesterday.

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TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- U.S and Dutch psychologists say most people feel better after crying, but about 1-in-10 say they feel worse.

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Psychologists at the University of South Florida and Tilburg University, Netherlands, analyzed volunteer's detailed accounts of more than 3,000 recent crying episodes and found that the benefits of crying depend entirely on the what, where and when of a particular crying episode.

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Dec. 22: Investigators confirm the body found in the Florida woods is missing toddler Caylee Anthony. TODAY's Matt Lauer talks to Casey Anthony's ex-fiance, Jesse Grund, about the tragedy.

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Excerpt: It has to be one of the stranger stories in publishing history, but it may also turn out to be one of the more successful. And it may just send more publishers scurrying to YouTube for book ideas.

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In the fourth quarter of Friday's Portland-Boston game, the Celtics' bench blew most of a 25-point lead. Needless to say, Kevin Garnett was not impressed. During a timeout, KG jawed at second-year forward Glen Davis before the starters returned to take care of business.

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I FEEL SORRY FOR HER, OK??? There I said it.

Now that Sarah Palin is no longer a clear and distinct threat to the existence of humanity, I'm allowing myself more and more to see her as who she is: a woman, a mother, a wife, and a daughter who, by some kind of cosmic abnormality in the universe, was offered a pair of really  …

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The election of Barack Obama as president brings the Rev. Jackson to tears. Watch now See more irresistible headlines

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