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A private funeral is being planned for Def Jam Record’s Executive Vice-President,?Shakir Stewart, who shot himself with a handgun at his Marietta home on Saturday.?
According to the?Atlanta Journal-Constitution, police have declined to release additional details regarding Stewart?s death. Funeral arrangements are still pending, said a spokesman at Murray Bros. Cascade Chapel in Atlanta. According to the Cobb medical examiner?s office, the autopsy report will take up to 12 weeks. ?(Source)
While many have remarked on the tragic irony of?the death?of Barack Obama’s grandmother two days before she could have seen him elected to the most powerful job in the world, the late Madelyn Dunham has imparted a final gift to her beloved grandson: her vote.?
Election officials in Hawaii, where Dunham, 86, had lived, confirmed that her absentee ballot will be counted, the Associated Press reports.?
Explaining his state’s law, Kevin Cronin, chief elections officer for Hawaii, said Tuesday that absentee ballots cast by someone who dies before an election are discarded only if a state death notice arrives before Election Day.?
Dunham’s ballot was received Oct. 27, said Cronin, adding that her death notice had yet to appear.?
“Because she was alive on the 27th and [her ballot] had the same processing as other absentee ballots, it will be counted,” he said.?
Talking about his grandmother on Election eve, Obama said, “She has gone home. … I’m not going to talk about it too often because it’s hard to talk about.” ?(Source)
In an emotional address to a jubilant and tearful crowd in Chicago?s Grant Park, US president-elect Barack Obama led followers in chants of ?Yes we can? as he spoke of the hope of a better day and called for unity and sacrifice in facing the hard challenges ahead.?
Hello Chicago. If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.?
It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.?
It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states.?
We are, and always will be, the United States of America. (Full Text)
Great job people! ?Even though Georgia was one of the red states, we still did it. No ifs ands or buts about it. Barack Obama has been elected the 44th president of the United States. ?Change has finally come…even Jessie Jackson had to shed some tears!
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Date:?Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 1:12 PMFrom: *Omitted by Request*Subject: ?ciara gets dumped!!?
I work for one of the 3 artists (not telling which, I want to stay anonymous) im a loyal reader here. I just want to give some useful info out that you might find helpful.
50 cent kicked Ciara to the curb a little before her birthday. thats why shes been soundin’ a little sad in her interviews whenever they asked about 50 Cent. in case youre wondering those cars Ciara have (the Phantom/Lamborghini) she still have those. thats because theyre RENTED!!! Ciara wants everybody to keep talkin’ about her so she runs with the rumors people give and add more fire to the fuel.
Since 50 cent and Ciara is over. 50 cent been hugged up on Lola Luv, his new wifey. there was a concert here in the A a few weeks ago and a few celebrities came out to show support at the Janet Jackson Rock Witchu Tour..including.. Bow Wow and Ciara, yeah you heard it right. both of them was in the VIP section. not only did they meet up they also talked and even hugged when they greeted each other.
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