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Katie:

Woody Guthrie: This Grammy Is Your Grammy / This Grammy Is My Grammy

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Nicole:

“Yes We Can” Obama Music Video a Unique Celebrity Endorsement

Top 10 US Grant, Scholarship and Fellowship Awarding Foundations

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Giulia:

Ba-Da-Bling Commercials Pulled in New York

“Safe Sex or No Sex” Shirts Get Teens Suspended

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Gina:

10 Internet Videos Featuring Celebrities Advocating For A Cause

Close Up: An Introduction to Iranian Cinema and Cinematic Rainbows

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Kerry:

Sheryl Crow’s Apocalyptic Peak-Oil Song

Solar Powered Soldiers Wear Uniforms with Built-In Batteries

The NY Post reports that the NY state lottery has

apologized for a series of TV ads for a new $3 million scratch off game called “Ba Da Bling” that feature a group of Sopranos-like mob characters rapping, glaring and talking in Brooklyn accents. The ads have drawn the ire of Italian-American groups. One even lodged a complaint with the lottery commission, saying that the state-sponsored ad insulted their ethnic group.

“Here we go again, the traditional stereotype of the Italian-Americans, they belong to the mob,” said Stella Grillo, a representative of the Sons of Italy in America’s New York chapter, who made the complaint.

“I know a lot of people are saying you are overly sensitive,” she added. “But Americans have become more sensitive to most racial groups, and it should apply to Italian Americans.”

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