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More Trouble for PBS: Affleck’s Mother Says She Was Never a Freedom Rider

PBS documentary Finding Your Roots, already under internal review over claims it censored information about Ben Affleck’s slave-owning ancestors out of a recent episode, has again come under fire for inaccuracies after Affleck’s mother denied she was ever involved in the 1964 Freedom Summer.

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‘Clinton Cash’ Goes Hollywood: ‘Avengers’ Star Mark Ruffalo Wants Hillary Primaried

Actor Mark Ruffalo posted a link to an investigation based on Peter Schweizer’s new exposé Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich on his Twitter page Thursday, a possible signal that Schweizer’s book has penetrated the Hollywood establishment’s liberal entertainment elite.

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Obama: Climate Change Will Cause ‘More Frequent and More Severe Droughts’

In an interview with National Geographic, President Obama stressed the importance of California’s conservation efforts amid a fourth year of drought, laid out his expectations for this year’s climate conference in Paris, and reiterated America’s commitment to a “low-carbon future.”

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Olivia Wilde: Hillary a ‘Really Exciting Candidate’

In an interview with the Daily Beast, actress Olivia Wilde said she will throw her support behind Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, despite having previously urged Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren to run for the post.

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Affleck Reveals Name of Slave-Owning Great-Grandfather

Ben Affleck revealed the name of his slave-owning great-grandfather on Wednesday, a day after saying he regretted asking producers of a PBS documentary to edit any mention of the ancestor out of a documentary television show.

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Jay-Z’s Streaming Music Service Flops

Last month, Jay-Z and a handful of some of the biggest names in music teamed up to launch Tidal, a new artist-owned streaming music service that would compete with household names like Pandora and Spotify. The concept seemed promising; a new

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Major Setback for Jerry Brown’s Water Conservation Plan?

A California state appellate court struck down a tiered water rate plan used by the city of San Juan Capistrano as unconstitutional on Monday. The ruling that could represent a major setback for the state’s recently amended water conservation plan, backed by Gov. Jerry Brown as an answer to California’s crippling, historic drought.

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California Lays Out Second Draft of Statewide Water Cutback Plan

California’s State Water Resources Control Board on Saturday unveiled the latest outline for the implementation of water cutbacks across the Golden State. The Board said the new rules would better take into account factors that the previous outline had not addressed.

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Physicians Want Dr. Oz Removed from Columbia University Medical Faculty

A group of renowned physicians petitioned Columbia University this week to fire television personality Dr. Oz from the school’s faculty, characterizing the celebrity doctor’s brand of medicine as being full of “various quack propositions” and “magical mystery cures.”

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Snoop Dogg Invests in Marijuana Delivery Startup ‘Eaze’

Snoop Dogg wants a piece of the burgeoning legal marijuana market for himself.

The rapper’s Casa Verde investment outfit contributed to a $10 million fundraising round for the San Francisco-based marijuana delivery app Eaze, according to Business Insider.

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Celebrities Are Ready for Hillary Clinton

Hollywood’s entertainment and media figures took to Twitter Sunday afternoon to voice their support for Hillary Clinton’s announcement that she will seek the presidency in 2016.

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