NEW ORLEANS — Robert Griffin III brought his Heisman Trophy swagger to New Orleans and made his NFL debut look like a Big Easy.

Showing a veteran’s composure by scrambling only when necessary, the dynamic Redskins rookie quarterback tormented New Orleans’ defense with 320 yards passing and two touchdowns in his debut, and Washington held on for 40-32 victory over the Saints on Sunday.

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New Orleans hoped to open the season with a defiant show of force in the wake of the bounty scandal that overshadowed its offseason. They also got a boost on Friday when a three-member appeals panel reinstated defensive end Will Smith and linebacker Jon Vilma, who had been suspended for their roles in the Saints’ alleged pay-for-pain bounty program.

Smith started, while Vilma, deemed unready to play after offseason knee surgery, received a rousing ovation when he walked onto the field to lead the Saints’ tradition pregame “Who-dat” chant.

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Author Richard Wright (pictured) and his writings have left an indelible mark on the historical landscape of African-American literature. Crafting his words in the fiction and non-fiction worlds, Wright’s legacy as an author who tackled controversial topics, such as race and poverty, from the Black perspective with unflinching honesty remains significant to this day.

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Wright was born near the small town of Roxie, Miss., on this day in 1908. As he grew in to adulthood, he resisted his Seventh Day Adventist upbringing and clashed with the grandmother and aunt who raised him. Although he excelled as a student, the pressures of helping his family by working would halt his academic ascension. Still, Wright had an early knack and flair for words, penning his first story at age 15, which was published by a local Black newspaper.

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Just before turning 20 years of age, Wright moved to Chicago in 1927 and became a

In a shocking confession, Dallas, Texas-based Larry Dunn (pictured below) told local authorities that he killed girlfriend Cicely Bolden (pictured left), when she admitted to having HIV after they had sex.

According to 36-year-old Dunn, he had only been dating Bolden briefly, when she confessed to having HIV. Still, Bolden allegedly told Dunn  not to worry because it was “not that bad.”

In reaction, Dunn reportedly went in to the kitchen and returned with a knife, stabbing the Mother of two twice in the neck. And yet even worse was to come: Bolden’s two young children would be the ones to find her on her bedroom floor — naked from the waist down — with two gashes in her neck after school.

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Cooperating with authorities, Dunn later admitted to burning his clothes and discarding the knife allegedly used in the murder in a waffle house garbage. He allegedly told authorities, “She killed me, s

Omarosa Stallworth (pictured left), who is best known for her villainous ways on TV reality shows, became a life-saver this past July, when she performed emergency CPR on fiance actor Michael Clarke Duncan^[1] (pictured) after he passed out during a cardiac arrest. Stallworth, who is mourning the recent loss of Duncan, now says he was the love of her life, according to RadarOnline^[2].

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“I am devastated,” the former “Apprentice” star revealed to the celebrity news site.  ”He was the love of my life.”

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The 54-year-old actor, who was often referred to as a “gentle giant,” a nickname which came about after his memorable Oscar-nominated performance in the 1999 film “The Green Mile,” passed away on Monday at the famed Los Angeles Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Unfortunately, Duncan never fully recovered from the July 13th heart attack that eventually took his life. According to TMZ, Du