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JAY-Z was caught up in a race row when bouncers at his BRITs after-show party “banned” white people from boozing with the star. Chart legend Jay-Z threw a lavish bash but music industry executives, journalists and revellers were turned away from the roped-off area because of the colour of their skin. Minders were spotted banning clubbers from the private event because they were not “of colour”. The venue was top new members’ club Merah, in Oxford Circus, central London. But the party, put on by the Collective Entertainment Group, upset many of the chart favourites who turned up. Among those...

AP) LONG BEACH, Calif. Police say reputed gang members totaled the car of a woman who testified against African American youths accused of beating three white women during a Halloween block party in Long Beach. Authorities say the woman, 18, has been under police escort. She was in court Tuesday when a car full of men reversed and backed into her car as it was parked in front of her home. Police commander Jeff Johnson told the Long Beach Press-Telegram that it appears as though the gang members are sending her another message. Last week, after her first day in...