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LEGRANGE, GA- Anne Lee, a 58-year-old woman who had moved to Georgia after Hurricane Katrina was killed Wednesday after a Department of Transportation lawnmower sent a large rock flying through the windshield of a car she was a passenger in.
NEW YORK—A New York police officer is suing the department, claiming she was punished for rejecting her superior’s sexual advances after he texted her a photo of his penis. Officer Lisette Pedrosa said Lt. Salvatore Marchese began sexually harassing her in February 2010 when the two worked together at the 25th Precinct in East Harlem. […]
America’s biggest right wingnut Glenn Beck will be going off the air by the end of the month. FOX News has confirmed that the contentious commentator will be taking his bilious brand of bull elsewhere within the next thirty days. Mediaite reports: RELATED: Glenn Beck’s Top 10 Racist Quotes Mediaite has learned that Glenn Beck’s […]
NEW YORK — James Black Jr. is making all the right moves! Black hopes to beat the record for the youngest American chess grandmaster, which is currently held at 14. The Daily News reports: Black led the chess team from Intermediate School 318 in Williamsburg to national championships in both the K-8 and K-9 divisions […]
NEW YORK– Rep. Anthony Weiner says he is not answering anymore questions about the lewd Twitter photo incident, leaving many questioning his innocence because of inconsistency in his stories.
After the World Health Organization revealed the connection between cell phone radiation and brain cancer, you can imagine the worries that must have spread through the black community. More than any other group, black people live on their cell phones. Let’s face it: We like to stay connected. The convenience and portability of a cell […]
DETROIT-Former Detroit Mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick is releasing an autobiography that details his problems with the law. Kilpatrick is currently under investigation for racketeering by the government for allegedly running a criminal conspiracy while mayor, and is in prison for lying under oath about his affair with his chief of staff, Christine Beatty. The book’s website […]
NEW YORK CITY — Fatoumata Diallo, a 21-year-old Bronx woman, was struck and killed by a train after she fainted and fell onto the tracks. NBC reports: Police say that 21-year-old Bronx resident Fatoumata Diallo fainted, possibly due to the heat, just as a northbound No. 6 train pulled into the station, and was “cut […]
NEW YORK-Detectives Michael Oliver, Gescard Isnora and Marc Cooper who were acquitted for killing Sean Bell in a high profile 2008 trial, are now facing an NYPD disciplinary trial according to the New York Daily News: The NYPD would not provide any information on what would happen in the trial room, and lawyers for the […]
NEW YORK– The mother of Gennette Cordova, the college student who received a lewd photo from Rep. Anthony Weiner via Twitter, is infuriated by how the politician is handling the issue, and says its a huge distraction for her daughter who is taking finals at the time.