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NEW YORK — Frank DeTucci, a 70-year-old prison chaplain at the Queensboro Correctional Facility has admitted to paying an inmate to let him perform oral sex on him. The New York Daily News reports: When questioned, DeTucci admitted that on July 5 he paid the same inmate $120 and $150 on two separate occasions to […]

An article published in The Daily Beast explains why the Republicans will have a hard time repealing President Obama’s historical Health Care Bill, citing GOP candidates are more focused on the economy. The Daily Beast Reports: Republican presidential candidates are still vowing to repeal the Affordable Care Act, of course, but they are mainly going […]

Veteran New York Times journalist Sheila Rule found the man of her dreams in one of the most unlikely places– a prison. Rule began communicating with her husband, the then convict, through a church pen-pal program in 2003. They married in 2005. Rule said she was so inspired by the many men and women she […]

With the Republican presidential race making way, Sarah Palin told Newsweek that she has no doubt in her ability to win the Republican nomination, and succinctly the oval office. The former Governor of Alaska and current celebrity said the only thing that will prevent her from running is her family. “If it came down to […]

WASHINGTON — President Obama challenged Republicans to commit to a more ambitious, long-term plan on spending cuts, revenue increases and changes to entitlement programs, during a news conference Monday morning. The New York Times reports: Mr. Obama said he will not consider a short-term, stop-gap solution to raise the debt ceiling. “This is the United […]

The National Weather Service has issued heat advisories in a number of southern and central states as 100-degree temperatures grip these regions. Sweltering temperatures are expected from Georgia to Illinois and back down to Oklahoma. In Dallas, temperatures are expected to top 100 degrees for the 10th consecutive day. While Cincinnati expects a possible heat […]

A Texas newborn was recently named the biggest baby ever born in the state. JaMichael Brown, set the record when he was born measuring two-feet-tall and weighing 16 pounds. The medical term for large infants is “macrosomia,” literally meaning “large of body.” These babies often have high blood sugar at birth, and a greater chance […]

TEXAS — Two inmates attacked four officers in Huntsville, Texas allowing convicted murderer Trent Archie, 29, and David McLeskey, 23, to escape. The entire incident was caught on camera and released to the public. Video below: The corrections staff allowed the inmates to use the phone, who later attacked and escape, reports said. The Huffington […]

While public contempt for America’s social welfare programs has been fueled by the image of the “Welfare Queen,” collecting food stamps to feed her fatherless children, a new Cornell University paper sheds light on the realities of government assistance. According to the findings, half of America’s social program recipients believe they have never received government […]

Nationally, organizations like Growing Power are working towards providing sustainable agriculture and food security in under-served communities both urban and rural. While urban farms offer viable and healthy solutions for communities at feasible prices, many of these farms aren’t seeing profit like the local corner stores and bodegas. Black farmers are a rarity. New York […]