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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.
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL– An eight-year-old student’s grandmother gave a school teacher a gift box filled with toiletries and a loaded .22-caliber handgun.
The New Yorker has unearthed a horrible secret related to the staffing of military bases in the Middle East. Companies that are contracted by the United States to provide support services to bases in locations like Afghanistan routinely lure women far from their homes to be employees, where they become trapped. After traveling from locations […]
“Octomom” Nadya Sulema had some help becoming one of the strangest figures on the pop culture landscape to emerge in a long time. Sulema got her nickname from her second birth, which produced eight children, but she was actually assisted by the same fertility doctor both times she conceived. After helping Octo have six children […]
FLORIDA– Florida’s Governor Rick Scott signed legislation Tuesday requiring drug screenings for adults applying for welfare assistance.
The World Health Organization announced Tuesday that cell phones raise the risk of cancer. The announcement, made after a team of international scientists reviewed various studies on cell phone safety is particularly relevant to the black community as studies have consistently shown blacks to dominate cell phone use. Not to mention, African-Americans suffer the highest […]
The New York Times is reporting that investors are fleeing the stock market at a sharp pace in response to recent economic news. Wall Street trading took a two percent fall on Wednesday as employers have failed to add jobs to the hiring market at the previously predicted rate. In addition, other factors such as […]