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Washington — Senate Majority Leader is dismissing reports that the GOP budget plan would cut close to 700,000 jobs by 2012, mostly eliminating government jobs. The study predicted that the GOP bill would slow economic growth by 0.5 percentage points this year. Cantor acknowledged that the Republican stopgap budget bill, known as a continuing resolution […]

The Washington Washington Football Team announced today that they have released running back Clinton Portis. In his seven seasons (2004-10) with the Washington Football Team, Portis played in 84 games with 83 starts. He ranks second in franchise history in rushing yards (6,824), rushing attempts (1,667) and rushing touchdowns (46). “Clinton provided excitement from the […]

Robert Bobb, the emergency financial manager for DPS, today attempted to quell some of the fear resulting from his deficit elimination plan that calls for placing as many as 62 kids in a class by 2014. In response to a Free Press inquiry, Bobb said that classes will not balloon to 60 or more children […]

Dover, Delaware– UPDATE: The Delaware Supreme Court ruled on February 17th 2011 that the white movie theater manager, David Stewart,  did not discriminate against a theater mostly full of black patrons when he gave an announcement prior to a showing of “Why Did I Get Married” in 2007. We originally reported that the Human Relations […]

New York — If Craigslist wasn’t enough, hookers are now making their way on to social networking sites. RELATED: New Rihanna beating photos surface online One arrested after massive HBCU brawl In the last year, hookers have begun to promote their services through popular sites such as Twitter and Facebook. Columbia University sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh […]

Boston – ESPN writer Howard Bryant was arrested early Sunday in a Boston suburb and charged with domestic assault and battery. RELATED: Did LeBron James force ESPN to pull off a story? ESPN to Black Nascar announcer: “Hey, tap dance for us?” Five witnesses claimed they saw a man choking and pushing a woman into […]

Washington — With the majority of their time spent handling domestic and international issues, many wonder how President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama fit in time to work out. White House trainer Cornell Mccllelan makes sure they make time. Known as a “master tormenter” around the White House, Mccllelan not only trains the First […]

New Jersey — According to a new study, Black women in New Jersey are more than 2 1/2 times more likely to lose a baby in the first year of life than white women. RELATED: Top 5 MLK speeches What shocks many even more is that the rates exist at all income and education levels, […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Hilly areas of San Francisco got a rare light dusting of snow, the National Weather Service said Saturday. Snow fell briefly late Friday and early Saturday on the city’s Twin Peaks neighborhood and some other areas with higher elevations, meteorologist Mark Strobin said. ALSO READ: 25 Reasons We Love “A Different World” […]

George Desdunes, a 19-year-old Cornell University sophomore, was found dead in a fraternity house on Friday morning. An immediate cause of death was unclear, but the police are allegedly ruling out the possibility of suicide. ALSO READ: WBW Honors: Ralph Ellison The Cornell Daily Sun reports: Desdunes was found unresponsive in the SAE house at […]