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FLORIDA —  Governor Rick Scott wants welfare applicants to pay for a drug test before they are made eligible for assistance. ALSO READ: Alica Keys To Direct Lifetime Movie About Cancer In addition, the Governor wants to add a rule mandating that state employees submit drug tests at least four times a year. READ MORE […]

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — In a Florida school district roofers, painters, and grass cutters were paid at least $59,000, which is more than the salaries of teachers with over ten years of experience. ALSO READ: Alica Keys To Direct Lifetime Movie About Cancer For years, the district refused calls from school activists to reconsider what […]

NEW YORK-Damian Furtch, 26, was brutally beaten outside a McDonalds in the West Village area of New York City. The New York Daily News reports: Furtch posted pictures of his injuries on Facebook and blunt words about his ordeal. “I thought I was safe in the city I loved but apparently wearing fluorescent colored clothing […]

Harlem, New York– President Obama held a fundraiser last night at a recently opened Harlem neighborhood restaurant, Red Rooster;  raising 1.5 million for the Democratic National Committee, and drawing crowds of many neighborhood supporters who hoped to catch a glimpse of the first African-American President. Among the 50 attendees of the $30,800-a-plate fundraiser, Charles Rangel […]

MICHIGAN — Security was stepped up at Michigan’s Port Huron Northern High School after a “hit-list” was found scrawled on the wall of a bathroom that used racial slurs against African-Americans and threatened to injure eight students. ALSO READ: Charlie Sheen, Diddy, and Snoop Dogg to make a song? Superintendent Ronald Wollen said an increased […]

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina  — There’s only one way in to Windy Ridge — across freight train tracks that zipper up the subdivision on three sides. Living room windows offer views of a cardboard box factory and a Pepsi bottling plant. It’s an unlikely place to come looking for the American Dream. ALSO READ: Charlie Sheen, […]

New York  — A video uploaded to Worldstarhiphop yesterday showed a teenage girl cutting a teenage boy in the face after he laughed when her wig fell off. Also Read: Rihanna wrongfully brags about her show being sold out The attack, which was shot from a phone camera, was in a Queens subway station. After […]

New York– A Northwestern University study found that young adults who are regularly involved in religious activities have  higher chances of becoming obese by middle age. Also read: Model & Single Mother Jourdan Dunn, 20, Reveals Son Has Sickle Cell The research found correlations between the frequency of church-going, and the participants Body Mass Index; […]

New York –When you think of Miss USA winners, New York usually doesn’t come to mind. Also Read: Top 10 kid friendly Spring Break activities Actually, it’s something that viewers haven’t expected for 30 years; but 19-year-old Haitian teenager Lisa Drouillard may have something to say about that. “I feel like I’ve been living my […]

Ohio — A tag-team consisting of a pregnant woman and her daughter attacked a 71-year-old man in an Ohio Walmart, according to police. Also Read: Charlie Sheen, Diddy, and Snoop Dogg to make a song? The duo didn’t stop there – they also threatened to bomb the Walmart after attacking the senior citizen. The two […]