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Chicago's Cabrini-Green Projects Shut Down for Good
Filed under: News, Race and Civil Rights Like millions of other people across America, I grew up watching the TV show "Good Times." The show featured a series of sky scraper housing projects, a...
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Miguel: R&B Newcomer Talks Music, Touring & Learning Spanish
Filed under: Exclusives, Interviews, Music He's the much-buzzed-about R&B newcomer, who's on the fast track to superstardom after being signed to Jive Records by Mark Pitts, the music mogul with a...
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Did 'Ugly Betty' Actor Kill Mother Over Money-Related Stress?
Filed under: Personal Finance, News As unemployment benefits expire for millions across America, many will come to know the stress of economic frustration more acutely. The combination of actual worry...
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Jay-Z, B.o.B., & Fantasia Lead 53rd Annual Grammy Award Nominees
Filed under: Music, Television, News, Celeb Updates It's a big year for R&B and rap hybrid tunes and the Recording Academy is certainly giving their stamp of approval to the artists who have had...
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Katrina Cop Gets 8 Years for Fatal Shooting
Filed under: News, Race and Civil Rights Five years ago, members of the New Orleans Police Department shot and killed two men and wounded four others on the Danziger Bridge (pictured) in an unprovoked...
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Chuck Turner: Boston Leader Alleges His Race Led to Ouster
Filed under: News, Politics This week, there was turmoil in the Boston City Council. Long-time public servant Chuck Turner was voted out of office after being convicted in a federal bribery case....
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What To Watch: 'Black Swan,' 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' Blu-Ray, 'The Art...
Filed under: News, Trailers Coming out this week is Darren Aronofsky's latest film, 'Black Swan,' starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder, Sebastian Stan, Mila Kunis, and Barbara...
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RNC is Broke: Financial Acumen of Chairman Steele Under Question
Filed under: News Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele became the first black leader of the foremost conservative organization as soon as Barack Obama became president. Of course, this...
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Cleveland Cavaliers Fans: Leave LeBron James Alone
Filed under: Basketball Today's return of LeBron James to the city of Cleveland is a sad, telling reminder of the fact that some of us simply takes sports too seriously. Some Cavs fans (led by their...
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Nigeria to Issue Arrest Warrant for Dick Cheney
Filed under: News, Politics Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney is back in the news, and this time it's not for shooting someone. The former CEO of Halliburton, a name that has become synonymous...
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Rapper Kurtis Blow Busted With Pot After TSA Body Scan
Filed under: News Back-in-the-day rapper Kurtis Blow (pictured) has been busted by Los Angeles International Airport's (LAX) TSA employees after they discovered marijuana stashed in one of his pockets....
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First Lady Opens Housing for Military Families
Filed under: News, Politics, President Obama I have never been a big fan of news coverage for the First Lady of the United States. In my book, the fact that she sleeps with the President shouldn't...
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Aretha Franklin To Undergo Medical Procedure, Community Prayer Vigil Held
Filed under: Music, News, Celeb UpdatesAretha Franklin has been recovering from a mystery illness, which resulted in the cancellation of all of her concert dates and personal appearances through May...
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'The Social Network' Wins First Pre-Cursor Award to Oscar Nod
Filed under: News The National Board of Review recently announced their annual best of 2010, and among the winners were 'The Social Network,' which won Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Actor for...
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How Tiger Woods Got His Marketing Groove Back
Filed under: Celebrity News It's hard to keep track of this sort of stuff given the rapidly changing nature of most news cycles, but around this time a year ago, Tiger-Gate broke. When Tiger Woods...
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Capping Off Amazing Year, Angelique Kidjo Garners Grammy Nod for 'OYO'
Filed under: Music, News For award-winning world music artist Angelique Kidjo, whom the New York Times lauded for her "chest-rattling alto," calling her a "superhero," 2010 has been one full of...
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Kenya's PM Who Wanted All Homosexuals Arrested Is Changing His Tune
Filed under: News, President Obama Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga (pictured above) ordered the arrest of all gay people earlier this week and now he is backing away from his statements. On...
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Rep. Tim Scott Turns Down CBC. What's He Afraid Of?
What's Tim Scott afraid of? The new Republican representative from South Carolina was the focus of many Congressional watchers after this year's midterm elections in regards as to whether we would be...
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Best Selling Author Terry McMillan Teams With Broadway's 'Fela!'
Filed under: Author UpdatesBest-selling author Terry McMillan is all about telling the stories about the African American experience. The celebrated novelist will head to Broadway for a unique...
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Latest Black Celebrity in Financial Trouble: Kelly Rowland
Filed under: Celebrity News Kelly Rowland has been having a rocky time since she left the guiding patronage of Mathew Knowles as father figure and manager. Aside from her international hit song 'When...
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