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Amiri Baraka, the militant man of letters and tireless agitator whose blues-based, fist-shaking poems, plays and criticism made him a provocative and groundbreaking force in American culture, has died. He was 79. His booking agent, Celeste Bateman, told The Associated Press that Baraka, who had been hospitalized since last month, died Thursday at Newark Beth […]

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MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — State police say rapper Flavor Flav was ticketed for speeding and driving without a license en route to his mother’s funeral in suburban New York. The rapper, whose real name is William Drayton, was allegedly driving 79 mph in a 55 mph zone Thursday morning on the Meadowbrook Parkway. Police say […]

The ex-wife of a Pulitzer Prize-winner was arrested after allegedly whipping a gun out of her vagina and threatening her boyfriend.  48yr old Jennifer McCathy got into an argument with her boyfriend about space aliens. McCarthy changed into lingerie and after being intimate, pulled the gun out and pointed it at her boyfriend’s head.  He […]

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Co-star of “The View,” Sherri Shepherd called into “The D.L. Hughley Show” for a round of This or That and revealed she was once locked up. Listen to the audio player to hear Sherri talk about her experience getting hit on in jail! RELATED: A Sherri Shepherd Christmas: “The View” Star Reveals Her Santa Sighting RELATED: Dad […]

  A former Colorado school principal claims she was fired after trying to stop a school policy she believed embarrassed kids.  Noelle Roni, says she was let go because she refused to allow the stamping of children’s hands if they received free lunch or did not have enough money in their school account to pay […]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, brainchild of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, announced a new slate of mortgage rules to curb shady practices aimed at “tricking and trapping people” into unaffordable loans. The rules will force mortgage lenders and servicers to compete by offering better rates and better customer service. The rules take effect Friday. For more […]

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Amiri Baraka, former poet laureate of New Jersey and an icon in American literature, has died, according to The Star-Ledger. He was 79-years-old. The literary…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors are warning that if Congress cuts food stamps, the federal government could be socked with bigger health bills. Maybe not immediately, they say, but over time if the poor wind up in doctors’ offices or hospitals as a result. Among the health risks of hunger are spiked rates of diabetes and […]

Queen Latifah can now add award-wining talk show host to her resume! The 43-year-old entertainer walked away with the award for Favorite New Talk Show…

Jahi McMath has been moved from Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland to an undisclosed location, to continue being treated, after the 13-year-old was determined brain-dead…

The “45TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS” NOMINEES ANNOUNCED Two-Hour Special Airs Live on Saturday, February 22 on TV One at 9:00 p.m. ET (PT tape-delayed)  One-Hour Pre-Show Airs Live from the Red Carpet at 8:00 p.m. ET (PT tape-delayed)                                              BET and The Weinstein Company Lead the Nominees in the TV and Film Categories RCA Leads […]

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The “45TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS” NOMINEES ANNOUNCED Two-Hour Special Airs Live on Saturday, February 22 on TV One at 9:00 p.m. ET (PT tape-delayed)  One-Hour Pre-Show Airs Live from the Red Carpet at 8:00 p.m. ET (PT tape-delayed)                                              BET and The Weinstein Company Lead the Nominees in the TV and Film Categories RCA Leads […]