Ah Yes! Grammy Night! A mystical event that always leaves spectators in awe, and confusion. Lady Gaga...always the outkast, skip-tripped into her usual solo of weird, erotic alternative showcase. Followed by Pink who apparently felt dangling herself from a king size flat sheet and dripping water on the 150+ fans below was a way to steal the show. Then followed Black Eyed Peas with choreography led by the black tin man from Wizard of Oz himself,...
In buying a vehicle, it is necessary to weigh the options between buying new or used. One would also have to take into consideration current financial times and the possibility of ballin' on a budget. So, with that being said, all of you "Ballers on Budgets" might want to take a look at the 2010 lineup of whips under $15,000. The prices listed are the MSRP and also come with some hefty rebates. Check 'em out:MSRP $15,455Honda Civic CoupeMSRP $15,450Toyota...
SAMSUNG GALAXY 2In these days, it doesn’t matter if you don’t have a good sense of orientation when you are driving. It is enough if you have one of those devices known as satellite navigators (aka automotive navigation systems or satnav) at hand.But those gadgets are not cheap at all. Currently, the most inexpensive satellite navigator costs about $100, and the most sophisticated one costs about $400. Besides, if you need additional services such...
Q: I am a single woman who recently ended a relationship because of infidelity. After the breakup, I noticed that I began having cold sores on my mouth. Afraid of what may have caused them, I never went to see a doctor or even tell my family. But I feel like it's more to it and am scared to know what it is. Help! (Worried in Joliet, IL)A: Well Worried in Joliet, what you have encountered is one of two infections. Herpes simplex viruses -- more commonly...
In an attempt to solicit financial and political support against the White House and Democrats in Congress, TeaParty.org sent out an email to its members likening President Barack Obama to a “health care pimp”The email was sent by Tea Party founder Dale Robertson, the same man who was photographed last year carrying a sign comparing Congress to Slavemasters and Taxpayers to N——From Talking Points MemoThe photograph– showing the president as a stereotypical...
Fox News commentators Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck are embroiled in controversy AGAIN; this time for comments comparing the southside of Chicago to Haiti. WTH?O’Reilly made the comments on Jan.23 in Westbury, NY as the two Fox commentators are on the Bold Fresh Tour, a national traveling town hall meeting to talk about political and cultural issues while promoting their brand and books. My question is when were you two on the southside of Chicago...
What is it with people making comments about Haiti?ESPN fired former NBA player Paul Shirley from his position as a sports blogger for a blog he wrote on another website criticizing Haiti relief efforts and the victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake.In the blog Shirley posted on Flipcollective.com he alleged that Haitians are responsible for their own fate and should bear the brunt of their recovery. I haven’t donated a cent to the Haitian relief effort....
NFL Star Steven Jackson is accused of beating his then pregnant girlfriend in their Las Vegas home last year.The incident occurred in March 2009, according to Supriya Harris, who was 9 months pregnant at the time Jackson allegedly assaulted her.According to TMZ, court documents pertaining to the case report that Jackson got into an argument with Harris that turned into a physical altercation. Harris said she was slammed into a door handle with...
Well its that time again the 52nd annual Grammy Awards, which honor music released between Oct. 1, 2008, and Aug. 31, 2009, will air tomorrow Sunday Jan. 31 on CBS at 8Eastern time.There will be some great tributes GRAMMY night. GRAMMY winners Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, Carrie Underwood, and Usher will join together, along with the voice of Michael Jackson, in a moving tribute to Jackson at the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards on Sunday,...
(CNN) -- In a messy drug bust this week, investigators uncovered more than 700 pounds of marijuana stuffed in a septic tank truck full of human waste, Arizona police said Friday.And the search of the truck was as awful as it sounds."Yeah, that really does suck," Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves told CNN. "It's a long way to go to make a bust."Hidden in the holding tank of the truck were 743 pounds of pot, worth about $409,000...
Usher's home, and he's ready to get busy. But will you be waiting for him in the bedroom? That's the question posed by "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)," a song about several things, most of which seem to be coital. "Daddy" is the proper first single from his upcoming Raymond v. Raymond album, which, by all accounts, is a very personal thing — last year, producer Bryan Michael Cox told MTV News that Ush made the record because he's "in a place where he...
A Long Island school-bus driver was fired for taping shut a loud student's mouth for 10 minutes to keep him quiet, sources said. Officials at the South Country School District in Bellport said the unidentified male driver had a full load of kids from the Frank P. Long Intermediate School on Jan. 22 when the incident occurred. The driver "pulled over the bus when students were making too much noise and put tape over one boy's mouth," said an official. The boy's mouth remained taped shut for some...
Identical siblings made a twin killing off about 30 friends and acquaintances, swindling them out of more than $2 million, prosecutors said yesterday. Makara and Tsele Nkhereanye got the cash by passing themselves off as sophisticated and successful stock whizzes, when in reality they were block-headed investors whose only talent was losing money, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said. The pair preyed on working-class types who were...
Nelly, Jermaine Dupri and Trey Songz are reportedly working on a new television project that has been described as the male version of the popular ABC talk show, "The View."According to Nelly, the project is currently under development."Not sure if you're familiar with the Ocean's 7 Crew. It's me, Jermaine Dupri, Trey Songz, Johnta Austin, Brian Michael Cox and Tyrone "International" Davis. We're working on kind of like the male version of 'The...
In December, Facebook made a series of bold and controversial changes regarding the nature of its users' privacy on the social networking site. The company once known for protecting privacy to the point of exclusivity (it began its days as a network for college kids only - no one else even had access), now seemingly wants to compete with more open social networks like the microblogging media darling Twitter.Those of you who edited your privacy settings...
Zelda Rubinstein, a 4-foot-3-inch character actress best known for playing the indomitable ghost-purging psychic in “Poltergeist,” died on Wednesday in Los Angeles. She was 76 and lived in Los Angeles.The cause was complications of a heart attack she had two months ago, her agent, Eric Stevens, said. No immediate family members survive.Released in 1982, “Poltergeist” featured a brief bravura turn by Ms. Rubinstein as Tangina, the clairvoyant summoned...
Rapper Mystikal is heading right back to work since being freed from jail after serving 6 years in a Louisiana prison or sexual battery and extortion. The Grammy Award winning rapper has been tapped to headline the “Mystikal and Friends” Mardi Gras concert at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for Performing Arts. The rapper, who was released from prison on January 11, will perform hits like “Danger,” “Shake Yo Ass,” “Bouncin Back (Bumpin’ Me Against the...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Bandits in Haiti are preying on vulnerable earthquake survivors, even raping women, in makeshift camps which were set up in the capital of Port-au-Prince after the disaster."With the blackout that's befallen the Haitian capital, bandits are taking advantage to harass and rape women and young girls under the tents," Haiti’s national police chief Mario Andresol said yesterday."We have more than 7,000 detainees in the streets...
Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder and philanthropist, is to make the largest ever single charitable donation with a pledge of $10 billion for vaccine work over the next decade, it was announced Friday.Gates said that he hoped the coming 10 years will be the decade of the vaccine to reduce dramatically child mortality in the world’s poorest countries. It is calculated that his pledge alone could save more than eight million lives.Announcing the commitment,...
Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN) Founder Russell Simmons and CEO Dr. Benjamin Chavis have partnered with several organizations to create the Music 4 Peace Initiative and Tour. HSAN will team with the Music4Peace Foundation, Tribes of the Worlds, SwaggMedia and The Gandhi Tour to promote a global message of peace, using music, artists and global resources. Under the new partnership, Simmons and Chavis will launch an international extension...
The nationwide Sprite Step Off competition will be the focus of a new docu-series hosted by rapper/actor Ludacris. The six-part series, titled Sprite Step Off, will follow six step teams from fraternities and sororities across the country as they prepare for the regional rounds of the Sprite Step Off competition while learning steps and beats as well as juggling round-the-clock rehearsals and family, friends and school demands. Each team will...
Hosted by Short Brown Dark Skin & Evil DJ, this seamless collaboration defies the general outline of a mixtape. Introducing new artists from Philly, this project delivers street anthems complimented with gritty tales of the hood.The production carries a unique blend of import funk, mid 70's soul & heavy basslines, creating a nostalgic fusion. You put the two together, you create Manhole Entertainment. Download: http://www.zshare.net/dow...
Pres. Obama explains how the $30 mil bailout was paid back and how he is investing it in small businesses. PAY ATTENTIO...
OMAHA, Neb. — A 41-year-old Nebraska woman is accused of having sex nightly with her teenage son when he was in seventh and eighth grades, officials said Wednesday.Omaha Police said the now 15-year-old boy reported the alleged abuse last week to a counselor, who notified authorities. The boy told police his mother was addicted to prescription drugs when the alleged abuse took place in 2008 and 2009 while he lived with her in Omaha.The woman, who...
J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose “The Catcher in the Rye” shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, has died. He was 91. Salinger died of natural causes at his home on Wednesday, the author’s son said in a statement from Salinger’s literary representative. He had lived for decades in self-imposed isolation in the small, remote house in Cornish, N.H. “The Catcher in the Rye,” with its immortal...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II whipped himself with a belt, even on vacation, and slept on the floor as acts of penitence and to bring him closer to Christian perfection, according to a new book by the Polish prelate spearheading the late pontiff's sainthood case.The book, "Why He's a Saint," also includes previously unpublished speeches and documents written by John Paul, including one signed memo from 1989 in which he said he would resign...
Behold, the iPad. In a presentation today that bred more anticipation than tonight's State of the Union speech, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the company's new tablet computer, the touch-screen iPad. In making the announcement today in San Francisco, Jobs noted that there are two main mobile computing devices now, laptops and smartphones. He dismissed netbooks as "cheap laptops" and then said, “We think we've got something that is better. We call...
Sean "Diddy" Combs was feeling royally ripped-off after losing the golden crown he rented for his son Justin's "Sweet Sixteen" party. Diddy -- who spared no expense entertaining 1,000 friends at M2 in Chelsea -- was said to be annoyed he'd have to pay $5,000 for the prop, rented from a theatrical agency along with two giant thrones. Justin, who was given a Maybach by his dad, wore the crown as he was unveiled to the crowd -- but by the end of the...
Straphangers on the uptown 6 train had to stand clear of the clucking poultry last night when a man wearing a shirt with an MTA logo began wrestling a live chicken. Riders cleared out from their seats as the unidentified man, lying on the subway floor next to a grocery cart loaded with beer cans and junk, manhandled the fowl. An intrepid rider posted a 1:15 minute video of the incident to his Web site that was later picked up by the blog Gothamist. It depicts the man hugging and holding the chicken...
The Ohio Highway Patrol says 47-year-old Deborah McDonald of Crystal Rock had just left the bar near Sandusky on Tuesday night and was hit as she was walking along a road.An Ohio Lottery spokeswoman says McDonald won $8,000 in the lottery's TV game show "Cash Explosion Double Play."The show was taped Jan. 12 and is set to air at the end of the month.Bar patrons say McDonald was with a group that had been celebrating her winnings and playing pool.Patrol...
Two Massachusetts high school students have been suspended following the suicide of a teen girl who was allegedly bullied at school and online, the BostonHerald.com reported.Friends and school officials stated Phoebe Prince, 15, had been picked on since moving to Massachusetts from Ireland last fall. School bullies reportedly taunted the teen through text messages, Facebook and other social networking sites.South Hadley High School superintendent...
Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. said Tuesday it is asking dealers to temporarily suspend sales of eight models.The company's sales suspension is part of a recall announced last week to correct a problem that could cause the accelerator pedal to stick."Helping ensure the safety of our customers and restoring confidence in Toyota are very important to our company," said Toyota USA group vice president Bob Carter. "This action is necessary until a remedy...
A Democratic candidate for Cook County Assessor was hurt during a fight outside his home on the northwest side of Chicago.Retired Cook County Circuit Court Judge Raymond Figueroa saw someone trying to take an election sign from his home near Addison Street and Avers.He said he confronted the man who then tried to hit him.Figueroa fought back and hit the man, who then took off.Figueroa had some minor injuries to his hand, but refused to be taken...
Colorado Springs, CO-- A guy walked into a little corner store with a shot gun and demanded all the cash from the cash drawer. After the clerk put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of gin that he wanted behind the counter on the shelf. He told the clerk to put it in the bag as well, but the clerk refused and said "I don't believe you are over 21." The robber said he was, but the clerk still refused to give it to him because he didn't...
(CNN) -- A Tennessee man -- accused in a fatal attack at a military recruiting center in Arkansas in June -- wants to plead guilty and claims to have ties to al Qaeda in Yemen in a letter he wrote to the judge presiding over his case.In the handwritten letter dated January 12, Abdul Hakim Muhammad said he did not want a trial and insisted the shooting was "justified" under jihad."This was a jihadi attack on infidel forces that didn't go as plan,"...
That's likely what crowds at the Australian Open have been asking themselves since tennis legend Venus Williams took to the court and appeared to flash her backside last week.However, the 29-year-old star was quick to put any rumors to rest via Twitter."I am wearing undershorts the same color as my skin, so it gives the slits in my dress the full effect!" she wrote on Thursday.For the last few days during the tournament, Venus has donned a bright...
In a world where competition for stupidity never ends, these clowns (no pun intended)are almost in first place. Do you really think McDonald's is endorsing the...
Port-au-Prince, Haiti-- Two weeks after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti, the numbers have mounted. The numbers tell stories of death and destruction, as well as a global outpouring of aid.Below is a compiled list with the most reliable figures available as the devastation continues to unfold:THE TOLL150,000: Latest estimate of the death toll, from the Haitian Health Ministry. The European Union and the Pan American Health Organization,...
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Angela Glover Blackwell: Beyond the Noise -- 12 Quiet Ways Obama is Building a More Equitable America
The first year of the Obama Era has been defined by noise-voracious political pundits, screaming Tea Partiers, and cries of "too left" and "not left enough" from competing corners of political world. With the surprise election of Scott Brown yesterday following a loud and boisterous campaign built on voters' anger at a still-stagnant economy, the noise isn't likely to ebb soon.But quietly, under-the-radar and away from the cameras, the Obama Administration...
