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The cast for the 12th season of ABC’s hit competition series ‘Dancing With the Stars’ was just announced, and there are several notable personalities ready to learn some complicated dances in front of millions of television viewers. Daytime talk show host and former syndicated radio jock Wendy Williams, actor/rapper Romeo and former world champion boxer […]
By Boyce Watkins, PhD (www.blackvoices.com) Someone sent me a video that got my attention faster than you can say. It is alleged to be a video playing the voice of the “great” Creflo Dollar, the mega pastor with more money than some people think a pastor should have. In the audio, Pastor Dollar is allegedly […]
VIA: The Atlanta Journal Constitution Atlanta, GA — New Birth Missionary Baptist Church won’t have its popular Easter service at the Georgia Dome for the third consecutive year, even after holding discussions about a possible return. The reason…”economic conditions,” said Jason Kirksey, a Georgia Dome spokesman, who couldn’t provide further details. However, Kirksey said the church […]
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(VIA NEWSONE) New York officials want to increase the fines given to cab drivers who do not pick up people based on race. The New York Post reports: Cabdrivers who refuse passengers on the basis of race or their far-flung destinations are being targeted by taxi officials who want to stiffen fines for the escalating […]
Georgia – At a town hall meeting in Athens, Georgia, Rep. Paul Broun was asked by a man “Who is going to shoot Obama.” RELATED: The Top 5 MLK Speeches After the audience erupted in laughter, Broun did not denounce the question but simply responded: The thing is, I know there’s a lot of frustration […]
(This should be printed and kept in your car, purse, and wallet. Good information to have with you.) There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it: […]
Aretha Franklin made her first television appearance since undergoing surgery for an undisclosed ailment in December. Following a star-studded Grammy Awards tribute and the show’s opening number by Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Yolanda Adams, Martina McBride and Florence Welch, the Queen of Soul appeared noticeably slimmer in a video clip, where she thanked fans for […]
(VIA CNN) — Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs is not only running the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, but he has also ousted up to 30 high-ranking members he considered a threat to his leadership, two well-placed sources tell CNN. Jeffs, who is scheduled to go to trial this year on sexual […]
(VIA HOUSTON CHRONICLE) Cleveland police say a man picking up his 3-year-old grandson from day care was given the wrong child and didn’t realize the mistake until he got the boy home. WEWS-TV reports that when that child’s mother came to pick up her son, staffers at the Fatima Family Center knew something was wrong. […]
(VIA AOL NEWS) Rahm Emanuel decisively won Tuesday’s mayoral election, becoming the city’s 55th mayor. With 98 percent of the city precincts reporting, Emanuel had 55 percent of the vote — enough to avoid a runoff election. His main rivals were Gery Chico, with 24 percent, City Clerk Miguel del Valle, with 9 percent, and […]
SAN DIEGO-Tyson Smith, a man who was suffering form heart failure was given a second heart in a transplant at UC San Diego’s Thorton Hospital. The two hearts are working together and beating together. Related: Top 9 Black Stand-Up Comedians RELATED STORIES Star Athlete Receives Life-Saving Kidney From Coach Tragedy And A Dream Reunite Ex-Basketball […]