Ex-NFL player Charles Grant who appeared on Monday’s episode of “RHOA”was arrested for writing bad checks. The charge is a felony because the amount of the check was over $500. This is not his first brush with the law, he was charged with involuntary manslaughter in 2008, following a fight outside a Georgia nightclub that […]

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Singer and songwriter Dobie Gray, who had a top 5 hit in 1973 with the song “Drift Away,” has died, according to The Associated Press.  Gray died in his sleep at his Nashville home Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 69. Tonex aka B-Slade Says His “Gospel Life Is Over & He […]

The rapper-actor is making moves toward “Eye for an Eye,” a revenge drama in development at FX, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Produced by Ice Cube’s Cube Vision with Jeff Kwatinetz’s Prospect Park, the actor would appear as a veteran paramedic who, after years of responding to violent scenes, takes matters into his own hands […]

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hanks to some forward-looking college professors, television’s Smithsonian Network has a unique look at the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The network said Wednesday that it will air a documentary in February culled primarily from local news footage in Memphis, Tenn., where the civil rights leader was murdered on April 4, 1968. The material […]

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hanks to some forward-looking college professors, television’s Smithsonian Network has a unique look at the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The network said Wednesday that it will air a documentary in February culled primarily from local news footage in Memphis, Tenn., where the civil rights leader was murdered on April 4, 1968. The material […]

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NEWS92FM.com – A distressed caller pleads for help and describes the horrific incident that took place last week in Bay City. Investigators say the Jose Avila-Alva, 27, shot and injured his wife and shot and killed the couple’s four children before turning the gun on himself. Warning: This content is graphic and could be extremly […]

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By Matt Sampsell — The Houston Rockets have released their 2011-2012 schedule. The Rockets will play two pre-season games (home and home with San Antonio) December 17th and 21st. The season opener is December 26th at Orlando to face Dwight Howard and the Magic. The home opener is December 29th against the Spurs at 7pm. Seven of […]

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By Carolyn Campbell — During the next big storm, the city of Houston’s Office of Emergency Management wants you to use your cell phone to do more than make calls. Houston’s office of emergency management is the first local agency of its kind in the country to launch a mobile Web site designed to reach out […]

CNN is reporting that ex-Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky has been arrested again on new child sex charges, Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly announced Wednesday. The move raises the total number of alleged victims to 10 people, according to a statement. Read More At CNN.com

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From CNN.com: Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison Wednesday for corruption convictions. Blagojevich, a Democrat, was accused of trying to profit as he considered whom to appoint to succeed Barack Obama when the president vacated his Senate seat to move to the White House. Blagojevich was convicted of […]

Howard Tate – a gifted 1960s soul singer who left the music business after his now-beloved records were ignored, only to reemerge decades later to a cult following – died earlier this month of multiple myeloma and leukemia, reports Billboard. He was 72. http://www.eurweb.com/2011/12/soul-singer-howard-tate-dies-at-72/

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