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Omarosa Don’t miss an encore presentation of TV One’s new series “Donald J. Trump Presents the Ultimate Merger,” Thursday, June 24 at 8:30 PM ET. Omarosa looks for her perfect mate among a cadre of a dozen hot, successful bachelors that she puts through a gauntlet of tests, including R&B star Al B. Sure! Real […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Manute Bol, a lithe 7-foot-7 shot-blocker from Sudan who spent 10 seasons in the NBA and was dedicated to humanitarian work in Africa, died Saturday. He was 47. Bol died at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, where he was being treated for severe kidney trouble and a painful skin […]
AM 1200 WCHB’s Mildred Gaddis took her show on the road to broadcast live from The Rainbow PUSH Coalition 39th Annual Conference. Mildred spoke with Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., founder and president of Rainbow PUSH Coalition as well as his distinguished panel of scholars, economists and civil rights leaders and Entrepreneurial fishermen/oyster-man based out […]
A woman took a fist to the face by a cop, all over a jaywalking stop. Investigators in Seattle are reviewing the incident, which was captured on video. Things began when an unnamed police officer spotted a teen jaywalking across Martin Lurther King Jr. Way South around 3:10 p.m., according to a report on the […]
Via Isiah Carey’s Insite Blog: IT’S ALL ABOUT CLEAN ENERGY TO AVOID ANOTHER BP! The BP oil spill in the Gulf Coast is the worst environmental disaster of its kind in our nation‘s history. I am returning to the region today to review our efforts and meet with families and business owners affected by the […]
President Barack Obama will visit the Gulf states affected by the oil spill on Monday and Tuesday and then address the nation on Tuesday night from the White House on the next steps in responding to the environmental catastrophe, his senior adviser said Sunday. On his fourth visit to the Gulf region since the disaster […]
LOS ANGELES – California’s medical board has again asked a judge to suspend the license of the doctor charged in Michael Jackson‘s death. The state attorney general’s office argued in a brief filed Monday that the current prohibition against Dr. Conrad Murray using anesthetics is insufficient. “While the […]
VIA CNN: Federal authorities have given BP 72 hours to come up with sound contingency plans for the collection of gushing oil in the event of an operational failure or severe weather. In a letter written Tuesday, the government’s on-scene administrator, Coast Guard Rear Adm. James Watson, instructed BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles to […]
Via EURWEB.com: If you’re not familiar with Desiree Rogers, she was the White House Social Secretary for the Obama’s who caught hell after the two party crashers got into the President’s first state dinner without being invited. She resigned from her post last year and now has stepped back on the scene to accept a position […]
Actor Don Cheadle has been appointed as the newest goodwill ambassador for the United Nations. Cheadle will represent the U.N. Environment Program as a spokesman for climate change and environmental conversation. Don Cheadle in ‘Hotel Rwanda’ (Lions Gate) UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner announced the appointment on Saturday. Steiner […]
BP PLC chief executive Tony Hayward said Sunday he won’t step down over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and predicted his company will recover from the disaster. Hayward told BBC television’s “Andrew Marr Show” that he would not quit, and he had the “absolute intention of seeing this through to the end.” “We are […]
VIA EURWEB: Yes, former Detroit mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick is serving time for his misdeeds while in office. Of course he’s not serving time in a dungeon or something lowly like that. Instead, according to the Detroit News, the warden of the Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center confirmed Friday that Kilpatrick is staying in an […]
