LOS ANGELES More than 1.2 million people have now registered to get tickets for Michael Jackson's memorial service next week. Only 11,000 tickets will be given out for the Tuesday service at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. Another 6,500 ti ...
Posted Sunday, July 5th 2009 at 1:28AM
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Lawmakers failed to agree on balancing the state's budget on Tuesday and the state government began its fiscal year on Wednesday without a spending plan in place. In response, state finance officials began issuing "IOUs" in lieu of payments for tax ...
Posted Sunday, July 5th 2009 at 1:19AM
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GAFFNEY, S.C. Terrified residents canceled Fourth of July plans and holed up in their homes Friday as investigators hunted a serial killer believed to have shot four people to death. Tanya Phillips had been looking forward to a backyard barbecue a ...
Posted Sunday, July 5th 2009 at 1:05AM
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WASILLA, Alaska -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made a surprise announcement Friday that she is resigning from office at the end of the month without explaining why she plans to step down, raising speculation that she would focus on a run for the White Ho ...
Posted Sunday, July 5th 2009 at 12:58AM
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was shot multiple times, including once in the head, and a pistol was discovered near the body of the 20-year-old woman found dead with him Saturday in a downtown condominium. Nashville police sp ...
Posted Saturday, July 4th 2009 at 11:53PM
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Montreal- Stevie Wonder says that people must celebrate Michael Jackson's musical legacy and forget all the negative things being said about his good friend. Mr. Wonder took aim Tuesday at what he called "spin doctors" who have nothing to do with Ja ...
Posted Friday, July 3rd 2009 at 1:57PM
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Would-be car thieves be warned: Attempting to steal a vehicle in Houston has gotten more difficult as law enforcement uses technology to combat auto theft. The Houston police use bait cars in high risk areas to try to catch car thievesA car is stole ...
Posted Friday, July 3rd 2009 at 1:15PM
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What's that saying when it comes to Black people? We have to always be three times as good as the next guy. It looks the President is doing pretty darn good!! A hearty congratulations to President Obama's Administration for a job well done. I'll b ...
Posted Thursday, July 2nd 2009 at 5:05PM
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Three {Black} men beaten by Philadelphia police on the hunt for a police killer were acquitted Wednesday of all charges stemming from their arrests. Jurors who watched a 10-minute news videotape of the violent arrest said it did not influence their ...
Posted Thursday, July 2nd 2009 at 3:42PM
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ST. PAUL, Minn. Al Franken ascended Tuesday from the ranks of former "Saturday Night Live" comedians to an even more exclusive club, outlasting Republican Norm Coleman in an eight-month recount and courtroom saga to win a seat in the U.S. Senate.
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Posted Wednesday, July 1st 2009 at 12:50AM
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Michael Jackson's two eldest kids face a tug-of-love battle after their mum Debbie Rowe confessed he was not their father. In an astonishing interview Debbie - mother of Prince, 12, and Paris, 11 - said she was artificially inseminated by an anonymo ...
Posted Tuesday, June 30th 2009 at 4:54PM
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The Jena Six case, which once prompted a massive civil rights demonstration and drew international attention, saw the final chapter played out quietly. Five neatly dressed young men answered Yes Sir, on Friday as state District Judge Tom Yeager as ...
Posted Tuesday, June 30th 2009 at 4:06PM
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Nearly two years after more than 320,000 of you stood up to protect them from Jim Crow justice, the Jena 6--Jesse Ray Beard, Carwin Jones, Robert Bailey, Theo Shaw, Bryant Purvis and Mychal Bell--are all now free to move ahead with their lives. We sh ...
Posted Tuesday, June 30th 2009 at 4:02PM
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Arianna Huffington: Katie Couric, Tavis Smiley, Bob Woodward, Nicholas Kristof, and I Hit YouTube with Pointers for Citizen Journalists...
Citizen journalism is rapidly emerging as an invaluable part of delivering the news. That's why I was delighte ...
Posted Tuesday, June 30th 2009 at 3:47PM
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NEW YORK A federal judge rejected Bernard Madoff's plea for leniency Monday, sentencing the 71-year-old swindler to spend the rest of his life in prison for an "extraordinarily evil" fraud that took a staggering toll on thousands of victims.
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Posted Monday, June 29th 2009 at 11:45PM
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BAGHDAD Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other cities Tuesday after American troops handed over security in urban areas in a defining step toward ending the U.S. combat role in the country. A countdown clock broadcast on Iraqi TV ...
Posted Monday, June 29th 2009 at 10:07PM
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The Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 in favor of the white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., on the grounds that they were unfairly denied promotions because of their race.
I predict hypocritical reaction from both left and right, split along the sam ...
Posted Monday, June 29th 2009 at 7:16PM
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William "Billy" D. Mays, Jr. was a television direct-response advertisement salesperson most notable for promoting OxiClean, Orange Glo, and other cleaning, home-based, and maintenance products. His distinctive beard and loud sales pitches made him a ...
Posted Monday, June 29th 2009 at 7:01PM
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Michael Jackson would think about and discuss his death sometimes, his ex Lisa Marie Presley writes in a candid new entry on her MySpace blog.
"Years ago Michael and I were having a deep conversation about life in general," Presley, 41, writes ...
Posted Sunday, June 28th 2009 at 6:01AM
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Dr. Conrad Murray (Cardiologist) is scheduled to meet with Los Angeles Police Department homicide investigators Saturday afternoon, says a new report. Citing the law firm representing Dr. Murray, the Houston Chronicle reports that the physician will ...
Posted Saturday, June 27th 2009 at 10:48PM
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I've been glued to Black Women Connect and the Black in America sites reading the different blog posts about Michael Jackson. It's been really touching reading all the reflections and well wishes. It's really a sad time in world history to lose suc ...
Posted Friday, June 26th 2009 at 2:26PM
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Does anyone know anything about his condition, because different people are reporting conflicting information? Young Black and Fabulous and TMZ says he has died. CNN and Yahoo says he's hospitalized. Please update.
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Posted Thursday, June 25th 2009 at 6:11PM
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Farrah Fawcett's struggle after battling cancer with painful treatments and dispiriting setbacks was recorded in the television documentary "Farrah's Story." Fawcett sought cures in Germany as well as the United States, battling the disease with iron ...
Posted Thursday, June 25th 2009 at 1:17PM
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