Obama carefully courts black votes with Sharpton
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - President Barack Obama is scheduled to make a foray into racial territory by speaking at the Rev. Al Sharpton's national convention...
New Memphis police director vows to change force
MEMPHIS - Toney Armstrong has been unanimously approved by the Memphis City Council to be the new police director...
City councilman sued over racist email
MEMPHIS - The email stated, "city officials are monkeys running a zoo."
Family sues hospital, claims IV error killed baby
VIDEO - The family and their attorney filed a wrongful death lawsuit, alleging that a mishap at the hospital pharmacy killed the boy...
Woman accused of stealing $1,600, hiding in weave
MIAMI - The woman, who has seven prior arrests for prostitution, had hooked up with a man and gone back to his room for some alone time when she got a look at his bankroll.
4-year-old shot in road rage altercation
STONE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA - The gunshot hit the child in the buttock. Police found the bullet in the vehicle, which had produced a quarter sized hole.
Suspect named in drive-by shooting of Hartford mother
HARTFORD - The mother of two was killed while standing outside of her home...
Rhymefest's opponent claims victory, rapper concedes nothing
CHICAGO - Rhymefest's opponent targeted the rapper's lyrics as a bad influence, saying the obscenities and racial and homophobic slurs...
Armed forces attack Ivory Coast strongman in bunker
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Heavy arms fire rang out Wednesday near the home of the country's strongman who remained holed up in a subterranean bunker...
One dropout every 26 seconds is ticking time bomb for blacks
OPINION - The high school drop out epidemic among African-Americans is not a ticking time bomb, it's a tsunami that's swamping the future of black America...
