Detroit to default on $2.5B in debt
ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — Detroit's emergency manager says the city is defaulting on about $2.5 billion of debt...
theGrio's top black music moguls
SLIDESHOW - The music industry has produced many artists who have earned big bucks inside and outside of the studio...
Zimmerman defense fund is nearly broke
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - George Zimmerman's defense fund is almost depleted with less than two weeks until the former neighborhood watch leader goes on trial in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin...
Janet Jackson officially hits billionaire status
E! Online - Janet Jackson has officially joined the billion-dollar club, according to Variety...
Columbia University seeks to change whites-only fellowship
NBC Latino — Columbia University is seeking to change the terms of a fellowship that can only be awarded to white students from Iowa...
A timeless classic: Top career lessons from ‘The Great Gatsby’
OPINION - Fitgerald, in the way that great innovators of communication and story-telling do, included timeless themes that are still relevant decades later and can fuel the imaginations and critical thinking processes of generations to come...
Man stole $500 from tot in liquor store
NBC New York - New York police are looking for a man seen on surveillance cameras snatching $500 from a 3-year-old boy's hand at a liquor store in the Bronx.
Jason Collins' coming out could land him contract
NBC NEWS - Jason Collins could parlay his decision to come out of the closet into a contract with a new team, endorsement deals, or even a robust off-the-court career...
Recession widens wealth gap gulf between whites and Latinos, blacks
NBC LATINO - The recession’s effect on the unemployment rate is widely known, but its profound effect on the wealth gap between races is only now coming into focus...
Women hurt in LA manhunt win $4.2M
NBC San Diego - The city of Los Angeles will pay $4.2 million to the two women injured when police mistakenly opened fire on their truck during the manhunt for Christopher Dorner.
