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January 7, 2011
SLIDESHOW - 'The Twist' hit number one, Arsenio debuted and George Washington Carver passed away; this is an incredibly historic…
January 7, 2011
OPINION - The rule requires that NFL teams interview at least one minority coaching candidate before making a new hire.…
January 7, 2011
OPINION - Birthers must understand that disrespecting Obama in such unprecedented ways also represents a fundamental disrespect for the office…
January 6, 2011
DETROIT - The Queen of Soul tells Jet magazine she began to worry after experiencing a sharp pain in her…
January 6, 2011
Aretha Franklin is opening up a bit about her health after her mystery surgery last month, though she still refuses…
January 6, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - NPR simultaneously announced the completion of a review of the October firing of Williams, who has since…
January 6, 2011
Ebert responded to the 'Huck Finn' announcement on Wednesday by tweeting to his 300,000-plus followers, "I'd rather be called a…
January 6, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - A woman shouted "except Obama, except Obama" to the venerable document's words on a U.S. citizen's eligibility…
January 6, 2011
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) - Rutgers announced the improvement in Eric LeGrand's condition Thursday, citing an interview the player had recently…
January 6, 2011
CLUTCH - Tiny is taking her "ride-or-die" role just a little too far. Two months into T.I.'s 11-month prison sentence…
January 6, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The career paramedic dashed into Michael Jackson's bedroom, looked around and listened to a doctor's explanation…
January 6, 2011
A Manhattan photographer is claiming he was "assaulted, battered, beat and threatened" by Kanye and his body guards at an…
January 6, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - William Daley will step into one of the most important and influential jobs in American government as…
January 6, 2011
EA says Woods will appear on the cover of the Collector's Edition of the game for the PlayStation 3 console.…
January 6, 2011
VIDEO - After being in a car crash seventeen years ago, Alan Robinson was left quadriplegic. He later regained his…
January 6, 2011
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The 17-year-old gunman who opened fire at his Nebraska high school, killing an assistant principal, had…
January 6, 2011
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The 27-year-old quarterback told The Tennessean that he was a little bitter but thanked Adams and…
January 6, 2011
VIDEO - A year after Haiti's devastating earthquake, women in Haiti's still-teeming tent cities face yet another threat: sexual violence...
January 6, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Her song, "Far Away," is one Marsha Ambrosius initially wrote after a close friend attempted suicide...
January 6, 2011
OPINION - The n-word has a legacy in the dehumanization of African people in America, which has led to the…