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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 24, 2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A two-alarm fire that damaged the building where the “Sound of Philadelphia” was born has been ruled an arson…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 24, 2010
They’re also politically active, embrace diversity and are not as financially dependent on mom and dad…
February 23, 2010
A top Tea Party leader derided Barack Obama as “our half white, racist president” in an email to colleagues…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 23, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is pressing to extend unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for the jobless through December…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 23, 2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Brian Westbrook was released Tuesday by the Philadelphia Eagles, ending an often-dynamic eight-year run that was marred by various injuries…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 23, 2010
From The Local – Brooklyn, NY – The ceremony started with a bang as the drum processional proceeded down St. James Place, onto Lafayette Avenue and through the doors of the church…
February 23, 2010
James Clyburn took to the House floor on Tuesday to denounce a fellow member of Congress for making excuses for the terrorist attack on the IRS building in Texas…
February 23, 2010
The studio, where Patti LaBelle, Teddy Pendergrass, and other stars once recorded their hits, was undamaged despite having walls covered in the original orange shag carpet..
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 23, 2010
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) – Tiger Woods has offered another apology, this time to parents of children at the preschool that his 2-year-old daughter attends…
February 23, 2010
Jay-Z is known for being extremely tight-lipped about his relationship with wife Beyonce Knowles, but he took some time to joke about it on BBC’s ‘Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.’…
February 23, 2010
Tavis Smiley confronted the question “Is there a need for a Black Agenda?” and announced the symposium on the Tom Joyner morning show…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 23, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama urged Congress on Tuesday to strip health insurers of their decades-old exemption from federal antitrust laws…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 23, 2010
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) – Students at the University of Mississippi vote Tuesday on whether to replace their American football team mascot Colonel Reb — a caricature of a white plantation owner…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 23, 2010
SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) – Former NBA star Jayson Williams has been sentenced to a minimum 18 months in prison for fatally shooting a hired driver in 2002, ending an eight-year legal odyssey…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 23, 2010
From Clutch Magazine – SLIDESHOW – If there is any industry that has dominated Twitter’s public timeline, it is the world of fashion. Clutch’s Fashion Contributors offer the top 15 to follow…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 23, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE(AP) – Six U.S.-bound orphans seized by Haitian police despite having their papers in order remained in a government-run nursery more than two days later…
February 23, 2010
Republican National Chairman Michael Steele is spending twice as much as his recent predecessors on private planes and paying more for limousines, catering and flowers…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 23, 2010
VIDEO – A Texas teenager who told police she found her disabled grandmother dead has been accused of being the killer…
February 23, 2010
Within hours of his Playboy interview going online, John Mayer got subjected to a twitter scolding like I have not seen since Chris Matthews forgot Barack was black…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 23, 2010
OPINION – Think of what could be accomplished if Republicans accepted President Obama’s hand more often than they give him a cold shoulder…