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Koko Taylor, Blues Legend, Dead at 80
CNN is reporting that Koko Taylor, Chicago Blues legend, has died at age 80. Born Cora Walton in West Tennessee, Taylor left home at 24 with her future husband to pursue her Blues dreams in Chicago. By day, she worked as a cleaning woman and in the evening hours, she hopped from club to club,…
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Harvard Student Won't Graduate as Murder Investigation Continues
The Boston Globe is reporting that Chanequa Campbell, an honors student at Harvard by way of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, will not be allowed to graduate as an investigation into her involvement last month’s murder of Justin Cosby, a Cambridge man, in her dormitory. Campbell for her part has maintained her innocence, saying she is the victim…
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$300,000: The Price Brandy Paid for Killing Someone's Mom
My Daily Moment is reporting that, despite negligently killing someone in a vehicle, Brandy is still luckier than the rest of us. The singer, whose reckless driving led to the death of Awatef Aboudihaj in 2006, has settled with her children for $300K each. Brandy, who was not charge by the LAPD (because she’s a…
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Brooklyn Kids Lend a Hand in South Africa
CNN’s ‘Black in America: The Sequel’ has taken the time to cover the efforts of “Journey for Change,” a volunteer initiative spearheaded by Malaak Compton-Rock, wife of comedian Chris, which take at-risk teens from Bushwick, Brooklyn, pairs them with college-age mentors and sends them to South Africa to help AIDS orphans in South Africa. Compton-Rock…
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Auto-Tune Anyone? T-Wayne Album Almost Complete
BET reports that twelve tracks have been completed for the forthcoming T-Wayne album, a collaboration between Crunk & B wunderkin T-Pain and rap juggernaut Lil’ Wayne. Pain told MTV News “We going slow; there’s no rush. It can come out whenever. We’re gonna keep it pushing, however. It’s gonna be pushed.” Thank goodness.
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Nancy and Barry Share a Moment
Some have asked why the President did not mush the former First Lady on behalf of any Black folks who were on planet Earth during the 1980s, but they should take a bit of a chilly pill. Let us not forgot that as her husband’s health declined due to Alzheimer’s, Nancy Reagan broke rank to…
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Obama Has Tough Row to Hoe in Middle East
Abu Ghraib. Guantanamo. Haditha. As the Washington Post’s Anthony Shadid reports, President Obama was much to grapple with as he makes he tour of the Middle East beginning with a speech in Cairo on Thursday. While it is true that Obama’s relationship with the region is far better than his predecessors, old wounds heal slowly…
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Georgia DA in a bind over Death Row Case
Who shot Officer Mark MacPhail? Supporters of death row inmate say it was not Troy Davis, the man who was convicted for the slaying in 1989. As the LA Times reports, this circumstance has newly-elected DA Larry Chisolm in between a rock and a hard place. The first Black district attorney of Chatham County, Georgia…
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LeBron Might Get Wrist Slapped by Commish for Being a Brat
David Stern is not happy with his league’s MVP. ESPN is reporting that David Stern wants to have a little chit chat with LeBron James about his refusal to talk to the media following his failure to the defeat the Orlando Magic by himself. Speaking on ESPN Radio’s “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” Tuesday, Stern…
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Life in Prison for Pregnant Drug Smuggler
Laos does not play. CNN reports that Samantha Orobator, a 20-year old Briton jailed last August for attempting to smuggle heroin into Laos has been sentenced to life in prison for the offense. Originally sentenced to death, that sentence was reduced when officials discovered she was pregnant. Orobator is currently five months pregnant and it…
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