[Updated] On the last day of the World Cup, two bombings happened at a restaurant and near a rugby ground in Kampala. Sixty-four people are believed to be dead, including one American. The bombings went off 25 minutes apart, shortly after 10 p.m. (3 p.m. EST). One was detonated at the Ethiopian restaurant, and the…

Laz Alonso and Paula Patton will join forces for the highly anticipated Sony film Jumping the Broom, written by Arlene Gibbs and Elizabeth Hunter and directed by Salim Akil. Gibbs and Hunter will produce the film along with T.D. Jakes, Curtis Wallace, Tracey Edmonds and Glendon Palmer of Our Stories Films. Jumping the Broom is…

NBA superstar Carmelo Anthony and former MTV VJ Lala Vasquez tied the knot over the weekend in New York City. The Denver Nuggets forward and aspiring actress married at the restaurant Cipriani. Celebrity guests included Spike Lee, Kim Kardashian and Serena Williams. The bride wore a Vera Wang gown, and the couple’s 3-year-old son, Kiyan,…

Fresh from our better-late-than-never file, ex-BART cop Johannes Mehserle, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the killing of Oscar Grant III, has apologized. “I have and will continue to live every day of my life knowing that [Oscar] Grant should not have been shot,” Mehserle wrote. “For now and forever I will live, breathe,…

Mel “The Big Dipper” Turpin has passed away. He was 49. The coroner reports that Turpin committed suicide in his North Lexington, Ky., home. Turpin’s sister Margaret Buruss tearfully told reporters that he had been struggling with diabetes, and his wife has a heart condition. His wife was not at home at the time of…

Much of the news footage covering the riots following the Oscar Grant murder-trial verdict suggests that only blacks are participating. Don’t believe the hype, because people of all races are participating in protests agains police brutality and what some suggest is an unfair outcome: guilty of involuntary manslaughter as opposed to murder. See the photo…

President Obama is calling on Congress to approve $5 billion for clean-energy manufacturing tax credits. The tax credits that were part of the $862 billion economic stimulus package last year were enormously popular and sparked 180 projects in 40 states. The credits were enormously popular, but there was not enough money to fund worthy wind…

The fat lady has not yet sung on the outcome of the Oscar Grant murder trial. Ex-BART cop Johanes Mehserle is being investigated by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the murder of Oscar Grant, 22. It is being investigated as a civil rights crime. Mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter of Grant, who was…

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A sprawling mural of LeBron James in a New York Knicks blue jersey has been removed from the world-famous Rucker Park in Harlem. The basketball mecca, which is legendary in sports history, has removed the memory of LeBron James possibly joining the struggling franchise. Covering up murals, burning jerseys, death threats and a tongue-lashing from…