He’s already a Grammy Award winner, but might President Obama’s plans after the White House involve a career in music? After singing Al Green’s classic song “Let’s Stay Together” last month at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, the president has another viral sensation on his hands after he sang along with B.B. King and Mick…

Whitney Houston’s lawyer went on an Atlanta radio station yesterday and said that Bobby Brown allegedly broke a set of ground rules he was supposed to abide by at the singer’s funeral this past Saturday, according to the Daily News. Lawyer Mark G. Trigg called the Frank and Wanda radio show in Atlanta on Tuesday…

Youths and police are locked in a street battle in Senegal, according to NPR. Riot police continue to attack and throw tear gas at protesters, mostly young people, who are opposed to the presidency of Abdoulaye Wade and his bid for a third term in office. With a week to go before the vote, crowds have…

Rick Santorum’s press secretary, Alice Stewart, says it was an accident when she accused President Obama of having radical Islamic policies, according to Gothamist.Stewart appeared on MSNBC Monday for an interview to discuss Santorum’s comments about Obama and his “phony theology.”As she kept talking about Obama’s policies, she slipped up and said “Islamic” when talking…

Whitney Houston’s black velvet dress and several items she wore in the movie The Bodyguard, including earrings, will be auctioned off next month, according to the New York Post. Celebrity auctioneer Darren Julien said that the pieces and other Houston items became available following her death on Feb. 11. “It’s a celebration of her life,”…

Whitney Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, reportedly went missing for a brief period after her mother’s funeral on Saturday. A Houston family spokesperson told the Daily Beast that the 18-year-old was off the radar for a time but denied reports that she was caught using drugs or that the family wants to send her to rehab. From the…

A day after an emotional funeral service was broadcast across the globe, Whitney Houston was quietly buried in a New Jersey cemetery. The private family-only burial at Fairway Cemetery, south of her hometown of Newark, N.J., was the final step in what her family dubbed Whitney’s “coming home.”Scores of fans lined the streets as the…

A prominent Arizona sheriff and congressional candidate has stepped down from his post in the Mitt Romney campaign after he was outed as a gay man and accused of intimidating an ex-lover, according to My Fox Arizona. Paul Babeu, a rising star in political circles and the Pinal County sheriff, is currently running for Congress,…

The state of Iowa is facing a bias lawsuit from up to 6,000 African Americans who say they were passed over for promotions and state jobs dating back nine years, according to the Albany Times Union. The lawsuit, the largest of any kind against a state government’s civil service system, tests a legal theory that…

Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum stood by his assertion Saturday that Barack Obama supports a “phony theology not based on the Bible,” according to the Washington Post. Santorum also fired back at the Obama campaign for calling the statement “low.” Addressing an audience in a luncheon at the Ohio Christian Alliance, Santorum said that the…