Google is offering graduating high school seniors of color a shot at a scholarship if they are interested in computer science, according to BlackWeb 2.0. The Google Generation Scholarship is a $10,000-a-year scholarship that is available to aspiring computer scientists planning to attend a four-year college and interested in studying computer science, computer engineering, software…

Rapper Lil’ Kim owes the IRS more than $1 million, according to TMZ. The Queen Bee’s tax problems, which are well-documented, have now reached what we hope are their apex because she now owes $1,026,862.42 after her 2009 total of $86,347.85 was tacked on. Kim owes the government taxes for every year from 2002 to…

Conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch and numerous allies have pledged $100 million to help beat President Obama in this year’s presidential election, according to the Desert Sun. The “Koch brothers,” as they are famously referred to by the media, pledged approximately $60 million at a conservative retreat last weekend in Indian Wells, Calif. Close…

A British woman who died after a night of partying last year may have lost her life because of latex glue in her hair weave, according to the Daily Mail. A pathologist is now saying that 34-year-old Atasha Graham, who used hair extensions for more than a decade, may have died from latex glue in…

Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich is switching his tune, saying he’s now “concerned about the poor,” according to CBS News. A few days after Mitt Romney stuck his foot in his mouth by saying he’s “not concerned about poor people,” Gingrich, who has criticized the poor more than any Republican candidate, is now playing politics…

Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah blasted President Obama on Thursday, saying he’s not Jesus, according to New York’s Daily News. The Republican was outraged by the president’s remarks at a National Prayer Breakfast. In the speech, Obama said that raising taxes on the wealthy was rooted in Jesus’ teachings of “for unto whom much is…

The black unemployment rate has dropped from 15.8 to 13.6 percent, according to ColorLines. The percentage drop represents the lowest unemployment rate for African Americans in nearly three years. According to a report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor, unemployment for black men dropped to 12.7 percent from 15.7 percent. The unemployment rate for…

A black Tennessee man of Nigerian descent was brutally beaten by police in a case of mistaken identity, according to the Daily News Journal. What makes the case even more confounding is that the man he was mistaken for happened to be Asian. “They first thing I said was, ‘Do I look like this guy,…

Rapper Ja Rule seems to be having the time of his life in prison, according to New York’s Daily News. The Queens, N.Y., rap star, 36, whose real name is Jeffrey Atkins, is serving a two-year sentence for gun possession and tax evasion. But while he’s been in prison, the married father of three says,…

Gospel and R&B singer David Peaston has died, according to EURweb. The singer, who had a string of hits in the late 1980s, died of complications from diabetes on Wednesday, his family said in a statement. Peaston, who was 54, had had both legs amputated at the knees because of the disease. The St. Louis,…