News One is reporting that black buying power is expected to reach $1.1 trillion by 2015, according to “The State of the African-American Consumer Report.” The report, the first of annual installments in a three-year alliance between Nielsen and the National Newspaper Publishers Association, showcases the buying and media habits and consumer trends of black…

Michael E. Ruane of the Washington Post is reporting that Maj. Gen. Alfred K. Flowers, 63, has retired from the U.S. Air Force as the military’s longest-serving active-duty general. He is also the longest-tenured active-duty service member in the Air Force, and the longest-serving active-duty African American in the six-decade history of the Defense Department.…

MSNBC’s Tom Curry is reporting that the outcomes Tuesday in balloting from Maine to Mississippi included enough wins for Democrats, abortion-rights advocates and labor unions to give a bit of a lift to President Obama and his allies as they look toward the 2012 elections, 12 months from tonight. In Ohio voters overwhelmingly rejected the…

The Washington Post is reporting that legendary boxing champion Muhammad Ali had kind words for a man who was once his arch nemesis — Smokin’ Joe Frazier, another legendary boxer who passed away on Monday after a brief battle with liver cancer. “The world has lost a great champion. I will always remember Joe with…

Hell on Wheels is AMC’s most recent entry in its original-series category, and it is a decent effort. The cable channel has made a name for itself with the award-winning series Mad Men and Breaking Bad, along with the zombie drama The Walking Dead. The shows are marked by high production values, strong storylines and…

The Baltimore Sun is reporting that Kortneigh McCoy, a 19-year-old Frostburg State University physics major, was stabbed and killed by a fellow student at an off-campus party. Police said that officers arrived at about 1:30 a.m. to find her bleeding to death in the street outside the house from a wound to the head. She…

Tiger Woods’ ex-caddy Steve Williams is under fire for using what is being reported as a “racial slur” about Woods at an awards dinner in Shanghai Friday night. The outspoken New Zealander told the audience that the aim of his over-the-top reaction when Adam Scott won a world championship in August was “to shove it…

USA Today is reporting that officials warned Sunday that luxury hotels frequented by foreigners and Nigeria’s elite may be bombed by Boko Haram, a radical Muslim sect, as the death toll from attacks in the country’s northeast rose to more than 100. This after at least 53 people were killed in suicide bombings and attacks…

Linda Deutsch of the Associated Press is reporting that the seven men and five women who hold the fate of Michael Jackson’s doctor in their hands are a diverse cross-section of Los Angeles, people of varying ethnicities from different towns who might never have met if they had not been thrown together in the jury…