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Rihanna, Usher, Ne-Yo, Dirty Money and Black Eyed Peas to Perform Live at AMAs
UPDATE: Usher and the Black Eyed Peas captured the first honors at the American Music Awards on Sunday night, with Usher beating out Alicia Keys and Sade for R&B/soul album of the year. The 2010 American Music Awards will be filled with an abundance of live performances. Rihanna, Dirty Money, Neyo, Pink, Usher, Carlos Santana,…
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World's First Rock-and-Roll Song Identified
Discovery has identified what we already know: A brother sang the first rock-and-roll song. “That’s All Right Mama” by Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup is the world’s oldest rock song, according to Southeastern Louisiana University rock historian Joseph Burns, who also thinks this song could contain the first-ever guitar-solo break. Burns, who hosts the weekly radio…
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Wesley Snipes in Transit to Federal Prison
It’s official. Action star Wesley Snipes is en route to federal prison to begin serving time for his conviction on tax-evasion charges. U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges said that Snipes exhibited a “history of contempt over a period of time” for U.S. tax laws, and granted prosecutors the three-year sentence they requested — one…
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Bomb-Making Granny Sparks International Terror Alert
NBC is reporting that a “dummy” bomb that sparked an international terror alert was made by an 80-year-old woman in California. The bomb ended up discarded in a Namibia airport because of “a boo-boo,” NBC News reported Friday. The device — part of a “modular bomb set,” or MBS, which is used for X-ray and…
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Flava Flav Launching Chain of Fried Chicken and a Liquor Brand
In his quest to continue to set the race back 400 years, Flava Flav is launching a chain of fried chicken restaurants called Flav’s Fried Chicken. Did we mention he is also launching a brand of liquor called “Le Flav Spirits”? No, we are not making this up, and you are not having a nightmare.…
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Bernanke Slams Critics, Calls Out Germany and China
The Washington Post is reporting that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is hitting back at the major nations that have criticized the Fed’s latest actions to try to boost growth, offering a blunt argument that the steps were needed to keep the U.S. economy growing — and, by extension, to keep the global recovery…
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Long-Term Unemployment Has Long-Term Physical and Emotional Effects
ColorLines is reporting that the effects of long-term unemployment far exceed the impact it has on your wallet. According to the article, CNN and the New York Times have reported new research showing that long-term unemployment doesn’t just affect the jobless in the short term but also has deep implications for the lifelong health and…
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Michelle Obama Makes Vogue's Top 10 Best-Dressed List
Vogue magazine has placed First Lady Michelle Obama on the top 10 list of best-dressed ladies. Obama’s sense of sophisticated, accessible style and undeniable grace have officially put her in the category of fashionista. The other “fashion divas” who made the list include Sarah Jessica Parker, Marion Cotillard, Carey Mulligan, Liya Kebede and Alexa Chung.…
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New Memorial for Jonestown Victims Going Forward
Black America Web is reporting that a group of Peoples Temple survivors announced plans Thursday for a granite monument inscribed with the names of more than 900 people who died in the Jonestown tragedy 32 years ago to the day. Some ex-members have grown impatient with efforts by the Rev. Jynona Norwood over the decades…
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