Fresh from our “And you thought Arizona was bad” file, it is being reported that the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles can continue to decline using federal work-permit cards as proof of lawful presence in the United States when issuing a driver’s license or an identification card, now with the backing of Virginia Attorney General…

Using the lyrics to his songs, some famous and others obscure, hip-hop mogul Jay-Z has released the book Decoded, which tells the story of his life. Laurin Lazin and Afeni Shakur did something similar with the film Tupac: Resurrection, using the late rapper’s lyrics to tell his story in the film. Jay-Z is using a…

There is a silver lining in the cloud that has been hovering over Rep. Charles Rangel. In response to a question from Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), Blake Chisam, attorney for the ethics committee, stated, “I see no evidence of corruption.” Apparently Rangel is sloppy, not corrupt. Politico.com also reports that Chisam stated, “It’s hard to…

NSFW (Not Safe for Work) The man behind the controversial ACORN videos is at it again. James O’Keefe has made a video entitled “Teachers Union Gone Wild,” which features attendees of a New Jersey Education Association conference at a hotel in August. Unaware that they were being recorded, those at the conference were captured on…

The ethics trial against Rep. Charles Rangel has had more drama than any episode of As the World Turns. It is now over, and the congressman from Harlem must await his fate as the ethics panel that heard evidence against him concludes the public portion of the trial. The ethics panel rejected Rangel’s request to…

The Huffington Post is reporting that former state trooper James Bonard Fowler, 77, took a plea deal Monday in the 1965 slaying of a black man that prompted the “Bloody Sunday” march at Selma and helped galvanize America’s civil rights movement. Indicted for murder more than four decades after the fatal shooting, Fowler pleaded guilty…

Fresh from our “We’re not making this up” file, three U.S. military soldiers were busted early Saturday during an attempt to rob a medical marijuana dispensary in Colorado, local police said. The “bumbling trio,” who are active-duty soldiers from Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, managed to break into the Rocky Road Remedies facility but became…

Kanye West’s media trainer has reportedly quit her post after having worked with the opinionated rapper-producer for less than a week. Susie Arons, an executive vice president at Rubenstein Communications, the company that has also represented HBO, News Corp., Paramount, Time Inc. and many more, was hired last week (Nov. 8) to coach Kanye for…

The Washington Business Journal is reporting that nurses at the Washington Hospital Center are planning to walk out the day before Thanksgiving. Why? To protest wage cuts, staffing issues and the firing of nurses who stayed home during last year’s blizzard. Their union, National Nurses United, has announced that nurses will stage a one-day work…

This posting was updated on Nov. 15 at 3:22 p.m. ET. YouTube sensation Messy Mya was murdered after attending a baby shower for his girlfriend, according to numerous Internet reports. The “comedian” and Internet sensation is believed to have been gunned down in the streets of New Orleans. (According to NOLA.com, an unidentified 22-year-old man…