According to the BBC, Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has accused the former rebels in the south of going back on the terms of a peace agreement that ended decades of conflict. He also warned that Sudan may be heading for a new war if north-south differences on some issues are not settled before a crucial…

Kai Wright of Colorlines takes U.S. Senate hopeful from Nevada Sharron Angle to task for her “blatantly racist” campaign ad against U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has reached out to Latino voters. The ad uses the term “illegals” and “illegal aliens” three times while bright red letters flash across the screen. Each blood…

Tennis legend Serena Williams is out for the 2010 season. After cutting her right foot on glass in a restaurant back in July, Williams underwent surgery to repair the damage. While practicing for the Linz tennis tournament in Austria next week, Williams experienced pain in the foot. A scan showed that the injury had not…

Fresh from our “Are you still talking?” file, former LAPD Detective Mark Fuhrman appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show today to discuss the O.J. Simpson case 15 years after the controversial verdict. When asked what he would say to or about the folks with whom he worked on the case, Fuhrman had a few choice…

Celebrity stylist and fashion designer Tina Knowles is launching a clothing line for Walmart. The House of Deréon designer and mother of superstar Beyoncé launched the 30-piece collection, which is called “Miss Tina by Tina Knowles.” The line is available in sizes 2 to 20 and came about in response to Knowles’ frustration in finding sizes…

A federal judge has ordered Clayton High School in Johnston County, N.C., to admit a 14-year-old student who was repeatedly suspended for wearing a nose piercing. Ariana Iacono says the facial piercing is part of her religion. Although facial piercings are banned by the Johnston County school system’s dress code, the code does allow for…

Attorney Steven Eggleston is hopping mad that his law firm allegedly mistreated him after he refused an invitation from his boss to a “weekend male retreat.” Eggleston says he was badgered, yelled at and ultimately had his pay slashed to zero for not attending the retreat, held at a Santa Barbara, Calif., mountain campground and…

Fresh from our “WTH?” file, an “overexuberant” supporter threw a book at President Obama at a Democratic rally in Philadelphia on Sunday. The unidentified hurler had written the book and wanted the president to have a copy. Is this for real or for play-play? A grown man throwing a book at the president instead of…

Convicted murderer Robert Reldan has lost his multimillion-dollar inheritance to the family of Susan Reeve, the woman he is convicted of killing. Reldan, 70, inherited the money from his aunt Lillian Garis Booth, whom he was also convicted of plotting to kill in order to get said inheritance. We are not making this up. Reldan was…

Colorlines is reporting that the government is making joblessness worse. The article blames lawmakers for failing to create jobs because of what equates to public relations concerns about “controlling debt.” Kai Wright writes, “According to the Labor Department, we lost another 95,000 jobs in September. Private sector jobs actually went up, if only slightly. But…