You’ve heard the saying “from bad to worse”? Well, the rate of foreclosures underscores that notion. Lenders took back more homes in August than in any month since the start of the U.S. mortgage crisis. The increase in home repossessions came even as the number of properties entering the foreclosure process slowed for the seventh month…

There is a new YouTube site that takes people back in time. It is called the YouTube Time Machine. This site has tackled the major task of sorting videos by year, allowing users to see offerings in various categories, including movies, TV, music, commercials, sports and current events. The brainchild of Justin Johnson, the site goes all…

Lawyers for the doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death asked a federal judge Wednesday to dismiss the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the singer’s father. Attorneys for Dr. Conrad Murray argued in a court filing that Joe Jackson’s complaint should be dismissed because the Jackson family patriarch is not a beneficiary of the singer’s estate.…

Critics have gone back and forth about Tyler Perry bringing his version of Ntozake Shange’s seminal work For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf to the big screen. Perry, whose films have broad appeal but are often critiqued for having flat characters and story lines and low production values, is…

If you want to know what the atmosphere in D.C. is like after incumbent Mayor Adrian Fenty’s loss to Vincent Gray in the Democratic primary, then check the headlines and blogs coming from folks in the nation’s capital. In his “Straight Up” blog, Education Week’s Rick Hess says that there are lessons to be learned…

Perhaps we should start calling New York Rep. Charles Rangel “Teflon.” Rangel, who has been embroiled in charges of ethics violations, won the New York Democratic primary, with 83 percent of precincts reporting. Rangel had 52 percent to 24 percent for Adam Clayton Powell IV, his nearest competitor. The primary win demonstrates that voters in his…

According to MSN.com, the family of reggae legend Bob Marley lost a lawsuit seeking ownership of his most famous tracks. Executives at UMG Recordings were declared the rightful owners of copyrights to five albums that Marley recorded between 1973 and 1977 for Island Records. It is a defeat for Rita Marley, widow of the iconic musician, and nine…

Embattled New Orleans Saints player Reggie Bush has decided to forfeit his 2005 Heisman Trophy. In a statement released on Tuesday, Bush stated, ” … I know that any young man fortunate enough to win the Heisman enters into a family of sorts. Each individual carries the legacy of the award and each one is…

It seems that the man who took many iconic photos from the civil rights movement was a paid FBI informant. Ernest C. Withers took the photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. riding one of the first desegregated buses in Montgomery, Ala.; he captured the image of black sanitation workers carrying “I Am a Man”…