The Root DC is reporting that WPGC has ousted its weekday-morning hype man, Darian “Big Tigger” Morgan. (CBS Radio, owner of WPGC, fired legendary radio host Donnie Simpson last January after 17 years as host of The Donnie Simpson Morning Show.) Morgan, who was ousted from the show on his birthday, confirmed the news via…

Sophie Mongalvy of the American Foreign Press is reporting that authorities are rushing to clean up Nigeria’s worst oil spill in recent history, before the crude reaches the West African nation’s shoreline. The leak occurred Thursday at Shell’s Bonga Field, some 120 kilometers from Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer. Production was halted at the field,…

Slate.com is reporting that the United States is offering to help Nigeria track down the Islamic extremists behind Sunday’s deadly Christmas bombings, according to Bloomberg News. Abby Olheiser and Will Oremus report: “We have been in contact with Nigerian officials about what appear to be terrorist acts and pledge to assist them in bringing those…

News One is reporting that the husband and sons of terminally ill “At Last” and “Tell Mama” blues singer Etta James have reached a deal on managing her $1 million estate and medical care. The singer’s adult sons, Donto and Sametto, had challenged the decisions of their stepfather, Artis Mills, who married the singer in…

Daily Variety is reporting that actor Graham Brown, who performed with Minneapolis’ Guthrie Theater (of which he was a founding member), the New York Shakespeare Festival, London’s newly reconstructed Globe Theater and most notably the Negro Ensemble Company, died of pulmonary failure on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. Robert Simonson of Playbill writes:  “Mr. Brown was…

Fresh from our “What’s wrong with this picture?” file, Dana Milbank of the Washington Post is reporting that House Republicans “huddled” in the basement of the Capitol building to liken themselves to the 13th-century Scottish rebel William Wallace portrayed in the film Braveheart. Instead of discussing the pros and cons of voting against a payroll-tax…

Trenton Daniel of the Associated Press is reporting that there has been a steady decline in the number of cholera cases in Haiti as the Caribbean nation settles into its dry season, humanitarian groups said Tuesday. Daniel reports: The number of cholera cases has dropped to an average of 10 to 20 cases a day…

News One is reporting that Karryl “Special One” Smith was laid to rest over the weekend. Smith was half of the female hip-hop group Conscious Daughters, who debuted in 1993 with their Ear to the Street LP. The LP reached the Billboard Top 25 R&B/Hip-Hop charts. The Conscious Daughters’ Facebook page states that Ear to…

Fresh from our “You big dummy” file, Alyssa Newcomb of ABC News is reporting that LaDondrell Montgomery, a man sentenced to life in prison for a conviction for armed robbery, had his sentence overturned thanks to his attorney’s discovery that he was in jail at the time of the crime. Brace yourself: Montgomery was in…