The Big Reveal Proof That Javier’s The Real Thing (Duet with Adam Levine) The big reveal Wednesday night on NBC’s vocal competition The Voice was a real nail-biter, with the top two finalists, Javier Colon and Dia Frampton, coming within 2 percent of each other in audience voting. Which would win out: Colon’s soaring, dulcet…

Remember the Obama impersonator who recently had Republicans gathered in New Orleans rolling in the aisles over racial jokes about President Obama, but then was pulled from the stage when he started in on GOP presidential candidates such as Rep. Michele Bachmann? Well, he was given the chance to finish his comedy routine last Friday…

When Obama impersonator Reggie Brown took the stage Saturday at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, the audience howled as he joked about how he only celebrates half of Black History Month and that his mother loved a black man, “but she was not a Kardashian.” They were practically rolling in the aisles at…

“The Big Man” of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, saxophonist Clarence Clemons, has died at the age of 69, the New York Times is reporting. He succumbed in a Palm Beach, Fla., hospital to complications from a stroke he had suffered last Sunday.From the beginnings of the E Street Band in 1972, Mr. Clemons played…

The circuslike atmosphere at New York Rep. Anthony Weiner’s resignation press conference is Exhibit 1 for why he had to step down: Despite his dignified demeanor as he apologized to his constituents, colleagues and wife, crude catcalls from the audience quickly turned the presser into a freakish sideshow. Most notably, a writer from The Howard…

Will New York Rep. Anthony Weiner’s resolve to stay in office hold now that President Barack Obama has weighed in?In an exclusive interview with Today’s Ann Curry that will air on Tuesday’s show, President Barack Obama said that if he were Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner right now, he would resign in the wake of the…

Yesterday during a three-nation tour of Africa, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had these words of caution for her hosts:Clinton on Saturday warned of a creeping “new colonialism” in Africa from foreign investors and governments interested only in extracting natural resources to enrich themselves.African leaders must ensure that foreign projects are sustainable and benefit…

If you had any doubt that paying back your student loan is mandatory, Kenneth Wright’s story will make you think again. Here’s what the U.K.’s Daily Mail reported happened to the Stockton, Calif., man: A father was dragged from his home and handcuffed in front of his children by a SWAT team looking for his…

Here’s another sad chapter in the story of the family of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz: Their youngest daughter, Malikah Shabazz, was released from jail Thursday after pleading guilty to stealing the identity of the 70-year-old widow of one of her father’s bodyguards. She ran up $55,000 on credit cards taken out in the widow’s…

Remember all the fuss about how important it was for everyone to participate in the 2010 U.S. census, including historically undercounted minorities? A Louisiana political redistricting case now under review by the U.S. Justice Department demonstrates the power that census counts have to shape elections.After each decennial census, state lawmakers redraw the political boundaries for…