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The judge over the years. How do you think these will be used by her GOP detractors?

According to the Associated Press, RushmoreDrive.com will be shutting down. The year-old search engine, which focused on Black-related search results, and its parent company Black Web Enterprises will also close. Launched by IAC/InterActiveCorp last year as a first-of-its-kind web search engine, Rushmore Drive was unable to gain traction among its target audience. This move was…

About 15 minutes after stepping into the place, I wanted to go back home and go to bed. A few friends and I decided to check out this “special night” hosted at a popular Washington, D.C. nightclub. The party, according to the radio spot, was for the “grown and sexy.” I didn’t know what the…

It started with his ties: Beetle Bailey, Star Trek, Looney Tunes. They were not fashion forward, to put it mildly, but I wanted to know who would wear such kitsch. I would stop by his desk, ask about the tie of the day, and we’d chat about whatever. This went on for months. He told…

Ter-ror-ism – Noun 1. The use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes. 2. The state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization. 3. A terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government. So, how should we deal with James von Brunn?

CNN is reporting that a gunman opened fire in the entrance of Washington’s holocaust museum at approximately 12:50pm today. Security personnel returned fire, wounding the gunman who had shot a security officer at his checkpoint. It is not known whether the gunman, whose name has not been released, began shooting before or after passing through…

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Frank Santoro gave Michael Vick until July 2 to come up with an acceptable Chapter 11 plan. Santoro, who has previously rejected Vick’s repayment proposal, has some concerns with regard to how Vick will earn enough money to repay his debts, particularly the $3M to his lawyers by 2012. Much of…

Below is the link to Mr. Bookworm’s latest video release, ‘Heartless.’ We would have embedded it of course, but Universal Music Group is not having that. Kanye West – Heartless What do you think? Imaginative or just a cartoon?

The Chain: 7 1/2 pounds. 197-karats. Valued at over $400,000. You say coonery, we say…well, we say the same thing actually.

It’s been a bit of a mixed bag for blacks and Judaism lately. In the heartland city of Cincinnati this month, 45-year-old Ohio native Alysa Stanton became the first African-American female rabbi. Sadly, Charles Taylor, the former Liberian dictator awaiting trial for war crimes, made news, too, as a convert to Judaism. Party crasher. But…