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Ashton Lattimore, NewsOne contributor (and Harvard alum) has written an exclusive piece on why Black Harvard, a historically vocal group, has remained silent in light of the university not allowing Chanequa Campbell to graduate. The reason range from questions about Campbell’s credibility to fear that their support will prevent them from being gainfully employed. The…

The Washington Post is reporting that roughly 3,400 families living in Gulf Coast shelters will be given around 1800 mobile homes for virtually nothing. In addition, $50M will be available in rental vouchers “for income eligible trailer occupants that move to target housing projects.” The trailer program officially ended May 1 and FEMA began issuing…

The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that Officer Anthony Pirone, Commanding Officer of the BART platform where Oscar Grant was killed on January 1, has testified that Grant posed no threat to officers when he was detained on the platform moments before being shot in the back by Officer Johannes Mehserle. Pirone’s testimony came…

There is nothing virtuosic about 32-year-old artist Kalup Linzy’s videos. The lighting is harsh, the editing perfunctory, the costumes, at times, haphazard. The style is best described as a pastiche of public access television, YouTube, daytime soap operas, hip-hop and Web pornography. To the average person, the videos would be better described as America’s Funniest…

The Boston Globe is reporting that Chanequa Campbell, an honors student at Harvard by way of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, will not be allowed to graduate as an investigation into her involvement last month’s murder of Justin Cosby, a Cambridge man, in her dormitory. Campbell for her part has maintained her innocence, saying she is the victim…

My Daily Moment is reporting that, despite negligently killing someone in a vehicle, Brandy is still luckier than the rest of us. The singer, whose reckless driving led to the death of Awatef Aboudihaj in 2006, has settled with her children for $300K each. Brandy, who was not charge by the LAPD (because she’s a…

BET reports that twelve tracks have been completed for the forthcoming T-Wayne album, a collaboration between Crunk & B wunderkin T-Pain and rap juggernaut Lil’ Wayne. Pain told MTV News “We going slow; there’s no rush. It can come out whenever. We’re gonna keep it pushing, however. It’s gonna be pushed.” Thank goodness.

David Stern is not happy with his league’s MVP. ESPN is reporting that David Stern wants to have a little chit chat with LeBron James about his refusal to talk to the media following his failure to the defeat the Orlando Magic by himself. Speaking on ESPN Radio’s “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” Tuesday, Stern…

Laos does not play. CNN reports that Samantha Orobator, a 20-year old Briton jailed last August for attempting to smuggle heroin into Laos has been sentenced to life in prison for the offense. Originally sentenced to death, that sentence was reduced when officials discovered she was pregnant. Orobator is currently five months pregnant and it…