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Each year on February 14 we peruse the store shelves for the perfect gift or card for a loved one. According to Hallmark, more than 163 million cards—not including packaged kids’ valentines—are exchanged. And it’s not just an American phenomenon. Valentine’s Day is celebrated in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Italy and Denmark. […]
Washington — Shirley Sherrod has filed a lawsuit against Andrew Breitbart over a video released by the conservative personality that lead to her ouster as an official at the USDA. Breitbart was served on Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Read more at Huffington Post RELATED: Shirley Sherrod leaves USDA over racism charge […]
New York– A week from Tuesday, when the Supreme Court returns from its midwinter break and hears arguments in two criminal cases, it will have been five years since Justice Clarence Thomas has spoken during a court argument.
Philadelphia cops are searching for a transgender hip-hop singer who goes by “Black Madam” in connection with a British woman’s death following a botched butt-implant procedure. Authorities believe “Black Madam”, whose real name is Padge Victoria Windslowe, 41, gave Claudia Aderotimi, 20, a back-room buttock-enhancement procedure in a Philadelphia hotel on Monday. On Thursday, cops […]
Houston — HIV prevention is one step closer as microbicide researchers have created a prevention method that women can use on their own terms. For close to 15 years, scientists have tried out different forms of microbicides. These tests have failed to stop HIV transmission. But at last summer’s International AIDS Conference, South African researchers […]
HOUSTON-A recently released hospital surveillance video shows police beating Henry Madge, while he was handcuffed. The video is two years old but Madge came forward after the recent beating of the teenage boy in Houston was caught on camera. RELATED STORIES Video Released Of Houston Police Brutally Beating 16-Year-Old Pace Players Were Arrested & Stun-Gunned […]
WASHINGTON D.C.-Yesha Callahan has been revealed as the woman who GOP congressman, Christopher Lee sent nasty pictures to via CraigsList. Callahan is a professional African American single mother who lives in Washington D.C. who never met Lee after receiving his photos. Callahan had previously given an interview to TheLoop21.com RELATED STORIES GOP Congressman’s Racy Pics […]
New York — A new report released Thursday indicated that close to 90 percent of New Yorkers arrested for pot last year were Black and Latino. More New Yorkers as a whole are being busted for marijuana, according to a new report released Thursday. The NYPD arrested 50,383 people for carrying pot in 2010 – […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A producer of “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” reality series is listed in an application seeking film production tax credits from the state.
Florida –A Miami bus driver who left the scene of an accident last year was arrested Thursday, police said. Goddess Newbold-Hayes, 41, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving a fatality, and failure to render aide in the Nov. 27 accident that killed 51-year-old Tomislov Pepi Ritoper. According to police, Newbold-Hayes was […]
San Diego– Doris Payne, an 80-year-old jewel thief was sentenced Wednesday to serve 5 years in prison. Payne admits that she is a career thief and traveled the world plying her craft. She has never used a gun or lifted a finger in violence, but still slips out of jewelry stores with her loot, according […]
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Fire officials say three people died and two remain missing after a natural gas explosion rocked a downtown neighborhood in eastern Pennsylvania last night.