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DDOT bus crash injures several passengers (video): DETROIT — A Detroit Department of Transportation bus crashed into a Ford Taurus that ran a stop

Ricin suspect freed, marshals say; attorney says he was set up (video): (CNN) -- The Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and other officials

One Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed.Eye witness account and video of slain suspect: UPDATE 8:45 A.M. EST: The suspect’s home, 410 Norfolk St. in Cambridge, is surrounded by police and

Police: One Boston bombing suspect dead, another on the run (video) : Witnesses report hearing explosions, gunshots Story by Ben Brumfield, CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS A surveillance image of the fugitive resembles a

Obama makes statement on Boston bombings (video): Posted by CNN Political Unit (CNN)– President Barack Obama said he ordered the "full resources" of the federal

Two teens found guilty in Ohio rape case: By Chelsea J. Carter, Poppy Harlow and Brian Vitagliano, CNN Editor's note: Please note this story contains graphic language. Steubenville, Ohio (CNN) -- A judge

Kwame Kilpatrick and Bobby Ferguson found guilty of charges (video) : The verdict is in on the charges against Detroit’s former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his father Bernard Kilpatrick

Reversing Office Double Standards: When Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer asked her employees who normally work at home to work from the

'60 Minutes' to Lose Black Reporter to ABC: The show's first reporter of color since Ed Bradley's death is to bring his skills to the

Russell Simmons Interview With ORIGIN Magazine: How To Make Positive Changes: Interviewer: Ocean Pleasant, Global Youth Editor of ORIGIN Magazine Ocean Pleasant: You have an extremely powerful presence in

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Judge McCree Faces Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission Today

Judge McCree Faces Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission Today

20 May 2013

VIDEO: Dwyane Wade shows up at fan's prom

VIDEO: Dwyane Wade shows up at fan's prom

20 May 2013

Winning numbers for largest Powerball jackpot are ...

Winning numbers for largest Powerball jackpot are ...

20 May 2013

Twitter Decides: Miguel Wins Billboard Awards With Fan Drop Kick! [VIDEO]

Twitter Decides: Miguel Wins Billboard Awards With Fan Drop Kick! [VIDEO]

20 May 2013

Minister Louis Farrakhan Urges Detroiters to Stand Strong
If you missed Minister Louis Farrakhan's visit to Detroit City Council, Destiny Chapel of Fellowship Cahple on Friday …
Conyers Applauds $318 Thousand Grant to the Henry Ford Health…
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services reached a decision to grant more than $318,000 to the Henry Ford H…
Some City of Detroit Offices Closed on May 20 for…
Some City of Detroit offices will be closed on Monday, May 20 for budget-required furlough (BRF)…
Fannie Mae Snubs Detroit
UAW Vice President Cindy Estrada, disappointed and angered by the withdrawal of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from …
City of Detroit is insolvent
by Chris Isidore The Detroit city government is weeks away from running out of the cash it needs to operate, according …
New Wall Street threat to homeownership
by Stella J. Adams (NNPA)—Private-equity firms, hedge funds and other Wall Street investors are seeking to de…
Powerball jackpot 3rd largest in U.S. history
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 175 million. STORY HIGHLIGHTS No one matched winning nu…
U.S. options to 'capture or kill' Benghazi suspects [Video]
The U.S. military has updated plans to "capture or kill" alleged perpetrators of the dea…
Mother’s Day Shooting Suspect Faces 20 Charges
NEW ORLEANS — Jail records show that the suspect in a Mother’s Day parade shooting that wounded 19 people faces 20 c…

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Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion

Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion

Yahoo’s board has agreed to buy Tumblr, the popular blogging service, for about $1.1 billion in cash, a person with knowledge of the agreement said on Sunday. The deal, sealed a... Read more

BlackStartup: The African American Solution To Crowdfunding

BlackStartup: The African American Solution To Crowdfunding

In the past five years, crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have revolutionized the way entrepreneurs go about raising capital for new business ... Read more

13 People Shot In Detroit Within 24-Hour Period

13 People Shot In Detroit Within 24-Hour Period

Detroit recently hired a new police chief. But if Chief James Craig[1] was expecting a honeymoon period, he was sadly mistaken. Fox 2 News Detroit reports[2] that 13 p... Read more

Detroit Institute for Children Competes for Art Van Charity Challenge

Detroit Institute for Children Competes for Art Van Charity Challenge

The Organization is Competing in Art Van Furniture’s Third Annual Million Dollar Charity Challenge Bonus Challenge The Detroit Institute for Children (D... Read more

Pancakes & Politics: Promoting Regional Cooperation

Pancakes & Politics: Promoting Regional Cooperation

LAST MOTOR CITY MAKEOVER CLEANUP IS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST AREAS ON S…

LAST MOTOR CITY MAKEOVER CLEANUP IS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST AREAS ON SATURDAY, MAY 18

Volunteers are invited to join hundreds of others cleaning and beautifying neighborhoods throughout the central and southwest sides of Detroit on Saturday, May 1... Read more

The Pearls of Service Foundation scholarship ball Saturday

The Pearls of Service Foundation scholarship ball Saturday

The Pearls of Service Foundation, a non-profit affiliate of Pi Tau Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, is planning its Eighth Annual Pink and White A... Read more

64-Year-Old Stabbed At Gas Station As Customers Stood By And Watched

64-Year-Old Stabbed At Gas Station As Customers Stood By And Watched

A 64-year-old Detroit man is recovering at a local hospital after he was viciously stabbed at a gas station. The unidentified victim spoke to Fox 2 News Detroit[1] about the a... Read more

Introducing Voo Vodka, first black-owned premium vodka

Introducing Voo Vodka, first black-owned premium vodka

Entering the market is Voo Vodka a premiere spirit distilled in Michigan and available for purchase in Michigan and Nevada today. ... Read more

Tour-de-Troit's Second Annual Cycle Into Spring Event Set for Saturday

Tour-de-Troit's Second Annual Cycle Into Spring Event Set for Saturday

Tour de Troit will host its Second Annual Cycle Into Spring Bike Ride Event in collaboration ith the Detroit Eastside Community Collaborative to raise money for the C... Read more

10 Things Every Customer Wants

10 Things Every Customer Wants

Why does a customer buy from one vendor rather than another? According to research recently conducted by The Rain Group, customers tend to buy from sellers who are superlative a... Read more

Black Slate, Inc. Eastside Community Slate and Fannie Lou Hamer Political A…

Black Slate, Inc. Eastside Community Slate and Fannie Lou Hamer Political Action Committee Announce City Council and Police Commisioner District Forums

DETROIT – Black Slate, Inc. Eastside Community Slate and the Fannie Lou Hamer Political Action Committee will join together to hast a series of City Council Dist... Read more

Pancakes and Politics: The Complete Story [Video]

Pancakes and Politics: The Complete Story [Video]

The Michigan Chronicle's Pancakes and Politics, Forum 3 made history Thursday morning at the Birmingham's Townsend Hotel, when it convened one of the most impressive panels of Mi... Read more

Governor Commends Roy Roberts for Continued Commitment to DPS

Governor Commends Roy Roberts for Continued Commitment to DPS

LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Rick Snyder today issued the following statement regarding the decision of Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Roy Roberts to postpone... Read more

MAYOR BING ANNOUNCES AAA MICHIGAN SUPPORT FOR ESSENTIAL DETROIT FIRE DEPART…

MAYOR BING ANNOUNCES AAA MICHIGAN SUPPORT FOR ESSENTIAL DETROIT FIRE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT

Funding Provided for Inspection of Aerial Ladders, Ground Ladders DETROIT – Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced today that AAA Michigan will donate $23,500 to... Read more

Business leaders honored by NASP

Business leaders honored by NASP

The National Association of Securities Professionals (NASP) recently honored five business leaders during its seventh annual ceremony and scholarship banquet fundraiser at the De... Read more

How to increase mental productivity and self-control at work

How to increase mental productivity and self-control at work

We all know productivity requires both energy and control. A manufacturing plant needs power to operate and process controls to ensure efficiency. Your car won’t run without fuel... Read more

Detroit Public Schools holds its first-ever Math Bee

Detroit Public Schools holds its first-ever Math Bee

Detroit Public Schools recently held its first ever Mathematics Bee at Martin Luther King, Jr. High School. It was organized to instill and encourage a love for mathematics to bu... Read more

Tensions At Morehouse: Minister Booted For Obama

Tensions At Morehouse: Minister Booted For Obama

Tension is mounting at Morehouse College. As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver a commencement address at Morehouse, a prominent Philadelphia minister who wrote... Read more

Crack Down on Drunk Driving

Crack Down on Drunk Driving

Washington (CNN) -- A common benchmark in the United States for determining when a driver is legally drunk is not doing enough to prevent alcohol-related crashes that kill about ... Read more

Black suppliers fund 16 college bound scholars

Black suppliers fund 16 college bound scholars

Sixteen college-bound seniors will be all smiles on Wednesday, May 15, when they receive scholarships from the National Association of Black Suppliers Scholarship Fund (NABSSF) a... Read more

Mayor Bing eyes Robert Ficano's job

Mayor Bing eyes Robert Ficano's job

By Bankole Thompson CHRONICLE SENIOR EDITOR Detroit Mayor Dave Bing told the media today at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History that while he is bo... Read more

Megabus.com Reaches 25 Million Passengers

Megabus.com Reaches 25 Million Passengers

Megabus.com, the first city-to-city, express bus company with fares from $1, has served 25 million passengers across North America as of today. With fares starting as l... Read more

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing Will Not Run For Re-election

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing Will Not Run For Re-election

Mayor Dave Bing announced that he will not seek re-election in Detroit on Tuesday at the Charles Wright Museum of African American History. Bing revealed... Read more

Cheers! Pure Michigan Launches Craft Beer Radio Spot

Craft Beer Contest Results Announced LANSING – Pure Michigan is building on its regional warm weather advertising campaign, launched last week, with a new radio ad showcasing ... Read more

New App Helps Locate Black-Owned Businesses

New App Helps Locate Black-Owned Businesses

Hundreds of black-owned businesses have a new way for consumers to find and shop with them. There is an app for that. The Around the Way app, the brainchild of a market... Read more

The Jobs Of The Future Don't Require A College Degree

The Jobs Of The Future Don't Require A College Degree

We’re all talking about the “jobs of the future” and “winning the future” and transitioning to a “knowledge economy.” Since predictions are hard, especially about the future, it’... Read more

GM says new data centers will improve vehicles, margins

GM says new data centers will improve vehicles, margins

WARREN, Michigan (Reuters) - General Motors Co said it is investing $546 million in two new Michigan data centers in hopes it will free up millions of dollars to ... Read more

Detroit NAACP Says Emergency Manager Law Is Being Applied Unfairly, Files S…

Detroit NAACP Says Emergency Manager Law Is Being Applied Unfairly, Files Suit

The NAACP sees Michigan's emergency manager law as a threat to democracy and voting rights -- and leaders in Detroit are going to federal court to challenge the legislation. T... Read more

Family Suspects Foul Play In Case Of Missing Grandmother

Family Suspects Foul Play In Case Of Missing Grandmother

Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s database. Cases inv... Read more

Black public relations professionals present PR Revitalization Day Summit

Black public relations professionals present PR Revitalization Day Summit

The National Black Public Relations Society – Detroit Chapter (NBPRS) is pleased to announce Public Relations Revitalization – Exploring New Age ... Read more

Ford Motor Company Announces Partnership Parade Company

Ford Motor Company Announces Partnership Parade Company

Ford Motor Company and The Parade Company have announced a major partnership for one of the nation's largest fireworks displays -- The Ford Fireworks presented b... Read more

Mayor Bing to Abandon Race for Mayor Tuesday?

Mayor Bing to Abandon Race for Mayor Tuesday?

Amidst speculations that there is a movement underway to draft Detroit Mayor Dave Bing to enter an already crowded field for mayor, Bing himself will tell Detroiters Tuesda... Read more

EFM Report: Detroit's General Fund is in the Negative

EFM Report: Detroit's General Fund is in the Negative

According to a report set to be officially released Monday by Detroit emergency financial manager Kevyn Orr, Detroit’s General Fund is in the negative and will remain... Read more

Bob Johnson's RLJ Entertainment Announces Launch of YouTube Paid Channels

Bob Johnson's RLJ Entertainment Announces Launch of YouTube Paid Channels

-- RLJ Entertainment Launching Channels Under the "Acorn TV" and Urban-Focused "OnCue" brands -- Robert L. Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and ... Read more

greekhangsuite.com Newest Online Site for Black Greek Organizations

greekhangsuite.com Newest Online Site for Black Greek Organizations

GreekHangSuite.com, a new online destination for Black Greek organizations features the most comprehensive listing of Greek Events around the nation including Greek P... Read more

Mayor Brenda Lawrence of Southfield Hosts Community Roundtable

Mayor Brenda Lawrence of Southfield Hosts Community Roundtable

Southfield Mayor Brenda Lawrence will host a Community Roundtable on Code Enforcement on Wednesday, May 22 at 7 p.m. in the Southfield Public Library Meeting Room, 26300 ... Read more

Women of Love and Hip Hop Recognized by Foundation of 5e Gallery Celebrati…

Women of Love and Hip Hop Recognized by Foundation of 5e Gallery Celebrating Women Love In Hip Hop

Detroit, MI. – The Foundation of 5e Gallery will be hosting our 4th Anniversary of Celebrating Women Love In Hip Hop on Tuesday, May 14, 2014 at Tangent Gallery located at 715 E ... Read more

Microsoft Launches 2013 Summer Internship Program For Women and Minorities

Microsoft Launches 2013 Summer Internship Program For Women and Minorities

The Explore Microsoft Internship Program is a 12-week summer internship program that is specifically designed for college underclassmen (freshmen and sophomores) and offers the o... Read more

Ariel Castro's Ex-Relatives Say Ohio Accused Kidnapper, Rapist Is A 'Monste…

Ariel Castro's Ex-Relatives Say Ohio Accused Kidnapper, Rapist Is A 'Monster'

CLEVELAND -- The man accused of holding three women captive for a decade in his home terrorized the mother of his children, frequently beating her, playing twist... Read more

Here’s What The President Would Say If He Could Go Bulworth

Here’s What The President Would Say If He Could Go Bulworth

In the overly dramatic story entitled “An Onset of Woes Raises Questions on Obama Vision,” the New York Times reports[1] that President Barack Obama has privately expresse... Read more

Retired Mailman Wins Lottery For The Fourth Time!

Retired Mailman Wins Lottery For The Fourth Time!

Retired postal worker Melvyn Wilson (pictured) is probably one of the luckiest men on earth, because on Wednesday, he picked up his fourth winning lottery check, and ... Read more

Winning Powerball Numbers

Winning Powerball Numbers

UPDATE: No one picked the winning numbers in Wednesday's $360 million Powerball drawing, The Associated Press reported. Saturday's jackpot has now jumped to $475 millio... Read more

Saudi Man Arrested With Pressure Cooker At DTW

Saudi Man Arrested With Pressure Cooker At DTW

A Saudi man is jailed in Detroit following his arrest over the weekend by authorities who alleged he altered his passport and was not truthful about why he had a pressure cooker ... Read more

Murder Suspects Arrested In Malcolm Shabazz Murder Case

Murder Suspects Arrested In Malcolm Shabazz Murder Case

MEXICO CITY — Two waiters at a Mexico City bar will face homicide and robbery charges in the beating death of Malcolm X‘s grandson Malcolm Shabazz, authorities said Monday. Pr... Read more

Woman Allegedly Stabs Boyfriend After He Farts In Her Face

Woman Allegedly Stabs Boyfriend After He Farts In Her Face

A Florida woman was arrested last week after she allegedly stabbed her live-in boyfriend for farting in her face, The Smoking Gun reports[1]. Deborah Ann Burns, 37, told... Read more

Why Your Social Media Strategy Isn’t Working - and How to Fix It

Why Your Social Media Strategy Isn’t Working - and How to Fix It

According to Nielsen, 70 percent of active adult social networkers shop online, which is 12 percent more likely than the average adult Internet user. With millions of users onlin... Read more

Blacks Underepresented in Immigration Debate

Blacks Underepresented in Immigration Debate

The Senate’s Gang of Eight have put together an 844-page monstrosity known as the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, legislation that Presid... Read more

19 Wounded At New Orleans Mother’s Day Parade [Video]

19 Wounded At New Orleans Mother’s Day Parade [Video]

NEW ORLEANS — Gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a neighborhood Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 19 people, police said. The FBI... Read more

Shabazz Family Releases Statement on Death of Malcolm X's Grandson, Malcolm…

Shabazz Family Releases Statement on Death of Malcolm X's Grandson, Malcolm Shabazz

The family of Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of civil righs icon Malcolm X, who was reportedly killed in Mexico on Thursday, released a statement today. The news... Read more

Detroit Resident To City, State Officials: If You Can’t Do The Job, Get Out…

Detroit Resident To City, State Officials: If You Can’t Do The Job, Get Out Of Office!

It’s not hard to find a Detroit resident who’s willing to go on camera and complain about the city and the politicians elected to run it. But Melinda Brown Duncan did m... Read more

Spelman Twins Make History As School’s First Co-Valedictorians

Spelman Twins Make History As School’s First Co-Valedictorians

Kristie (pictured left) and Kirstie Bronner (pictured) are identical twins with identical grade point averages, so why shouldn’t they share the honor of bein... Read more

3 Ohio Girls Missing For A Decade Found Alive, Man Arrested [VIDEO]

3 Ohio Girls Missing For A Decade Found Alive, Man Arrested [VIDEO]

Home[1] » Nation[2] » 3 Ohio Girls Missing For A Decade Found Alive, Man Arrested [VIDEO] Amanda Berry disappeared aged 16 in April 200... Read more

Lauryn Hill Sentenced To 3 Months In Prison

Lauryn Hill Sentenced To 3 Months In Prison

NEWARK, N.J. — Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill was sentenced Monday to three months in prison and an additional three months in home confinement for failing to pay taxes on about... Read more

Lil Wayne Dropped By Mountain Dew Over Disrespectful Emmett Till Lyrics

Lil Wayne Dropped By Mountain Dew Over Disrespectful Emmett Till Lyrics

New Orleans based entertainer Lil Wayne has become the latest rapper to grovel at the the feet of his corporate sponsors in hopes of not getting kicked off the ... Read more

Jesse Mae Pollard: Ala. Teacher Charged In Miss. Girl’s Kidnapping

Jesse Mae Pollard: Ala. Teacher Charged In Miss. Girl’s Kidnapping

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A high-school teacher from Alabama is accused of kidnapping a 6-year-old girl from school in Mississippi, sending a frightening text message to the child’s mo... Read more

Black Conspiracy Theories 101: Did Serena Say ‘A White Man Is The Only Real…

Black Conspiracy Theories 101: Did Serena Say ‘A White Man Is The Only Real Choice For A Successful Black Female?’

On December 6, 2004, an alleged interview[1] appeared involving tennis mega-superstar Serena Williams (pictured) that mysteriously flooded e-mail inboxes everywhere. &n... Read more

What?! Lil Wayne Hospitalized After Suffering Another Seizure

What?! Lil Wayne Hospitalized After Suffering Another Seizure

New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne was hospitalized in Los Angeles, CA after experiencing another seizure, reports the NY Daily News.[1] The rapper was taken to Cedars-Sinai h... Read more

Seizures Double, But Guns Still Flowing Into Canada

Seizures Double, But Guns Still Flowing Into Canada

The Canada Border Services Agency last year seized twice the number of weapons at border crossings compared to six years ago, according to a CBC News analysis of agency data, b... Read more

Morehouse College Athletes Accused Of Raping Spelman Student

Morehouse College Athletes Accused Of Raping Spelman Student

From left to right: Lucien Kidd, Tevin Mgbo, Malcolm Frank, Chukwudi Ndudikwa At least three Morehouse College athletes have been accused of raping an 18-year-old Spelman ... Read more

President Obama Meets with First-Ever Ethiopian Crowned Miss Israel

President Obama Meets with First-Ever Ethiopian Crowned Miss Israel

Israel is putting its best face forward for President Obama, and what better face to put forward for America's first black president than Israel's first black beauty queen? The n... Read more

Juanita Bynum Says She Was Wrongly Jailed

Juanita Bynum Says She Was Wrongly Jailed

Juanita Bynum (pictured), the Christian evangelist and gospel artist, is responding to her shocking April 18th arrest[1] on charges stemming from a warr... Read more

Time Unveils List of 100 Most Influential People in the World

Time Unveils List of 100 Most Influential People in the World

TIME magazine has unveiled the 10th annual TIME 100, which lists the 100 most influential people in the world. African-Americans who made the list t... Read more

'Down the Up Escalator' Author Barbara Garson On How the 99% Live in the Gr…

'Down the Up Escalator' Author Barbara Garson On How the 99% Live in the Great Recession

To say that Barbara Garson has led an interesting life is to sell her short, but then, the 71-year-old investigative dynamo is only 4'11". After being arrested with Mario Sa... Read more

Washington Judge Tells Cops To Return Man’s Marijuana Or Be Found In Contem…

Washington Judge Tells Cops To Return Man’s Marijuana Or Be Found In Contempt

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Police in Tacoma could soon be in real trouble over pot. The department could be found in contempt if they continue to refuse to return a small amount of ... Read more

Former GOP Hopeful Arrested For Sending Ricin Laced Letter To President Oba…

Former GOP Hopeful Arrested For Sending Ricin Laced Letter To President Obama

U.S marshals arrested Everett Dutschke, 41, of Tupelo, Mississippi, Saturday morning for mailing letters laced with the poison ricin to President Barack Obama and two other public ... Read more

Biracial, lesbian contestant a trailblazer in Miss South Carolina pageant

Biracial, lesbian contestant a trailblazer in Miss South Carolina pageant

(CNN) – At 7, Analouisa Valencia was crowned Palmetto Princess in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She relished it - and like a lot of little girls, she dreamed of be... Read more

Boehner’s Jamaican-Born Future Son-In-Law Has Rap Sheet For Weed

Boehner’s Jamaican-Born Future Son-In-Law Has Rap Sheet For Weed

While the ever-disagreeable House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is best-known for almost single-handedly forcing America over the infamous fiscal cliff, the Republican po... Read more

Treat Chicago gangs as terrorists

Treat Chicago gangs as terrorists

(CNN) -- You know things in Chicago are bad when 70 murders in the first quarter can be seen as a good thing. But context is everything: Last year at this time there had ... Read more

Felony disenfranchisement is Jim Crow era holdover

Felony disenfranchisement is Jim Crow era holdover

Last week, the Delaware State legislature approved a constitutional amendment to all but remove the last Jim Crow-era voter suppression law from its books. The amendment... Read more

Rush Limbaugh: Media Paints Boston Bombing Suspect Like Trayvon Martin

Rush Limbaugh: Media Paints Boston Bombing Suspect Like Trayvon Martin

In the latest installment of Racist Theater, Rush Limbaugh has a bone to pick with the coverage of captured Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhakar Tsarna... Read more

Members of Congress and Student Groups Highlight 1 Year Anniversary of Stud…

Members of Congress and Student Groups Highlight 1 Year Anniversary of Student Loan Debt

Members of Congress and Student Groups Highlight 1 Year Anniversary of Student Loan Debt Crossing $1 Trillion Mark, Urge Congress to Act ... Read more

U.S. to keep restriction on small knives on planes for now

U.S. to keep restriction on small knives on planes for now

By CNN Staff Airline passengers had been cleared to carrying knives with small blades beginning on Thursday. STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Sen Schumer of New York says... Read more

Alleged Boston Bomber Charged, Faces Death Penalty

Alleged Boston Bomber Charged, Faces Death Penalty

BOSTON — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (pictured) was charged in his hospital room Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill, and he could face... Read more

Poverty in America: Millions of families too broke for bank accounts

Poverty in America: Millions of families too broke for bank accounts

Sabino Fuentes-Sanchez hid $25,000 all around his house because he didn't trust banks. Lasonia Christon receives her Walmart salary on a pre-paid debit card. Kim James was h... Read more

Televangelist Juanita Bynum Arrested

Televangelist Juanita Bynum Arrested

PHOTO CREDIT: DALLAS NEWS Popular televangelist Juanita Bynum was arrested and spent the night in jail on a warrant charging that she failed to appear in court for a civil... Read more

75-Year-Old Grandma Gets 22 Years For Killing Grandson

75-Year-Old Grandma Gets 22 Years For Killing Grandson

PONTIAC, Mich. — A 75-year-old Detroit-area woman who killed her grandson expressed remorse Thursday but repeatedly accused his parents of dumping a troubled boy ... Read more

Man Charged With Threats Against President, Others Say He Is Innocent

Man Charged With Threats Against President, Others Say He Is Innocent

OXFORD, Miss. — A Mississippi man charged with mailing letters with suspected ricin to national leaders believed he had uncovered a conspiracy to sell human body parts on t... Read more

Ben Carson, admirable man with a mistaken philosophy

Ben Carson, admirable man with a mistaken philosophy

by Cynthia Tucker (CNN) -- Like giddy teenagers, Republican activists have fallen for another charming, personable and accomplished black conservative. Dr. Ben C... Read more

5-Month-Old On Life Support After Being Smothered So Parents Could Have Sex…

A 5-month-old is on life support, after parents Rodrigo Rodriguez (pictured left) and Angela Petrov (pictured) allegedly smothered her so that they could have sex, according to the... Read more

Researching it Back to Africa

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As you may know, I am a PhD candidate in African American Studies with a specialization in Entrepreneurship at the Eli Broad School of Business at Michigan State University. Through the Eli...

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Researching it Back to Africa

Researching it Back to Africa

As you may know, I am a PhD candidate in African American Studies with a specialization in Entrepren... Read more

Researching it Back to Africa
As you may know, I am a PhD candidate in African American Studies with a specialization in Entr…
Seeing your beautiful you
Just the other day, I had a conversation with a female coworker and it went as follows: Cowork…
Racism in Michigan: White Cle…
After the election of President Barack Obama, we thought that the United States was becoming a …

Conyers Applauds $318 Thousand Grant to the Henry Ford Healt…

Conyers Applauds $318 Thousand Grant to the Henry Ford Health System

Today, the Department of Health and Human Services reached a decision to grant more than $318,000... Read more

Michigan's Kidney Foundation H…
Former Detroit Lion Lomas Brown and Detroit Lions Running Back Joique Bell S…
According to U of M Poll, Most…
New University of Michigan poll shows 4 out of 5 report they’d favor medical…
Arthritis Walk Raises $200,000…
2.3 million Michigan residents have arthritis (31% of the population) includ…

Adam Levin: 5 Things Students Need to Know Before Graduation…

Adam Levin: 5 Things Students Need to Know Before Graduation Day

Yes my friends, it's that time of year again. No, not allergy season -- graduation. That... Read more

Detroit Students Perform at Fr…
On Sunday, May 19, 150 Detroit students (grades 3-8) will perform on stage a…
Female Hip Hop Icon Appointed …
Ithaca, NY (BlackNews.com) -- Pioneering African American Rap Artist MC Sha-Rock has be…
Creating Hope: A Year in the L…
As the film opens, it’s the last day of school at the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy, a …

Top 15 Sugar Baby Alma Maters

Top 15 Sugar Baby Alma Maters

Approximately 37 million Americans have outstanding student loan debt. Many female student... Read more

Jalen Rose Leadership Academy:…
Jalen Rose speaks to students and parents about his charter school in Detroit. (WWJ/Stephanie…
Carlin Flora: School Size and …
School brochure pictures notwithstanding, by and large, students hang around kids…
Senator Warren Announces Reint…
In Light of Secret Workgroup on "Value Schools," Senator Rebekah Warr…

VIDEO: Dwyane Wade shows up at fan's pro…

VIDEO: Dwyane Wade shows up at fan's prom

So Nicole Muxo, a senior at Archbishop Coleman Carroll High School, made a YouTube video asking He... Read more

Rangers Knock Out Sanchez In T…
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Anibal Sanchez was knocked out of the game early Saturday night, the se…
Blackhawks Take Opener From Re…
CHICAGO — Maybe it was the extra rest, or another raucous crowd at t…
NFL Free Agent Titus Young Arr…
Former Detroit Lion Titus Young has had a remarkable week ... a remarkably bad week. The NFL fr…

GEELY AND DETROIT ELECTRIC ENTER STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO CO…

GEELY AND DETROIT ELECTRIC ENTER STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO CO-DEVELOP PURE ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR CHINESE MARKET

Shanghai - 25 April 2013 - Geely Automobile Group, a prominent China-based global car manu... Read more

My Dream List, Huh?
The minute I tell somebody that I write about automobiles, it usually takes less than…
New Dodge Dart compact deliver…
It’s funny when you think about it — how we’ve come to expect so much from new cars r…
Rethinking practical
Opting for a midsize sedan has gotten a whole lot easier If there’s one car segment that…

Was Kid Rock's "Lip Syncing" Comment Toward Chris …

Was Kid Rock's "Lip Syncing" Comment Toward Chris Brown

When Kid Rock took the stage to present the award for Top Rap Song of the year at the 2013 Billboa... Read more

The X Factor Close to Signing …
Former Destiny's Child member Kelly Rowland and Mexican superstar Paulina Rubio are in final …
Twitter Decides: Miguel Wins B…
Though Nicki Minaj gave Lil Wayne a lap dance, Justin Bieber beat out Bruno Mars for …
More visits by artists like Be…
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