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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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Benghazi-IRS-Leaks-- What about jobs?

Benghazi-IRS-Leaks-- What about jobs?

21 May 2013

Snyder downplays re-election, says Mackinac must bridge divid

Snyder downplays re-election, says Mackinac must bridge divid

21 May 2013

Detroit Children's Choir and Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Civic Youth Ensembles Partner to offer landmark program for metro Detroit children

Detroit Children's Choir and Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Civic Youth Ensembles Partner to offer landmark program for metro Detroit children

21 May 2013

Oklahoma City tornado: latest developments

Oklahoma City tornado: latest developments

21 May 2013

Meijer to Open along Woodward Corridor in Detroit
Melvin London works on striping the new parking lot spaces at Meijer in the Gateway Marketplace, at Eight Mile and…
Jay-Z On Beyonce Pregnancy Rumors: ‘It’s Not True’
It appears as if the world will have to wait a little while longer for baby Green Lantern, or Purple Rain or Chartre…
GM Hires Detroit-area High Schoolers to Serve, Learn, Lead
As GM Student Corps members, they’ll help improve neighborhoods, learn valuable life skills A group of…
Judge McCree Faces Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission Today
A Wayne County Circuit judge accused of having an affair with a complaining witness in a child support case before him…
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 Heat guard Dwyane Wade…
Twitter Decides: Miguel Wins Billboard Awards With Fan Drop Kick!…
Though Nicki Minaj gave Lil Wayne a lap dance, Justin Bieber beat out Bruno Mars for the fan voted milestone a…
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)…

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SALSA, MUSIC & MANSIONS: Palmer Woods Afro Cuban Jazz, May 25 Jazz, Cl…

SALSA, MUSIC & MANSIONS: Palmer Woods Afro Cuban Jazz, May 25 Jazz, Classical, World Music & a Splash of R & B, June 21-22

The paradisal spring gardens behind a stately Palmer Woods Mansion will be swaying with the hot rhythms of Orquesta La Inspiracion's horns, percussion and vocals... Read more

The Wheel Deal: To Buy or Lease Your Next Automobile

The Wheel Deal: To Buy or Lease Your Next Automobile

It’s one of the most common — and beguiling — questions that consumers face: to buy or lease a new car? Read more

The new retirement: No retirement

The new retirement: No retirement

For growing numbers of Americans, the new retirement may really mean no retirement. That's the conclusion of an article in the current issue of the ISR Sampler, the annual ... Read more

The Children’s Center Shines Light on Foster Care Awareness Month

The Children’s Center Shines Light on Foster Care Awareness Month

The Children’s Center’s is in celebration of the National Foster Care Awareness Month and provides one of the largest and comprehensive frontline services for children. ... Read more

Va. GOP Candidate: Planned Parenthood Worse Than KKK, Civil Rights Leaders …

Va. GOP Candidate: Planned Parenthood Worse Than KKK, Civil Rights Leaders Guilty Of Genocide

Virginia Republican E.W. Jackson secured the nomination to run for Lt. Governor on Saturday, and, today RawStory.com unearthed a YouTube video in which he says t... Read more

2 Mile Wide Tornado Hits: Death Toll Rising; 30 Children Feared Dead In Ele…

2 Mile Wide Tornado Hits: Death Toll Rising; 30 Children Feared Dead In Elementary School

According to The New York Times, A tornado described by the National Weather Service as “large and deadly” touched down south of Oklahoma City Monday afternoon i... Read more

Faygo Pop's Campaign Selected as Finalist for OBIE Award

Faygo Pop's Campaign Selected as Finalist for OBIE Award

The unique “Summer Silhouettes” Outdoor Campaign by Faygo Beverages, Inc. has been chosen as a finalist for the Outdoor Advertising Association of Ame... Read more

"Hot Lap Ride" with Will Power and the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Pr…

"Hot Lap Ride" with Will Power and the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix

May 20, the MCTV Street team comprised of myself and our web editor AJ Williams went to Belle Isle to experience first-hand what it is like inside an Indy Pace car at the G... Read more

People on the Move

People on the Move

Evette Hollins was recently named one of Crain’s Detroit Business’ “20 in their 20’s.” She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Mi... Read more

People on the Move

People on the Move

Andrea Johnson is best known as the fundraiser who over the past five years organized sold-out crowds for the Detroit Meals on Wheels summer cruise. R... Read more

People on the Move

People on the Move

LaDarrel “Saxappeal” Johnson was recently named one of Crain’s Detroit Business’ “20 in their 20’s.” “Saxappeal”: The name itself brings a new image t... Read more

People on the Move

People on the Move

Loren Danielle Jordan, a 25-year-old businesswoman, has been awarded Crain’s Detroit Business “20 in their 20’s” award. Jordan is a freelance clothing... Read more

People on the Move

People on the Move

Edmund Lewis, Jr. was recently awarded Crain’s Detroit Business “20 in their 20’s” award. Lewis is the founder and executive director of the non-profi... Read more

Duggan hosted appreciation rally to thank his most dedicated supporters and…

Duggan hosted appreciation rally to thank his most dedicated supporters and volunteers

As a show of thanks to his dedicated supporters, Detroit Mayoral Candidate Mike Duggan threw a volunteer appreciation rally which also kicked off h... Read more

Southfield Civic Center Pool Opening and Free Swim Lesson Day June 15

Southfield Civic Center Pool Opening and Free Swim Lesson Day June 15

The Southfield Parks & Recreation Department invites residents to celebrate the beginning of summer with the opening of the Southfield Sports Aren... Read more

Michigan Vets Foundation and 313 Project are Two of 10 Aprons in Action Fin…

Michigan Vets Foundation and 313 Project are Two of 10 Aprons in Action Finalists

The Michigan Vets Foundation and the 313 Project, each a monthly winner in The Home Depot Foundation’s year-long Facebook voting program called Aprons... Read more

Black Slate, Inc., Eastside Community Slate and Fannie Lou Hamer

Black Slate, Inc., Eastside Community Slate and Fannie Lou Hamer

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

Disaster Safety and Mitigation Tips Featured During Building Safety Month

Disaster Safety and Mitigation Tips Featured During Building Safety Month

The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs’ Bureau of Construction Codes offers important information on disaster safety and mitigation to pro... Read more

SAFE'S 7th Year Anniversary Celebrating Self-Sufficiency for more survivors…

SAFE'S 7th Year Anniversary Celebrating Self-Sufficiency for more survivors of domestic violence

On Friday, June 21, 2013 Sisters Acquiring Financial Empowerment (SAFE) will celebrate seven years of assisting victims of domestic ... Read more

Amber Alert Cancelled for missing 3-year-old girl from Detroit

Amber Alert Cancelled for missing 3-year-old girl from Detroit

Update: According to Detroit Police, Stacey Anderson, the child’s father, released 3-year-old Alonna Anderson to her relatives. She is safe and was not harmed. Both suspects... Read more

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

Winning numbers for largest Powerball jackpot are ...

Winning numbers for largest Powerball jackpot are ...

A retailer holds a Powerball lottery ticket at a store in Decatur, Georgia, on Friday, May 17. The multistate Powerball jackpot was $590.5 million, with a cash value of $3... 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

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

Sending my prayers to OK

Amber Bogins - avatar Amber Bogins

I originally intended to introduce my Mommy Blog segment with cute anecdotes about my daughter and being a first time mom. However, having watched the news, and seeing the devastatio...

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Sending my prayers to OK

Sending my prayers to OK

I originally intended to introduce my Mommy Blog segment with cute anecdotes about my daught... 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…
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…

Bamboozled: Breast Mutilation as Preventive Care?

Bamboozled: Breast Mutilation as Preventive Care?

The mainstream corporate-controlled media is heralding Angelina Jolie'... Read more

One in ten teens using "s…
As high schoolers prepare for final exams, teens nationwide…
Conyers Applauds $318 Thousand…
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services reached a decision to grant more than $31…
Michigan's Kidney Foundation H…
Former Detroit Lion Lomas Brown and Detroit Lions Running Back Joique Bell S…

Top Internships for Minority and African American Students i…

Top Internships for Minority and African American Students in 2013/14

Internships are a gateway for students that lead to careers. There are... Read more

Adam Levin: 5 Things Students …
Yes my friends, it's that time of year again. No, not allergy season -- graduation.…
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…

Shawn Carter Scholarship fund accepting applications

Shawn Carter Scholarship fund accepting applications

The Shawn Carter Scholarship Fund (SCSF) provides individual grants ranging from $1,500 to $... Read more

Top 15 Sugar Baby Alma Maters
Approximately 37 million Americans have outstanding student loan debt. Many female st…
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…

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…

Kerry Washington Gives Keynote And Receives Honorary Doctora…

Kerry Washington Gives Keynote And Receives Honorary Doctorate Degree At George Washington University

Miss Kerry Washington‘s year just continues to get better! The “Scanda... Read more

Kelly Rowland set to judge on …
Simon Cowell will be surrounded by women when THE X FACTOR returns for its third season…
Charlie Murphy headlines grand…
Love to laugh? Well you are in luck! Southfield will soon be home to the comedic stars both o…
Will.i.am: One of the most cre…
If you watched “American Idol” on Thursday, May 2, you witnessed one of the most remarkable p…

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