VH1′s ” Gossip Game,” Mona Scott-Young’s newest reality-TV venture, aired its season finale last night. While the series received mediocre reviews from critics, cast member…

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Divorce Court’s Judge Toler Gets Direct and Personal with Deya about How to stay out of Divorce Court! Plus, she talks straight about self-improvement and moving beyond insecurity and anger.

Health & Wellness

WASHINGTON (AP) — Children from across the nation will have a chance to dine like dignitaries and politicians at the White House this summer as part of a contest to promote healthy eating. Michelle Obama is asking children ages 8 to 12 and their parents to create nutritious lunch recipes that represent each of the […]

Little Known Black History Facts

Charles Adolphus Williams was not only one of the first black British professional football players but he was Britain’s first famous black stand-up comedian. Williams’ catch phrase “me old flowers” became his claim to fame when he appeared on several British television shows in the 1970’s. Williams dropped out of school at age 14 and […]

National News

t least eight people were injured when an argument escalated to gunfire in Oklahoma City, just blocks from Chesapeake Energy Arena, after the NBA playoff game between the Thunder and the Los Angeles Lakers, city police said Tuesday. Capt. Dexter Nelson said a scuffle erupted Monday night in a crowd of people walking toward the […]

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CHICAGO (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday defended his criticism of presumptive Republican presidential Mitt Romney’s ties to the private equity firm Bain Capital, saying it was rightly part of the campaign debate because Romney himself was emphasizing his business background. Obama said he has no problems with private equity firms in general. “There […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department inspector general’s office said Monday it is investigating possible misconduct by Drug Enforcement Administration personnel in Colombia unrelated to the Secret Service incident with prostitutes at a Cartagena hotel. The Drug Enforcement Administration said the probe began based on information provided by the Secret Service and that the DEA […]

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PARIS (AP) — A French prosecutor on Monday opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by former IMF chief and one-time French presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The move by the prosecutor in Lille in northern France followed a request by investigating judges earlier this month to broaden a suspected prostitution […]

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A race discrimination lawsuit filed against UCLA Medical Center and the University of California Board of Regents is drawing increasing attention and raising questions about the temperature of the working environment for distinguished African-Americans. The suit alleges that Dr. Christian Head, a nationally recognized head and neck surgeon and an associate professor at the medical […]

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Cornel West is obsessed with criticizing President Barack Obama. Every few months West rolls out new material to beat-up on Obama whenever he has an opportunity to meet with the media. In a recent interview with the Financial Times, West insists that it’s Obama who is fanatical. “I think at this point he’s obsessed with […]

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Seven Los Angeles County Sheriff deputies remain under suspicion and increased investigation as a city probe widens into allegations that they all were a part of a clandestine clique of officers that celebrated shootings and branded one another with matching, gun-smoking skeleton tattoos for which each could earn additional ink for based on the rising […]

TV & Film

Storied “Star Wars” filmmaker George Lucas waited 20 years to get “Red Tails” done and earlier this year, the finished product hit screens. The film about the heroic Tuskegee Airmen, the black fighting squadron that served in WWII and helped desegregate the military, was a modest success due mostly to the support it received from […]