There’s nothing worse than getting an injury down low for simply trying to get dressed. According to a new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), trouser zippers are the most common cause of penile injuries among men in the United States. Researchers’ data suggests that each year a whopping 900 […]

There aren’t many people who like bees, but could they help fight HIV? Turns out, it could. Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have developed nanoparticles loaded with bee venom that could help destroy HIV cells. The nanoparticles would be applied using a vaginal gel possibly destroying the HIV virus before it has a […]

When we think of Angela Simmons the first two words that come to mind are businesswoman and fashionista. She’s always been serious about expanding her fashion brand and now she can celebrate the fruits of her labor. The 25-year-old had branched out from her Pastry show line with sister Vannessa Simmons and has successfully launched […]

Keyshia Cole is clearly not a fan of Beyonce’s new song “Bow Down!” The outspoken ‘Woman To Woman’ singer took to Twitter to share her feelings after listening to Bey’s latest offering. She set off a war of words when she tweeted: I am a fan of both ladies, but I’m not mad at Keyshia. Who […]

In the pending case brought by NBA star Tony Parker against owners of W.i.P. nightclub in NYC, the The owners of the nightclub want Chris Brown and Drake to fork over the money and pay up should Parker be awarded the twenty million dollars he’s suing for. In June of last summer, the two artists lost their collective minds inside of  W.i.P. and tons of glass […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says that though tours of the White House have been halted because of cuts in government spending, the popular Easter Egg roll on the grounds of the presidential mansion is still expected to proceed as planned on April 1. Free tickets have been distributed and more than 35,000 people […]

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Former NBA star Adrian Dantley spent years guarding opponents on the court. Now he’s guarding schoolchildren as they cross the street. Radio station WTOP  reports that Dantley, a hall-of-famer and former star for the Utah Jazz and Detroit Pistons, started working as a crossing guard in September. He works an […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Devin Almonor, the teenage son of a former police officer, said he was thrown against an unmarked car and temporarily handcuffed walking home from a bus stop. Medical student David Floyd was frisked by officers outside of his apartment as he helped a neighbor locked out of his home. For both, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of Twinkies to a pair of investment firms, one of which has said it hopes to have the cakes back on shelves by summer. Hostess Brands Inc. is selling Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Ho Hos and other brands, to Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos & […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Teddy bears and flowers decorated a church Tuesday as pastors prayed for strength at the funeral of a 6-month-old baby girl killed when a gunman fired at a minivan as she sat on her father’s lap. “Lord, we pray that you would give (the girl’s family) supernatural strength,” Pastor Monique McCord said […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is working on a book about democracy. Henry Holt and Company announced Tuesday that the book, currently untitled, will be published in 2015. The 58-year-old Rice has previously written or co-written a handful of policy books, along with memoirs about her family and her years […]

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