Money

Mellody Hobson talks about young people and wealth on today’s “Money Mondays” segment. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the Urban Institute just released a new study about wealth building and younger generations, and the findings show that Gen X and Gen Y Americans have accumulated 7% less wealth than their […]

Life & Style

Single women: Would you date a man who is absolutely committed to celibacy? No sex until marriage. Not even once. And it’s not negotiable. Kenny Pugh, author, financial professional, motivational speaker, is taking an unconventional approach to life as a black man in 2013: Sexual abstinence. At 38 years old, Pugh is black, male and […]

Entertainment

Kim Zolciak has no problem speaking her mind. The reality show star told the press that she believes her now new enemy, Kandi Burruss, filed the lawsuit to gain publicity to eventually win her a spin-off show. In the meantime, Kim’s attorney says Kandi’s complaint isn’t even legit because allegedly, Kim paid her more than […]

Entertainment

Kobe Bryant is being called out in a lawsuit filed against Shaquille O’Neal for “intentional infliction of emotional distress and assault.” The big man’s former mistress, Vanessa Lopez, is planning to ask the Lakers guard what advice O’Neal gave to him when he was being investigated for allegedly raping a woman in Colorado. Lopez claims […]

News, Top News

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Given the choice of whether to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama‘s health care law, many Republican governors and lawmakers initially responded with an emphatic “no.” Now they are increasingly hedging their objections. A new “no, but …” approach is spreading among GOP states in which officials are still publicly […]

National News, News

DETROIT (AP) — A bankruptcy lawyer and turnaround expert tasked with reviving Detroit’s beleaguered finances could be greeted by a crowd of protesters as he arrives at work Monday, then plans to spend his first day meeting with some city officials who for months fought against creating his job at all. Kevyn Orr is under […]

Entertainment

ATLANTA (AP) — An arrest warrant was issued for Gucci Mane after a fan told police the rapper hit him in the head with a champagne bottle at a downtown Atlanta nightclub. James Lettley, of Fort Hood, Texas, said he was in Atlanta for his birthday and heard that the rapper — whose real name […]

Michael Jordan has reportedly made sure he’s not taken to the cleaners by his soon-to-be new wife, Yvette Prieto, like he was with his first wife, Juanita Vanoy. Reports say the basketball legend got Prieto to sign a prenuptial agreement. The National Enquirer reports that the prenup will protect nearly all of Jordan’s $650 million […]

Entertainment

BARRINGTON, Ill. (AP) — Pop star Rihanna has dropped in on high school students in a northwestern Chicago suburb. Barrington High School earned Friday’s visit as a reward for winning the singer’s “Shine Bright Like a Diamond” video contest. The five-minute, student-produced video highlighted the school’s volunteer and community service programs. The Chicago Sun-Times reports […]

National News, News

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota didn’t set out to become the abortion debate’s new epicenter. It happened by accident, after a legislative caucus that once vetted abortion bills languished, leaving lawmakers to propose a flurry of measures — some cribbed from Wikipedia — without roadblocks. Long dismissed as cold and inconsequential, North Dakota is […]

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A female developer was fired after tweeting about a group of men she said were making sexual comments at a computer programming conference, fueling an already vigorous debate about gender equality and culture in Silicon Valley. Adria Richards wrote on her blog at butyoureagirl.com that she was seated in a […]

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former city police Chief Nate Harper will plead guilty to charges that he conspired to steal city police funds deposited into unauthorized police credit union accounts and failed to file federal tax returns from 2008 to 2011, his attorneys said Friday. Harper’s lawyers made the announcement at a news conference on a […]