Experiencing life while a love one is imprisoned can strain your emotions and relationships, but it shouldn’t strain your pocketbook. The Federal Communications Commission finds that the cost of phone calls from incarcerated friends and family members is at an all-time high and they are committed to changing that. In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, […]

Basketball Wives” star Tami Roman is showing off her 35 pound weight loss in a new commercial for “NV Clinical,” the product that helped her shed the weight. NV Clinical claims it has an exclusive formula that allows people to lose 5 lbs. over the first two weeks and continue to lose 1-2 lbs. per […]

Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” — starring Jamie Foxx as a slave in the pre-Civil War South — is doing strong business among African-American moviegoers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It achieved the high numbers despite the fact that “Django,” from The Weinstein Co/TWC., features more than 100 uses of the N-word, igniting a debate over […]

Once again, when it comes to the most admired man and woman anywhere in the world, Americans chose President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, according to a recent USA Today/Gallop poll. Mrs. Clinton has been the Most Admired Woman each of the last 11 years, and President Obama has been the Most […]

Denzel Washington is undoubtedly one of the hottest stars of the century, and the fruits of his labor were recognized in 2012. According to Quigley Publishing Company’s 81st Annual Poll of Motion Picture Exhibitors, the actor was voted the top money-making star in 2012. He’s been on the poll seven other times but this is the […]

It’s 2013, and even though it’s been thrown in our faces for the last three weeks, one of us will still write 1-3-12 on a check. It’ s just one of those things that can’t be avoided.   And speaking of writing checks and spending money, let’s not get reeled in on any more sales gimmicks.  […]

DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit woman charged with fatally stabbing her daughter three days before the child’s ninth birthday pleaded not guilty to a murder charge Thursday as authorities scrambled to determine why the girl and four siblings were not removed from their home weeks ago. Police responding to a call from neighbors found Tameria […]

DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit woman charged with fatally stabbing her daughter three days before the child’s ninth birthday pleaded not guilty to a murder charge Thursday as authorities scrambled to determine why the girl and four siblings were not removed from their home weeks ago. Police responding to a call from neighbors found Tameria […]

A Louisville, Ky., woman was arrested after she tried to use her EBT card to buy iPads, WHAS-TV reports. Tracy Browning reportedly entered the Valley Station Wal-Mart in Louisville where she tried to purchase two iPads with her EBT card. When the card was declined, she dashed for the exit with the items and reportedly […]

NEW YORK (AP) — This could give you nightmares: 1 in 24 U.S. adults say they recently fell asleep while driving. Health officials behind the study think the number is probably higher. That’s because some people don’t realize it when they nod off for a second or two behind the wheel. “If I’m on the […]

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — The Hearst Connecticut Media Group apologized Thursday because one of its newspapers ran an ad for an antique gun show next to an article about the Newtown school shooting. A statement released by Group Publisher Paul Farrell said the ad’s placement in The Advocate of Stamford was the result of an […]

NEW DELHI (AP) — Five men accused of raping a university student for hours on a bus as it drove through India’s capital were charged with murder, rape and other crimes that could bring them the death penalty. The attack on the 23-year-old woman, who died of severe internal injuries over the weekend, provoked a […]