Whether it’s an attempt to look a little younger or to contour the body after massive weight loss, plastic surgery is serious business and carries serious risks if not performed by a surgeon certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Furthermore, many people who undergo a surgical procedure are not always coached about having […]

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From the pulpit to the parks, the city of Birmingham this week is looking for thousands of people to visit that city this week to commemorate the 50th anniversary of one of the most horrific acts of racial violence in the nation’s history and to see how the city has changed. On September 15, 1963, […]

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In the mid 18th century, there lived a slave on a Waterbury, Connecticut plantation named Fortune.  He was owned by a famous bone surgeon named Dr. Preserved Porter. Fortune, his wife Dinah and their three children served the Porters on a 75 acre-farm. Fortune had an additional son named Africa, born in 1772. The family […]

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The Game has vowed to give away $1 million of his own money by Christmas to help those in need. The rapper came up with the plan this morning (Sept. 10) while on tour in Australia, and has since started a new Instagram blog to document his acts of generosity, which he has branded “The […]

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Suddenly, Lamar Odom is speaking out amid reports of alleged cocaine use and marital issues…and claims neither are true. The NBA vet, whose four year marriage to Khloe Kardashian is reportedly on the rocks amid reports that he cheated on her twice and is addicted to crack cocaine. Odom told TMZ he is absolutely not […]

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DALLAS (AP) — A crime-watch volunteer suspected of raping four women in a Dallas neighborhood has been arrested more than 400 miles away in Louisiana, a law enforcement official said Tuesday. U.S. Marshals spokesman Trent Touchstone said local and federal law officers arrested 38-year-old Van Draylan Dixson in Baton Rouge, La. Police have said DNA […]

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As the school season starts, experts warn that overloaded backpacks often result in back injuries among both children and young adults. More than 13,700 kids…

  Rapper 2 Chainz is all about diversifying his income. Not only is the rapper gearing up for the release of his second album “B.O.A.T.S…

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The parents of a disabled 3-year-old girl who died weighing just 11 pounds were charged Tuesday with murder in what authorities are calling the starvation death of the child, who may have also suffered insect and rodent bites. Both parents were taken into custody after Nathalyz Rivera was found unresponsive Monday at […]

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DALLAS (AP) — Police are searching for a crime watch volunteer who they say has been connected by DNA to at least four sexual assaults in a South Dallas neighborhood in the past two months. Authorities took Van Dralan Dixson, 38, into custody briefly last week and obtained a DNA sample from him, but lacked […]

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LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) — Video of a domestic dispute between George Zimmerman and his estranged wife may be crucial evidence in determining whether any charges are filed, police said Tuesday. The iPad captured video of Monday’s dispute between George and Shellie Zimmerman, but he smashed the mobile device into pieces and it needs to […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The next president of the nation’s largest and oldest civil rights group needs to be energetic, charismatic and willing to make a personal sacrifice, NAACP leaders say. The group’s board is beginning its search for a successor to outgoing President and CEO Benjamin Jealous, who announced this week that he will step […]