If You Missed It, Little Known Black History Facts, Originals

The 1984 film “Beat Street” by Steven Hager was the first American film featuring two soundtracks. The film, which was originally titled “Looking for the Perfect Beat” featured popular rap groups of the 1980’s like the Rock Steady Crew, Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force, the Treacherous Three (featuring Kool Moe Dee), Grandmaster Melle […]

News, Top News

WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Leaders of a New Jersey shore town are looking to butt in on how people dress when they stroll the boardwalk, because they believe most visitors don’t want to see people’s rear ends hanging out. They’re is set to pass a law Wednesday to ban anyone on the boardwalk from wearing […]

Entertainment

Singer Mariah Carey is hooking up with director Lee Daniels “The Butler,” for a part that, at first glance, makes one go, “huh?” But then again if you’ve followed her film career, Carey, a high maintenance glamour queen in real life, seems to go for gritty, down-to-earth characters on film. And when you work for […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The head of AEG Live LLC told jurors Wednesday that he knew Michael Jackson as a sophisticated, forceful businessman and not the drugged-up performer who’s been described throughout an ongoing civil trial filed over the singer’s untimely death. Jackson was a far more complex figure than has been portrayed during the […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Soledad O’Brien is joining fellow “Today” show alum Bryant Gumbel at HBO’s “Real Sports.” HBO said Wednesday that O’Brien will be a reporter on the monthly magazine show, which is anchored by Gumbel. Her first story, due this month, is about war veterans who use martial arts to help cope with […]

National News, News

STANTON, Calif. (AP) — 72-year-old Southern California woman, Jan Cooper, who shot at — and narrowly missed — a man trying to break into her home said Tuesday she was shocked at the attention but doesn’t regret defending herself and her husband, an 85-year-old World War II veteran who uses a wheelchair. Cooper, of Anaheim, […]

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LONDON (AP) — A British coroner on Wednesday opened an inquest into the 2011 death of reggae star Smiley Culture, who was stabbed in the heart during a police raid on his home. Police say the London-born musician stabbed himself with a kitchen knife as four officers searched his house in March 2011 in connection […]

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Ariel Castro, accused of holding three women captive in his home for about a decade, pleaded not guilty Wednesday, and the defense hinted that it would like to avoid trial with a plea agreement if the death penalty were ruled out. Attorney Craig Weintraub addressed the death penalty issue after his client, […]

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former President Nelson Mandela began responding better to treatment Wednesday morning for a recurring lung infection following “a difficult last few days,” South Africa’s president said. President Jacob Zuma told parliament that he is happy with the progress that the 94-year-old is making following his hospitalization on Saturday. Mandela spent a fifth […]

Music

Earth Wind & Fire, a group who’s name alone sounds as legendary and powerful as the vocals they put out, was founded in Chicago in…

Yes, it’s official, summer time is finally here. While summer is of course the best season to kick back and unwind (cue Will Smith’s “Summertime”),…

Beyonce loves to write open letters and has fired one off congratulating Serena Williams on her French Open win. Why send a congratulatory text, when…