Urban Mystic may not yet be a household name, but he’s trying. His brand of soothing R&B is rarer and rarer these days, but fortunately there’s still an audience for it.  The Florida native got his start in his father’s church, but once out on his own, decided the path to secular music was the […]

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Over the past few days I have gotten an up close and personal look at the business of this Presidential Inauguration. Not the business of  Inaugural donors or the business of Secret Service planning and logistics. No I’m talking about the real people doing business this inauguration weekend: the street vendors! If you want anything, […]

President Barack Obama is subtly incorporating race into his inauguration for a second term in the White House. When Obama is publicly sworn-in on Monday as America’s 45th president, he will place his right hand on two weather-worn Bibles – one owned by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the other by Abraham Lincoln – […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials are looking for the person who called 911 and falsely reported an emergency at a former Malibu residence of the Kardashians. Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore said Sunday that it’s too soon to tell whether the reality TV stars are the latest victims of so-called “swatting,” a […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man has been arrested on charges he grabbed a woman by the feet and threw her onto the tracks at a Philadelphia subway station, police said. The woman managed to get off the tracks on her own and suffered only minor injuries. Police announced the arrest Thursday, more than two days […]

MEDINA, Ohio (AP) — Accidental shootings at gun shows in North Carolina, Indiana and Ohio left five people injured Saturday, the same day that thousands of gun advocates gathered peacefully at state capitals around the U.S. to rally against stricter firearm limits. At the Dixie Gun and Knife Show in Raleigh, a 12-gauge shotgun discharged […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree has voluntarily met with police in their investigation into an alleged sexual assault in a hotel after the team’s playoff victory over the Green Bay Packers last weekend, his attorney said Saturday. “Michael fully cooperated with the inspectors and will continue to do so […]

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Anita Hill made national headlines in 1991 when she testified that then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had made sexually inappropriate comments toward her, giving prominent exposure to the idea of sexual harassment. Hill was verbally attacked, and Thomas was confirmed. More than 20 years later, director Freida Mock explores Hill’s […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has built a political career in standing up to the federal government over everything from immigration to health care. So she surprised almost everyone when she announced last week that she not only plans to push for an expansion of the state’s Medicaid program under the federal health […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o will be interviewed by Katie Couric, the first on-camera interview given by the All-American since news broke about the dead girlfriend hoax. Te’o and his parents will appear on Couric’s syndicated talk show Thursday. ABC News announced the interview Sunday, but gave no details as to […]

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