A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with making terroristic threats, stalking and harassment after she allegedly threatened to kill elementary school children at a bus stop near her home, The Patriot News reports. According to police, Simone L. Brooks, 35, threatened to kill the children with a shovel and allegedly performed a “simulated strip tease” in a […]

Just five days after the politician resigned from Congress, his lovely wife and fellow politician, Alderwoman Sandi Jackson, filed a series of interesting amendments to her ward committee’s campaign fund. Her actions revealed dozens of previously undisclosed transactions that date back three years. One of the records includes a hefty $13,000 from her hubby’s congressional account […]

Concert promoter Patrick Allocco says he was taken hostage at gunpoint and held for ransom, because Nas was a no-show for a gig in Africa. He is now suing the rapper for $10 million big ones, reports TMZ. Allocco is claiming that he was held as ransom by Angolan promoters and their “henchmen” because they wanted […]

This holiday season, Santa may want to pick up some veggies and water rather than milk and cookies. Custom designers making Santa suits year and after year say that the measurements are changing drastically. “They are getting larger and larger,” said Adele Saidy, owner of Adele’s of Hollywood which has supplied Santa suits for over […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A new movement has taken off to honor the 26 people killed at a school in Newtown, Conn. The campaign sparked from a question NBC News correspondent Ann Curry asked herself after Friday’s massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School: “What can I do?” The answer she arrived at was performing 26 acts of kindness. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — From his toy-cluttered Brooklyn apartment, the man in the red suit was making his list and checking it twice. But he made no distinction between naughty or nice: Every child on it would receive a gift from this Santa Claus. For the children whose toys floated away during Superstorm Sandy, Michael Sciaraffo is playing […]

NEW YORK (AP) — From his toy-cluttered Brooklyn apartment, the man in the red suit was making his list and checking it twice. But he made no distinction between naughty or nice: Every child on it would receive a gift from this Santa Claus. For the children whose toys floated away during Superstorm Sandy, Michael Sciaraffo is playing […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge says a Louisiana woman has the right to display holiday lights on her roof in the form of an extended middle finger. Sarah Childs sued Denham Springs, its mayor and police chief, claiming she was threatened with arrest if she didn’t take down the display. The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana […]

During slavery, some slaves were given a day of rest while others were forced to continue work. In some parts of the country, slaves were given a yule log to burn in the big house. As long as the log burned, they were granted rest during the holiday. Sometimes the log would burn until the […]

During slavery, some slaves were given a day of rest while others were forced to continue work. In some parts of the country, slaves were given a yule log to burn in the big house. As long as the log burned, they were granted rest during the holiday. Sometimes the log would burn until the […]

Tamar Braxton is being called out for saying something about Beyonce faking her pregnancy. Well, on Monday night’s debut of VH1′s “Tiny Tonight,” she got into a heated discussion about whether or not she publicly said the singer actually carried Blue Ivy. Rapper Trina and Tiny totally defended Bey’s nine months while Tamar only said […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Some key figures who helped manage Michael Jackson‘s career are teaming up to create a stage musical about the behind-the-scenes making of a superstar that producers call a cross between “Goodfellas” and “Dreamgirls.” Producers Mark Lamica, Quincy Krashna, Jerry Greenberg, Raymond Del Barrio and Larry Hart will join forces to present […]