Detroit’s 3rd Circuit Judge Wade McCree,who made news in January of this year for sending partially nude texts to a married court bailiff, is now…

It’s holiday time again and you’re stumped. Figuring out what gifts to buy for all the people in your life – spouse, kids, office-mate and boss is trying. We want to make that a little easier for you this year. We picked out the ten hottest gifts we could think of to fulfill most budget […]

Lucille O’Neal may have given the world a basketball star in the person of her son Shaquille O’Neal, but she wasn’t satisfied with just changing the course of basketball history. This holiday season, O’Neal has teamed with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to inspire young people and their parents to do more giving […]

Lucille O’Neal may have given the world a basketball star in the person of her son Shaquille O’Neal, but she wasn’t satisfied with just changing the course of basketball history. This holiday season, O’Neal has teamed with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to inspire young people and their parents to do more giving […]

It’s not too late. If you haven’t already been watching the Showtime series “Homeland,” now about to conclude its second season, you’ve only got a season to catch up on. If you’ve already been a fan, you know it won’t take long to catch up. “Homeland” is available via Netflix and iTunes and it’s well […]

The University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff won its first SWAC football championship in more than 40 years in record fashion Saturday in Birmingham, Ala. The Golden Lions, who trailed Jackson State the entire game, fought from behind, tied the scored with a record-setting 95-yard touchdown pass and then beat the Tigers 24-21 to win the first […]

By any account, Dionne Warwick has faced some tough times this last year. Her cousin, Whitney Houston, was found dead in February.  Her longtime collaborator Hal David, who wrote many of her hit songs with writing partner Burt Bacharach, died this year and so did Warwick’s 24-year-old nephew. Despite the tragedies, Warwick found solace in […]

Late actor Michael Clarke Duncan is set to star in his last film, “In the Hive” which will debut December 14. According to BET.com, the film, produced and directed by Robert Townsend, is based on a true story of an alternative school for troubled North Carolina youth. The story centers around a street character called […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A holiday concert attended Sunday by President Barack Obama and his family included some non-traditional entertainment this year: a performance by South Korean rapper and Internet sensation PSY. PSY— wearing an all-red outfit including a sparkling, sequined top— was backed by dancers wearing reindeer antlers as he performed his popular “Gangnam Style” […]

Breath checks are no longer just a common social courtesy. Doctors are now using exhaled breath checks to detect colorectal cancer. A new study published in the British Journal of Surgery found that the exhaled breath of people with cancer contains unique patterns known as volatile organic compounds. “The technique of breath sampling is very […]

Charniele Herring has been elected the first black chairwoman of the Virginia’s Democratic Party. Herring is the first African American to ever head a major political party. She is a three-term state delegate. Herring was elected to the General Assembly in January 2009 and she is the first black woman from Northern Virginia ever elected […]

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Their dinner had just arrived as the two college professors watched their guests, a group of singers from the Georgia coast, unexpectedly turn saying grace into an outburst of song, rhythm and shouted praises that soon had other diners in the restaurant joining in with the impromptu performance. “Before you know […]