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TERRELL, Texas (AP) — A man accused of killing his mother, aunt and three other people before police arrested him early Tuesday following a high-speed chase has a long criminal history that includes a conviction for assaulting a family member. Court records don’t indicate which family member Charles Everett Brownlow Jr. was convicted of assaulting […]

R&B bad boy Chris Brown is no stranger to trouble. He was recently shipped off to rehab for anger management after getting arrested for a…

10/31/13- Comedian Chris Paul gives us hilarious take on the day’s hottest topic including O.J. Simpson losing his home to foreclosure, the Gaye lawsuit against Robin Thicke and Wendy Williams’ claim that she’s been racially profiled.

The long departed but much beloved Showtime series “Soul Food” that took up where the movie left off with a new cast ran for five seasons, the only Black drama on broadcast television to ever do so. Boris Kodjoe, Malinda Williams, Nicole Ari Parker, Rockmund Dunbar, and Darrin Henson, who played Lem, have all moved […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker, who became a rising star in the Democratic Party as mayor of Newark, N.J., has come to Washington. Booker, 44, will be sworn in as a U.S. senator at noon Thursday. He won a special election Oct. 16 to fill out the term of the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg. Vice […]

If You Missed It, Originals

10/31/13- Dear Tom, Faye and I are childhood friends who grew up in New Orleans. We both went J.F.K. high school and then college at Southern University. Faye majored in Accounting I studied Social Welfare and now work in the medical field. Faye MET a nice man named Kevin who was in the Army, they […]

10/31/13- Huggy Lowdown has picked out the perfect costumes for Tom Joyner, Sybil Wilkes and J. Anthony Brown! Listen to find out what he chose!

For IPAD/IPHONE users: Shopping while black, let’s talk about that. Every time it hits the news, every time it happens; even when it’s someone famous, there are people who loath to believe that this even happens in America and because we’re so skeptical that it happens, we perpetuate it even encourage it. In our personal […]

TV & Film

Queen Latifah dressed up as Oprah Winfrey and surprised her Halloween show audience by giving everyone a new car. A new toy car. As part of her special “Halloween Fit for a Queen” episode, airing Thursday, October 31, Latifah pays homage to queens across time, including Nefertiti, Queen Elizabeth and the one and only “Queen […]

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CNN is reporting Michael Moore, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, will be making an announcement in regards to the mysterious death of Georgia teen Kendrick Johnson. Johnson was found dead inside of rolled-up mat inside of his school’s gymnasium in Valdosta, GA. Moore is expected to make his announcement at 1pm […]

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

Today marks the anniversary that basketball great Earl Lloyd, Sr. became the first African-American in the NBA. Lloyd, who was a student at West Virginia State College, was chosen as a 9th round draft pick by the Washington Capitols. He was unaware that he was chosen until a fellow student on campus mentioned a rumor […]

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One North Dakota woman’s home is one children will be avoiding on Halloween because not only is she limiting the amount of candy she’s giving out; she’s handing out letters to the parents of overweight children to complain about their weight. The woman who is going by just “Cheryl” explained to a local radio station, […]