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Lions center Dominic Raiola has been accused of making obscene and homophobic remarks to Wisconsin band members who were performing during Sunday’s game at Green Bay, and the team is investigating the matter. The Lions released a statement on Monday acknowledging that they’ve heard complaints about Raiola’s behavior at Lambeau Field. “We are aware of […]
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale University hopes to solve a case of whodungit by identifying the stinker who has been soiling students’ laundry by sticking human feces inside clothes dryers. The culprit has been dubbed the “poopetrator” and is being blamed for at least four incidents in the past month in the laundry room […]
Should Condoleeza Rice be allowed to serve on the College Football Playoff selection committee? The answer is definitely “no” if you listened to ESPN analyst David Pollack who said women don’t “belong” on the committee, which includes Rice, a former U.S. Secretary of State. Pollack warned the audience he was about to say something unpopular […]
The National Black Church Initiative has a stern message for folks who have been critical of Tavis Smiley and Cornel West: Leave them alone. “Take your hands off these brothers,” the NBCI says in a statement. “They Are Our Black Princes.” The National Black Church Initiative, (NBCI) a faith-based coalition of 34,000 churches comprised of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The NFL says it will meet with representatives of an Indian tribe from New York that is campaigning for the Washington Washington Football Team to change their nickname. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy says Monday a meeting was scheduled for next month and could happen sooner. The Oneida Indian Nation held a symposium […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A motorcyclist accused of smashing a window and catalyzing a bloody encounter between a group of bikers and an SUV driver was arraigned Sunday on gang assault and other major charges, which his lawyer said were overblown. The fourth person arrested so far in a case held up as a highway […]
WOBURN, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts court issued an arrest warrant Monday for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as prosecutors sought to preserve their right to try him on state charges in the killing of a police officer for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tsarnaev, 20, remains in custody after pleading not guilty to […]
Diddy is doing his part to make sure our kids of today become CEOs tomorrow. According to reports, the music mogul linked up with the…
The debt limit is the total amount of money that the United States government is authorized to borrow to meet its existing legal obligations, including…
Round-the-way rapper and gazillionaire entrepreneur Curtis Jackson, a.k.a. 50 Cent (pictured), will be mentoring a transgender teen in a new six-part reality series that will…
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Investigators are trying to determine what triggered a “running gun battle” at a Central California motorcycle club’s annual dance that left one man dead, a dozen others wounded and hundreds of partygoers scrambling for cover. As the first of more than 100 law enforcement officers arrived early Saturday morning, shots were […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Josh Freeman has a new team, Minnesota has a new young quarterback and Tampa Bay has moved on. This was quite the eventful bye week for the Vikings and Buccaneers. Freeman’s agent, Erik Burkhardt, revealed the move in an exclamatory one-word tweet about his client Sunday night: “Vikings!!!” Burkhardt then confirmed to […]
