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ATLANTA (AP) — An Atlanta woman has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for pimping a teenage girl. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports 25-year-old Jessica Loren Posey was sentenced Monday and is ordered to serve five years of supervised release. The woman is also ordered to pay $1,200 in restitution to the victim, […]
ESPN analyst Chris Broussard is facing some heat after comments he made about Jason Collins‘ homosexuality on-air during an ESPN telecast. In an episode of Outside the Lines, Broussard expressed his beliefs on homosexuality. Broussard said, “If you’re openly living that type of lifestyle, the Bible says you know them by their fruits, it says […]
CHICAGO (AP)- A scheduling change means both former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandi Jackson, will be sentenced on the same day in Washington federal court. The former congressman’s sentencing was rescheduled on Friday. He was to be sentenced on June 28 but now will appear on July 1. Sandi Jackson was […]
Are more women going under the knife to get Michelle Obama’s arms? According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, people in the U.S. spent $11 billion on the cosmetic procedures alone. But the society chose to highlight one procedure that is less familiar: the upper arm-lift. In 2012, 15,457 patients, 98% of them women, spent a total […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is commending NBA veteran Jason Collins for becoming the first active male player in the four major American professional sports to come out as gay. White House spokesman Jay Carney called that decision courageous and says the White House supports Collins. He says he hopes the 34-year-old center’s team […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu‘s foundation says the anti-apartheid hero was released from a hospital in Cape Town on Monday following five days of successful treatment for a persistent infection. The Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation said a battery of tests to determine the underlying cause of the infection, and its persistence, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — NBA veteran Jason Collins became the first active male player in the four major American professional sports to come out as gay. The 34-year-old center, who has played for six teams in 12 seasons, wrote a first-person account that was posted on Sports Illustrated’s website Monday. Collins finished the season with […]
The Oakland Unified School District is getting some unwanted attention after a video surfaced of a fight between a 7th grade female student and a male substitute teacher at the Alliance Academy, a middle school known for its horrible reputation, reports CBS affiliate KPIX5. With 360 students, and an extraordinarily high teacher turnover rate, 5 students have […]
Compton, Calif (AP)- Before he suddenly surfaced in the race for mayor of this hardscrabble Los Angeles suburb, Rodney Allen Rippy’s name was likely to evoke that question inspired by that class of former child stars who didn’t die young, end up in jail or a celebrity rehab series: “Whatever happened to that guy?” Rippy […]
Former Marine Romel Smith says he’s paid nearly $30,000 in child support for a child who isn’t his. Smith, learned that an unnamed 15-year-old girl wasn’t his daughter when she was 4-years-old after his mother prompted him to get a paternity test. However, despite the child not being his, Ill. law forced him to pay […]
Barry Browner, a Georgia teacher and coach has been fired over his involvement in a Harlem Shake video. Despite the firing, Browner is in good spirits, tweeting: “I think I will be ok…. I’m well versed EDUCATED and dont Stutter…..” Adding, “Crazy 24 hours…….just glad I got real friends and family. …:-):-):-).” Browner was initially […]
WASHINGTON — America’s blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election in which blacks strongly supported President Barack Obama while many whites stayed home. Had people voted last November at the same rates […]
