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Hadiya Pendleton, the 15-year-old Chicago teen who was gunned down in South Side Chicago’s Harsh Park on Tuesday afternoon after school, appeared in a 2008 anti-gang PSA when she was in the 6th grade. In the video, titled ‘THINK SMART,’ Hadiya and a classmate share statistics on gang violence and the importance of thinking smart. Other […]
Carolyn Lund has seen hesitant boys who believe the harp is a sissy instrument, pluck a string and fall in love with what their hands can do. Under her tutorage boys and girls who have never heard or seen a harp proudly perform to packed auditoriums. As director of the Urban Youth Harp Ensemble, Lund […]
Atlanta Public School officials have confirmed that there has been a shooting at Price Middle School in Atlanta. Atlanta police are reporting that two individuals were shot. A 14-year-old student was shot in the back of the neck around 1:50 p.m. EST and was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital. The student’s condition is unknown. A […]
DALLAS (AP) — The 22-year-old son of former NBA player Nick Van Exel is on trial for capital murder in the shooting death of a longtime friend. Nickey Maxwell Van Exel was arrested in December 2010 in the death of Bradley Bassey Eyo. Police said Eyo’s body was found with a gunshot wound at Lake […]
This trial for the killer of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin could be delayed even further. It’ll be almost a year ago that the black teen was walking home on a dark evening in Stafford, Fla and was fatally shot. George Zimmerman is the gunman, a neighborhood watchman who initially claimed he was defending himself, despite orders […]
Women are always flocking to the latest beauty craze to make themselves appear more beautiful. From concrete butt implants to miles and miles of sewn…
An unidentified Brazilian woman is being sued by her husband for allegedly trying to kill him, reports the UK Mirror. And what was the woman’s weapon…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver apologized Wednesday for anti-gay remarks he made during a Super Bowl media day interview a day earlier. “The derogatory comments I made yesterday were a reflection of thoughts in my head, but they are not how I feel,” he said in a statement released by the […]
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe‘s finance ministry said it has just $217 left in its accounts after paying the nation’s civil servants and government employees earlier this month. Finance Minister Tendai Biti said the monthly salaries cleared out government earnings and tax revenues in January when he made an appeal Tuesday for foreign donors to […]
With her husband by her side, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) gave a moving opening testimony before today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence. The couple then stopped by the White House for an Oval Office visit with President Barack Obama. White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters that President Obama was looking forward […]
Damn, Deena Barnes, what kind of big sister are you? Scores of people following the trial of a man named Michael Maurice Johnson are asking that same question. And Phylicia Barnes’ ghost might be asking the same thing. Phylicia, only 16 when she went missing in late December of 2010, was Deena’s baby sis. Phylicia’s […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say three people have been shot at an office complex. Their conditions are unknown and there is no suspect in custody. Officer James Holmes says the victims were taken to hospitals. He didn’t know if their injuries are life threatening. Holmes says police so far believe there was only one […]
