VIA: CNN.COM Oslo, Norway– President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway on Thursday but acknowledged the questions surrounding the award. Obama, along with first lady Michelle Obama, walked into Oslo City Hall at 1 p.m. to a trumpet fanfare and sustained applause. “I receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility,” he […]
VIA: Creative Loafing Atlanta If you live in Virginia-Highland or Midtown, it’s easy to take your grocery store for granted. You’ve got Trader Joe’s on Monroe Drive. Whole Foods is across the street from City Hall East. Don’t want to go to the Publix on Ponce de Leon Avenue? You can visit the grocer’s other […]
VIA: AJC.com Movie producer Tyler Perry announced on his Web site that his mother, Willie Maxine Perry, died Tuesday. She was 64. “Thank you for all your prayers,” Perry said on the “e-mail messages from Tyler” section of his online site tylerperry.com. Perry said he based his most popular — and notorious — character, Madea, […]
VIA: AJC.com The strip club manager charged in the death of Ashley “A.J.” Jewell spoke publicly about the case for the first time Monday, saying he feared for his life while fighting with the former fiance of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” cast member Kandi Burruss. “[Jewell]’s not the victim. I’m the victim,” Frederick Richardson, charged […]
VIA: AccessAtlanta.com A Nashville judge has dismissed a misdemeanor domestic violence charge against gospel singer BeBe Winans after determining he had seen a counselor as required by prosecutors. The 47-year-old Winans, of Nashville, had been accused of pushing his ex-wife to the ground Feb. 13 during an argument about their children. General Sessions Judge Gloria […]
President Obama and the Obama family participated in their first lighting of the National Christmas Tree on Thursday. The lighting of the tree is a tradition that dates back to the Coolidge administration in 1923. The ceremony took place on the Ellipse just south of the White House, with Michelle Obama and the Obamas’ daughters […]
VIA: CNN.com An elections board certified Kasim Reed on Saturday as the winner of the Atlanta mayoral runoff election by a margin of 620 votes. Barry Garner, director of Fulton County’s elections board, told CNN on Saturday that former state senator Reed was declared the winner of last Tuesday’s runoff election against City Councilwoman Mary […]
Chris Brown appeared on “20/20” this past Friday and spoke about ex-girlfriend Rihanna, his new album, “Graffiti” and other topics. Check out the full interview here.
VIA: AJC.com Michael Vick was back in Atlanta Sunday. Perhaps you heard? And he wound up far more than a bit player on the stage where he once starred. The former Falcons quarterback, wearing the familiar No. 7 in the unfamiliar green uniform of the Philadelphia Eagles, recorded his first touchdowns of the season, one […]
VIA: New York Times Johnny R. Williams, 30, would appear to be an unlikely person to have to fret about the impact of race on his job search, with companies like JPMorgan Chase and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago on his résumé. But after graduating from business school last year and not having […]