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Celebrity stylist June Ambrose has landed her own show on VH1. The docu-reality series will follow the fashionista as she and her assistants revamp the looks of actors and artists. For the last 20 years, June has dressed Diddy, Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige and more. There’s not word if these A-listers will appear […]

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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick was sidelined during the third quarter of Sunday night’s game against the Atlanta Falcons after taking a hard hit to the head. As Vick walked to the locker room for medical attention after the hit, NBC showed that he was spitting blood. Sideline reporter Michele Tafoya reported that he was […]

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Television personality Tavis Smiley and political pundit Sean Hannity exchanged jabs against president Obama Thursday on Hannity’s FOX News television program. During the segment called is “President Obama Losing His Base?,” Hannity all but ignores Smiley’s real purpose of appearing on the show, to promote his new PBS special about the Black male achievement gap, […]

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A re-emergence of Squeegee men, panhandlers who wash the windshields of your car in hopes of a small tip, is signifying desperate times for the jobless in New York City. Groups of men are now flocking to the busy streets of Manhattan to make a few dollars, as many jobless did back in the 1980s […]

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Philadelphia Eagle defensive back Nnamdi Asomugha has been dubbed “the senator” by teammates due to his philanthropy involving youth and education. Asomugha has started “Asamugha College Tour for Scholars” which takes high school students on college tours. RELATED: Arsenio Hall, Stephen A. Smith Discuss Athletes And Philanthropy RELATED: Oprah Meets Billionaire Boys Club To Discuss Charity The […]

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The lovely Jada Pinkett-Smith turned 40 today joining the “40 & I Look Better Than You” club! Enjoy these photos of the actress, spokesmodel, mother and wife… Rumors that Jada and long-time husband Will Smith split recently hit the Internet, but were refuted when the couple insisted their marriage was in “intact.” More Jada: Will […]

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President Barack Obama announced in his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday that he plans to unveil how America will pay back its debt with his $447 million jobs bill. “It is a jobs bill that does two simple things: put more people back to work and more money back into the pockets of people […]

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One of the most incurable forms of cancer remains brain cancer and the average brain cancer survival rate period is 1-2 years. Still today, there is no recognized cure for this disease. Although treatment helps to improve the condition of the patient a little, there is no guarantee that it will be cured. Eleanor Mondale,  […]

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Guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. It’s the foundation of our justice system, built to serve and protect the wrongly accused. But in the case of Troy Davis, it’s a principle that has been defied, ignored and trampled on. Davis has captured considerable attention because of the doubt raised over whether he killed Mark MacPhail in […]

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A mere 12 percent of Americans approve of the way Congress is handling its job, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. Congress’ disapproval ratings match its all-time low, recorded in October 2008 at the height of the economic crisis. Only 6 percent of registered voters say that most members of Congress have […]

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While the death penalty has long been a hot-button political issue in the U.S., as of late it has not received as much attention as other controversial issues. In 2011, a number of high profile executions, as well as judges and politicians campaigning for office are once again making capital punishment a part of the mainstream political […]

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Jackson Davis V, a 12-year-old boy with an adventurous spirit and inquisitive mind is running a campaign to post the face of York, Lewis and Clark’s African-American enslaved manservant, on a postage stamp. In February of 2011, Davis’s class at Lowell Elementary School was assigned to do a report on the Lewis and Clark expedition. […]