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VIA: Dayton Daily News DAYTON — Federal agents on Thursday, Feb. 11, removed computers and several bins and boxes from the home of the Rev. Raleigh Trammell, the national board chairman of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Trammell is also chairman of the Dayton chapter of the SCLC and is a top official at the […]
Last night, E! aired the new “True Hollywood Story: Basketball Wives” episode. NBA wives and girlfriends spoke about the perks and hardships of their newfound lifestyles. Dwyane Wade’s ex-wife Siohvaughn Wade was on the show. And though their divorce is still pending and he has since been seen publicly with Gabrielle Union, she took the […]
VIA: AccessAtlanta If you’re planning to see Tyler Perry’s new play when it comes to Atlanta’s Fox Theatre in April, you need to be on time. Be. On. Time. “Sit the hell down!” Perry barked at late arrivals Tuesday night, breaking from character seconds after his entrance during the play’s stop in Macon. “Seven o’clock […]
VIA: New York Times WASHINGTON — The civil rights movement will come alive in song at the White House on Wednesday night, when President Obama plans to celebrate Black History Month with a star-studded concert. And it came alive in quiet conversation on Martin Luther King’s Birthday, when Mr. Obama installed a rare signed copy […]
VIA: People The Rev. Ricky Kirton, the pastor who performed the marriage of Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren, has a message for the troubled couple: “Forgive each other. Be there for each other, and it will work out.” After learning of the pair’s marital troubles, which came to light after the pro-golfer’s Thanksgiving car crash, […]
VIA: CNN.com LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — Dr. Conrad Murray, personal physician to Michael Jackson, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the pop star’s death last summer. A criminal complaint filed earlier Monday alleged that Murray “did unlawfully, and without malice, kill Michael Joseph Jackson.” Murray turned himself in shortly before 4 p.m. […]
VIA: New York Times Patty Griffin’s new gospel-infused album, “Downtown Church,” celebrates what she calls the largely untapped soul of American music. But it also honors one part of a holy trinity of musicians for Ms. Griffin, a singer and songwriter who is more at home in the world of crossing genres than crossing Jordan. […]
VIA: Alternet.com The opening night speaker at the Tea Party convention suggested a return to a “literacy test” to protect America from presidents like Obama — a segregation-era method employed by southern US states to keep blacks from voting. In his speech Thursday to attendees, former Republican congressman Tom Tancredo invoked the loaded pre-civil rights […]
VIA: CNN.com In the summer of 1943, when Adolf Hitler’s armies marched unchecked across Europe, a pastor in a remote New England village decided to write a prayer. “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,” he began, “the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know […]
VIA: Reuters With Washington blanketed by snow, President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were spending Sunday at the White House hosting a Super Bowl party. Democratic Senator Chris Dodd, Republican Congressman Joseph Cao and Democratic Senator Baron Hill were among the lawmakers invited to watch the telecast of the National Football League championship game […]
VIA: Miami Herald Philadelphia Eagles fullback Leonard Weaver made his first Pro Bowl this season and earned his first All-Pro honor. Weaver, however, does not consider himself an All-Pro when it comes to singing. “I’m about a 2 on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the worst,” Weaver cracked. Regardless of his […]
VIA: CNN.com Actress Brittany Murphy’s death was an accident caused by a combination of pneumonia, an iron deficiency and “multiple drug intoxication,” the Los Angeles County coroner said Thursday. The 32-year-old actress was found dead in her Hollywood Hills, California, home December 20. The short statement issued by the coroner’s office Thursday did not list […]