National
Long-time friend Deepak Chopra examines Michael Jackson and the “God feeling.”
Southern Baptist Convention leaders are proud of his election yet leery of President Barack Obama‘s policies.
The city council in the nation’s capital voted Tuesday to recognize same-sex marriages from states that approve them, a step that could propel the emotional issue into Congress and draw Democrats into a culture-wars battle with each other. Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry cast the lone council vote against recognizing same-sex marriages. He called it […]
The mayor of Mississippi’s largest city was taken from his home in an ambulance on the same day he lost his bid for re-election in a contentious Democratic primary that came a week before his second federal trial. Mayor Frank Melton’s attorney, John Reeves, said Tuesday he would not discuss his client’s condition because it […]
A 21-year-old man was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday after police said he snatched up his ex-girlfriend’s 3-month-old son during a fight and then threw the baby from his car on an interstate highway. The child’s lifeless body was found near Interstate 275 north of downtown Tampa early Tuesday. The man, Richard A. McTear Jr., […]
Basketball legend Dave Bing, elected as Detroit’s third mayor in less than a year, promises swift and decisive action once he officially assumes the Motor City’s top post. But restoring fiscal responsibility to this cash-strapped Rust Belt city that’s notorious for fiscal mismanagement won’t be easy for the 65-year-old political novice, who swept incumbent Ken […]
The New York chapter of the Council For American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is hosting their annual banquet and fundraiser this Saturday, May 9th at Vanderbilt Hall of the NYU Law School. If you are in the New York City area this weekend, try to check it out! The keynote speaker, Hatem Bazian, is actually a distinguished […]
From the New York Daily News The head of the famed Brooklyn Steppers marching band – stars of President Obama’s inauguration parade – has been booted on suspicion of having sex with a teen band member, officials said. Tyrone Brown, 31, told the Daily News in an exclusive interview he is being smeared by “rumors […]
Amount of people in the U.S. diagnosed with swine flu: 253 Amount of people in the U.S. diagnosed with AIDS: 468,578 Amount of people who have died from swine flu this year in the U.S.: 1 Amount of people who have died from AIDS this year in the U.S.: 5,000 (est.) Amount of people worldwide […]
From New York Post.com: Gov. Paterson’s historically low ratings have sunk even deeper — with only 19 percent of New York voters approving of his performance, according to a Marist College poll released yesterday. In March, a Marist survey found his public approval rating to be a then-record-low 26 percent. Dr. Lee Miringoff, the poll’s […]