Snoop Dogg was arrested Tuesday for investigation of illegally possessing a handgun and drugs as he left NBC Studios after performing on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” police said. The 35-year-old rapper, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, and two members of his entourage were arrested around 6 p.m. after a search of his […]
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Keith Ellison wants Koran at swearing-in
Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) became the first Muslim to be elected to the Congress by winning a Minnesota seat in the House of Representatives on Nov. 7 and he wants to make history again at his swearing-in ceremony. He wants to take the oath of office with his hand on the Koran, not the Bible. There […]
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Tracy Morgan caught sipping and swerving
“30 Rock” star and SNL alum Tracy Morgan was busted for drunk driving early this morning in New York. Police sources say comedian/actor was stopped at 4:38 AM in Manhattan after cops noticed he was driving erratically. According to the police report, Morgan “was unable to maintain a position in a lane of traffic.” Edison […]
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McGwire on Hall of Fame ballot
The debate over Mark McGwire’s possible induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame is not in full force as ballots for the Class of 2007 have been mailed to voters. The Associated Press surveyed about 20 percent of eligible voters, and only one in four who gave an opinion plan to vote for McGwire this […]
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Arson suspected in Anderson fire
Arson is suspected in an early morning fire broke out in a group home for the elderly and mentally ill Monday, killing 10 people and injuring two dozen others in a blaze that the governor said was being treated as a crime. Gov. Matt Blunt said investigators were treating the fire as suspicious. “We’re not […]
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Black leaders say no more “n-word”
Black leaders on Monday challenged the entertainment industry, including rappers, to stop use of the racial slur that Michael Richards uttered in his tirade. The Rev. Jesse Jackson and others said they will meet with TV networks, film companies and musicians to discuss the “n-word.” “We want to give our ancestors a present,” Jackson said […]
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Author Bebe Moore Campbell succumbs to cancer
Author Bebe Moore Campbell, who wrote non-fiction and novels that pointedly addressed social and racial issues, died in the midnight hours Monday at her California home from complications from brain cancer, according to her publicist. Campbell was 56. Campbell started her career as a journalist, writing for the New York Times Magazine, Black Enterprise, Essence, […]
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Opera great Robert McFerrin dies at 85
Robert McFerrin Sr., the first black man to sing solo at the New York Metropolitan Opera and the father of Grammy-winning conductor-vocalist Bobby McFerrin, has died. He was 85. He died Friday of a heart attack at a suburban St. Louis hospital, the funeral home handling his services confirmed Monday. In 1953, McFerrin won the […]
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McCrary denies AIDS rumor
Darius McCrary felt compelled to tell AOL Black Voices that he is not gay and that he does not have AIDS. Why? Because of rampant rumors being spread by an ex-girlfriend says McCrary, who played “Eddie Winslow” on the long-running ABC sitcom ‘Family Matters.’ The bogus e-mail said the popular actor of had AIDS and […]
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Roosevelt students awarded for lead poisoning work
‘Get the lead out’ contest inspires young minds By Don Fitz For the St. Louis American “Lead poisoning can lead to brain damage. Lead can make a child forget things and cause them to be unable to focus. Children will change the way they act when they become brain damaged.” That’s what Precious Walters wrote […]