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BALTIMORE-David Simon, the creator of the critically acclaimed TV series, “The Wire” has addressed Eric Holder’s request for a new season of “The Wire.” At a recent conference on the impacts of drugs and families, with “The Wire” stars Wendell Pierce and Sonja Sohn, Holder begged for a new season of the show. Both Holder […]

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has turned away the latest attempt by actor Wesley Snipes to get his conviction and prison sentence on tax charges overturned. LINK: Jill Scott Reveals Her 3 Most Memorable Black Moments The high court refused Monday to hear an appeal from Snipes, convicted in 2008 on three misdemeanor counts of […]

MIAMI-Elizabeth Hunt was arrested in South Florida for selling marijuana out of the Subway restaurant she worked for. The New York Daily News reports: Cops said customers who wanted their subs with a side of green would say the password while ordering and then drop $10 into Hunt’s tip jar. “The ‘extra meat’ was a […]

WASHINGTON – Guests at next week’s White House state dinner will dine on lettuce and other veggies from the first lady’s garden. LINK: BLACK MUSIC MOMENTS #67: LaFace Records Founded Michelle Obama invited a group of Native American children to her plot on Friday to help plant what are called the “three sisters” — corn, […]

BIRMINGHAM, AL– Bishop Eddie Long announced Sunday that the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church will be starting a satellite church in Birmingham, Alabama.

OCEANSIDE, N.Y. – A woman was reported in critical condition in New York following a weekend accident where several inflatable “bounce houses” took flight during a children’s soccer tournament. Police say 13 people were sent to hospitals following the accident Saturday at a festival sponsored by the Oceanside United Soccer Club on Long Island. Most […]

HOUSTON — A West Point cadet is suing veteran R&B diva Patti LaBelle, saying she ordered her bodyguards to beat him up as he waited for a ride home outside a Houston airport terminal. The lawsuit alleges the cadet, Richard King, was waiting for his brother and father to pick him up outside one of […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — The bodies were removed many months ago, but the stench of them still clings to the boarded-up house on Imperial Avenue. The smell surfaces every so often: a reminder of the horrors that unfolded here in November 2009, when police began pulling the remains of 11 women from the depths of this […]

MICHIGAN-Police in Michigan are using a device that can extract cell phone data. The ACLU has filed a suit against Michigan police for violating people’s civil liberties. ABC News reports: A high-tech gadget that can quickly download information from a cellphone is at the center of a controversy that’s pitting civil liberties advocates against state […]

Satoshi Kanazawa, the psychologist who caused a great deal of controversy with his article on why African American women are unattractive has been fired from Psychology Today, where the article first surfaced. Huliq reports: And now Satoshi Kanazawa’s lost his blog and his profile page has been deleted from Psychology Today’s website. His article and […]

NEW YORK– John Edwards rejected a plea deal in which he would have plead guilty to three misdemeanor charges because it would have put him behind bars for six months, according to a report.

CHICAGO — Rod Blagojevich’s corruption retrial heads into a critical stage, with the prosecution set to begin cross-examining the ousted Illinois governor in depth on Monday.