It seemed like another regular day in the life of the Mack family.  It was Saturday morning, and my mother had just cooked breakfast for my brother and me.  After cleaning the apartment, it was time for her to take us on the normal Saturday errands.  The post office, the dry cleaners, and the grocery […]

Ten years since the passing of R&B songstress Aaliyah, Rap Mogul Damon Dash sits down with Billboard’s The Juice to remember his then-girlfriend. In the interview Dash recalls meeting Aaliyah, managing their hectic schedules, the pain he felt when she passed and whether he would do it all over again. “She was intelligent and she caught […]

JENA, La. — This small Louisiana town doesn’t look much different than it did five years ago: The same small businesses open their doors six days a week, except for Sundays, when most people head to Jena’s many churches. The upcoming high school football season is the main topic of conversation. Things have mostly gotten […]

The Obama Administration may propose a plan to allow allow millions of homeowners with government-backed mortgages to refinance them at about 4 percent. The plan could save homeowners as much as $85 billion each year, TheDailyBeast.com reports. The proposal is likely, however, to face fierce resistant from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s regulator and investors […]

WASHINGTON — The nation’s capital has prepared for emergencies with sleek communication systems, intelligence fusion centers and chemical detention centers at train stations. What showed during the 5.8-magnitude quake that shook much of the East Coast on Tuesday was that evacuating during an emergency could tax the city’s resources. Traffic was snarled for miles in […]