ATLANTA — With helicopters hovering overhead, police moved into a downtown Atlanta park and arrested around 50 Occupy Wall Street protesters who had been encamped there for about two weeks early Wednesday.

While nursing home admissions is on the rise for Black, Latino and Asian elders, admissions for white elders fell 10 percent causing some to ask is there white flight in nursing homes. See also: Americans ‘Very Concerned’ GOP Budget Will Force Elderly From Nursing Homes A new study published in Health Affairs, a journal on health […]

Over 300 college football and basketball players are now demanding that the NCAA come out and share a piece of their multi-billion dollar economic pie. Scores of athletes have signed a petition asking the NCAA to “realize its mission to educate and protect us with integrity.” Players from prominent athletic programs such as Kentucky and […]

A woman who appeared on Dr. Drew’s television show recently revealed a sexual fetish technique that she says drive men crazy. “Massive Mocha” says that men ask her to sit on them until they feel they are going to pass out from loss of breath in an act called “Squashing.” They then tap her and […]

TOLEDO, Ohio — Joe the Plumber is plunging into politics because he thinks it’s about time America had a few mechanics, bricklayers and, yes, plumbers in Congress. RELATED: The Fraud of Joe the Plumber Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher was thrust into the political spotlight after questioning Barack Obama about his economic policies during the 2008 presidential […]

ATLANTA — A vaccine against cervical cancer hasn’t been all that popular for girls. It may be even a harder sell for boys now that it’s been recommended for them too.

50 Cent is well known for his business ventures outside of music, however, his latest is unlike the rappers many projects in the music, fashion and cologne industries. See also: 50 Cent: Oral Sex Remarks Were Not Anti-Gay 5o’s latest venture, “Playground”, is a new book focused on bullying and aimed at teenager readers. “The scenarios […]

INDIANAPOLIS  — College athletes are outperforming other students in the classroom, and they’re doing it at a record rate. Eighty-two percent of freshman athletes who entered school in 2004-05 earned degrees within six years, according to the NCAA’s newest Graduation Success Rate. The report, released Tuesday, also shows that the four-year graduation rate hit 80 percent […]

WASHINGTON — Seeking to shore up support among cash-strapped college graduates and students struggling with rising tuition costs, President Barack Obama is outlining a plan to allow millions of student loan recipients to lower their payments and consolidate their loans.

Close to five years after the shooting death of Sean Bell on his wedding day, his former fiancee, Nicole Paultre Bell, said that it was a “nightmare” to sit through the NYPD disciplinary trial. See Also: Will Smith In Sequel To Independence Day See Also: Black Travel: Explore Harlem USA “It can get overwhelming,” Bell, […]

OAKLAND, Calif. — The scene was calm but tense early Wednesday as a crowd of hundreds of protesters dwindled to just a few dozen at the site of several clashes between authorities and supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement a night earlier. Police in riot gear stood watch only a few yards away from […]