NASHVILLE– The man expected to be in the running to become the first African-American in the No. 2 position of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination didn’t choose to become a Southern Baptist. By Fred Luter Jr.’s account, it just sort of happened. In 1986, Luter was hired at the head pastor at Franklin Avenue Baptist […]

WASHINGTON — After much silence, the Obama administration is speaking out on the Weinergate scandal. White House press secretary Jay Carney said President Obama believes Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) was wrong to send a lewd photo over Twitter and then lie about it, but the continuing scandal surrounding it has become a distraction from important […]

A video is circulating the web of Atlanta mega-church Pastor, Eddie Long, randomly receiving a large stack of cash from a woman as an offering during one of his church services.

Though the release of thousands of Sarah Palin’s emails have done little to help her reputation as an airhead, an analysis of the former governor’s messages show her writing to be at an 8th grade level, higher then that of many corporate executives. HuffingtonPost.com reports: AOL Weird News brought samples to two writing analysts who […]

Rep Allen West, an African American Republican congressman from Florida, had a pro-gay Tweet, retweeted from his account over the weekend. The tweet was from the Scissor Sister, a homosexual dance group that read: “Dear Tracy Morgan’s son: if you are gay, you can TOTALLY come live with me. We’ll read James Baldwin & watch […]

Rapper sensation Wiz Khalifa recently took a trip to Barney’s New York, a popular department store, in Beverly Hills. Despite spending $16,000 on merchandise for his girlfriend Amber Rose and family, Wiz was later treated like a “thief” when browsing in the men’s department, according to Radar Online. A patron who was reportedly present at […]

Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings’ nephew was killed Friday morning at his off-campus apartment near Old Dominion University in Virginia.

And the saga continues… More photos of Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) have surfaced on the Internet, this time in the House of Representatives gym in Washington. The photos, which may be enough ammunition to charge Weiner on ethic violations, were sent to at least one woman, according to The New York Post. While the photos […]

PHILADELPHIA – In the minutes before giving his first commencement speech, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick professed to be more nervous than before a football game. He had nothing to worry about. A lovingly raucous crowd of several hundred cheered Vick throughout his remarks Friday to graduates of the alternative Camelot high schools at the […]

Rapper DeAndre “Soulja Boy” Way recently lashed out at Facebook users yesterday over racist slurs and messages he claims he received from “racists” on the networking site.

NEW YORK — President Obama is on a mission to win back the allegiance of his most vital sources of campaign cash. A few weeks before announcing his re-election campaign, Obama met with two dozen Wall Street executives to get their thoughts on how to speed up the economic recovery. During the meeting, which lasted […]

A recent picture of a McDonald’s bag that claimed African Americans were given a $1.50 surcharge as an insurance measure due to a recent string of robberies is a hoax. The picture quickly spread over Twitter, where it was given the hashtag, #seriouslymcdonalds which led the McDonald’s public relations team to quickly discredit the photo. […]