LOS ANGELES-Kobe Bryant‘s wife, Vanessa, has accused her husband of having sex with a total of 105 women while the two were still married. According to reports, Vanessa hired a private detective who found photos of Kobe cheating during the recent NBA lockout. PopularCritic reports: “[Vanessa] estimated that he was averaging at least 10 affairs […]

On his MSNBC show, activist and media personality, the Reverend Al Sharpton discussed Ron Paul’s racist newsletters and their implications. Clearly Sharpton believes that Ron Paul has some explaining to do, pointing out that he was bragging about the newsletters in 1995, while denying knowledge of them today. Rachel Maddow also discussed the racist newletters […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Friday approved a two-month renewal of payroll tax cuts for every American worker and unemployment benefits for millions, steering President Barack Obama toward a convincing victory over Republicans controlling the House. RELATED: GOP Give Xmas Gift to Obama The measure, expected to be cleared for Obama’s signature by the […]

LOS ANGELES — Melanie Amaro has “The X Factor.” SEE ALSO: The Disappearing Black Journalist The powerful 19-year-old vocalist from Sunrise, Fla., won the Fox talent competition Thursday over soulful 30-year-old singer Josh Krajcik of Wooster, Ohio. Amaro, who was mentored by judge Simon Cowell and was at one point eliminated then reinstated to the […]

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Police fired tear gas at supporters of Congo’s top opposition leader Friday as he planned to inaugurate himself president despite officially losing the poll, a move that observers fear could spark more election-related violence in the mineral-rich central African nation. SEE ALSO: The Disappearing Black Journalist Some 1,000 supporters gathered near […]

NEW YORK (AP) — When New York undercover officers and informants were infiltrating a mosque in Queens in 2006, they failed to notice the increasingly radical sentiments of a young man who prayed there. Police also kept tabs on a Muslim student group at Queens College, but missed a member’s growing anti-Americanism. SEE ALSO: To […]

DETROIT (AP) — Kid Rock is teaming up with a Detroit church to give away hundreds of gift baskets and retail gift certificates to needy families in the area where he got his start and still calls home. The musician’s nonprofit organization joined Hartford Memorial Baptist Church on Wednesday to distribute 100 gift certificates for […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Character actor and Hollywood dialect coach Robert Easton, whose successes include teaching Forest Whitaker to speak like Idi Amin in the 2006 movie “The Last King of Scotland,” has died in Los Angeles. He was 81. SEE ALSO: The 9-to-5 Workday About To Be Gone? Daughter Heather Woodruff Perry tells the Los […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Reggie Wayne will always remember Thursday night’s catch. SEE ALSO: The 9-to-5 Workday About To Be Gone? The man with the expiring contract caught a 1-yard touchdown pass from Dan Orlovsky with 19 seconds left, giving the Colts their only lead of the game in a 19-16 victory over AFC South champion […]