PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Oregon’s incredible offense busted up Wisconsin and the record books on the way to the Ducks’ first Rose Bowl victory in 95 years. Darron Thomas passed for three touchdowns, De’Anthony Thomas scored on runs of 91 and 64 yards, and the No. 6 Ducks earned their first bowl victory under coach […]

NAPOLIS (AP) — Cleaning out the Colts front office may be only the start of the changes in Indianapolis. SEE ALSO: 31 Ways To Get Smarter Team owner Jim Irsay fired team vice chairman Bill Polian and his son, Chris, the Colts’ general manager on Monday. He said there was a good chance coach Jim […]

GOP Presidential candidate, Rick Santorum spoke to republicans in Iowa before the Iowa caucuses. Santorum told his audience that he would eliminate welfare. Santorum told the GOP crowd, ”I don’t want to make Black people’s lives better by giving them other people’s money, I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn […]

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — For most of her 100 years, Minka Disbrow tried to find out what became of the precious baby girl she gave up for adoption after being raped as a teen. SEE ALSO: 31 Ways To Get Smarter She hoped, but never imagined, she’d see her Betty Jane again. The cruel act […]

There are certainly ways to disagree with Obama administration policies without ad hominem attacks on Barack Obama the man or those who chose to support him. Saying those supporters would condone the president “raping a nun on live TV” not being among them. SEE ALSO: 31 Ways To Get Smarter Unfortunately, that was the approach […]

Oprah Winfrey is trying to save her struggling “OWN” network with a new TV show called “Oprah’s Next Chapter.” The reality show follows Oprah Winfrey across the world as she interviews politicians and celebrities. SEE ALSO: What’s In For 2012 The Week reports: The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) turned a year old on Sunday, but […]

Dennis Rodman, the former Detroit Pistons’ “Bad Boy,” is making a return to the court with a topless women’s basketball team, the New York Post reports. SEE ALSO: 20 Years Of  Black Lesbian Cinema Obama’s New Year’s Resolutions The former-NBA star dreamed up the team after hearing that strip joint Rick’s Cabaret launched a topless […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man in connection with dozens of suspected arson fires that have rattled Los Angeles residents since last week. SEE  ALSO: “Murderabilia” Sales Go Through The Roof A sheriff’s deputy stopped the driver of a van early Monday in Hollywood. The vehicle matched a description by witnesses, and […]

// While Curtis James Jackson III, aka 50 Cent, has just inked a major-distribution deal with Pepsi to expand his energy drink nationally, this latest venture only adds to the businessman’s ever-growing empire. SEE ALSO: Bankrupt Rapper Could Lose Name Last September, the rap mogul launched Street King with one goal in mind, to use its […]

LAGOS, Nigeria — Irate drivers in Africa’s most populous nation paid more than twice the usual price Monday after the government quietly removed a long-cherished consumer subsidy that had kept gas affordable, prompting fears of strikes and unrest. SEE ALSO: Man Pays Walmart With $1M Bill Gas powers Nigeria’s generators because the national electricity supply […]

NEW YORK— Aretha Franklin says she’s ready to tie the knot with longtime friend William “Willie” Wilkerson. Franklin told The Associated Press in a statement Monday that the pair was considering a summer wedding, perhaps on Miami Beach. The Queen of Soul wants to follow the ceremony with a reception on a private yacht. The […]

Canada’s Vancouver Eastside, where drug dealing, prostitution, and homelessness reign supreme, is known as Vancouver’s “square mile of vice.” This area also houses the city’s sole residential black community, and 70 percent of its residents are aboriginal.  According to the UK’s Daily Mail, the dumping ground for the city’s problems has now become part of a […]