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The mission was to get Osama Bin Laden for ten years and the efforts were redoubled when President Obama instructed NAVY SEALs he wanted Osama delivered dead. But many people don’t know what NAVY SEALs are or what they do. U.S. attack helicopters crossed from Afghanistan into Pakistan on Sunday and inserted an elite Navy […]

GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio — The Ohio makers of James Brown’s signature capes are being sued over one the Godfather of Soul never got to wear. Brown’s daughter faces his longtime tailors in a Cleveland area small claims court on Friday. Deanna Brown Thomas tells The Plain Dealer newspaper of Cleveland she sued Curtis and Marilyn […]

NEW YORK-New York Mayor, Michael Bloomberg has launched a probe into the NYPD for giving a police motorcade for entertainer and businessman Diddy, real name Sean Combs. The New York Post Reports: “After being repeatedly rebuffed by police officers on the street — and a police lieutenant at the station house — a dry cleaner […]

LAS VEGAS-Carlos Barron is charged with attempted murder for shooting at the cast of “Repo Games” a reality show from the producers of “Jersey Shore” which debuts on Spike TV tonight. In the show, people who are having their cars repossessed have a chance to keep their cars by answering trivia questions. TMZ reports: Carlos […]

San Francisco — He isn’t gay, but Lil B naming his album “I’m Gay” hasn’t endeared him to many as he’s received death threats for the title. The rising hip-hop MC and former member of The Pack announced earlier in April that he planned to name his upcoming album “I’m Gay,” despite not being a […]

Maryland — The transgendered woman who was brutally attacked and suffered an apparent seizure in a McDonald’s in Maryland has spoken out. Chrissy Lee Polis, who is 22-years-old, says in the video that she was attacked under the false belief that she was flirting with another young girl’s man. The two young girls, both 14 […]

Los Angeles — A new pair of never before seen video footage of Tupac Shakur in jail during his prison stay for rape have been released. The videos hit the ‘net a few days ago and is broken up into three parts where Pac speaks candidly on various issues concerning the music business, Black community, […]

London — Who would have thought? Popular Young Money rapper Nicki Minaj who is currently on tour with Britney Spears has booked a private plane to fly to the Royal Wedding on April 29th between Prince William and Kate Middleton despite not being invited. She has apparently booked an apartment near to Westminster Abbey, where […]

California — Lindsay Lohan was freed from Lynwood Correctional Facility at 9:21 p.m. Friday night after posting $75,000 bail. The actress was sentenced earlier in the day to 120 days in jail for violating her probation by taking a necklace from a jewelry store. Judge Stephanie Sautner felt that when Lohan walked out of the […]

After Gwyneth Paltrow who is the child of a famous actress and a film producer as well as the godchild of Steven Spielberg, said that everything she has accomplished is because of her work ethic and not her privilege, African American blogger, Keli Goff, criticized her in a Huffington Post Blog, saying: In an age […]

Los Angeles — The long standing feud between directors Tyler Perry and Spike Lee is still as hot as their movies. Perry recently fired back at Lee telling him to “go to hell” after Lee said Perry’s movies “harken to the Amon n Andy” days. While Perry’s website message was vague and resilient, defending his […]

What is the best show in TV that you’re probably not watching right now? The answer would be “Treme”, a fictional drama set in the jazz scenes, restaurants and storm-ravaged wards of post Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. Here are five reasons why you should investigate this fine piece of television. 1) It’s an education on […]