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DETROIT — A childhood trip to Paris gave Torya Blanchard the inspiration to quit her job teaching and start her own creperie business. ALSO READ: Lohan Rejects Plea Offer

New York — A fight erupted on a New York City subway when two young girls were eating spaghetti and were called out on it by an older lady. PARTNER LINKS: Rose McGowan Photos The lady abruptly called the two young women “animals” for eating on the train. The two young women proceeded to confront […]

Want to start your own fashion line? An article on Black Enterprise.com features a slideshow with ten fashion tips for the aspiring Sean Johns, Baby Phats, and Rocawears out there. Go check it out! RELATED: Plus Size Models Show Debut At Fashion Week Controversy Surrounding Essence Hiring White Fashion Director

Just when you thought it was safe to go back on Facebook– ALSO READ: Chris Brown Apologizes For GMA Outburst

Wilmington, North Carolina- The Black Newspaper Publishers are seeking pardon for a group of 10 civil rights activists who spent almost a decade in prison for allegedly burning down a white-owned business in 1971. PARTNER LINK: Juliette Lewis Photos Convicted of arson and conspiracy, the “Wilmington Ten” were exonerated in 1980 after Amnesty International took […]

PHILADELPHIA — A jailed Philadelphia abortion doctor will sell his $900,000 beach home if he needs cash to defend himself in a capital murder case but will freeze other assets indefinitely amid a wrongful-death lawsuit, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Washington — Bolivian President Evo Morales and Russian lawmaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky are two of the many political figures who are calling for President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize to be revoked after the Libyan bombings. RELATED: Shortest Celebrity Marriages “These developments in Libya are another outrageous act of aggression by NATO forces and, in particular, the […]

SAN FRANCISCO — A key government witness in the Barry Bonds perjury trial testified Wednesday that he saw the home run king’s personal trainer leave Bonds’ bedroom at spring training with a syringe in 2000. PARTNER LINK: Juliette Lewis Photos Steve Hoskins said that when he saw Bonds and his personal trainer, Greg Anderson, coming […]

Washington — A 22-year-old U.S. soldier pleaded guilty Wednesday to the murders of three unarmed Afghan civilians in a war crimes probe that implicates a dozen members of his platoon and has raised some of the most serious criminal allegations to come from the war in Afghanistan. ALSO READ: Justin Bieber, Rihanna Team Up For […]

Broward County, Florida– A school board chairwomen has admitted to using a derogatory slur in front of colleagues in 2007. According to reports filed about the incident, while serving as a Transportation specialist, Ann Murray referred to the upper deck seating at Sun Life Stadium as “n—- heaven.” ALSO READ: Justin Bieber, Rihanna Team Up […]

Atlanta — A nine-year-old girl risked her life and lost her leg after saving her younger sister from being hit by a car. PARTNER LINKS: Shortest Celebrity Marriages Both young girls were hit by a pickup truck, but nine-year-old Anaiah Rucker shielded her younger sister Camry Harden from any injuries. The crash led to her […]

WORCESTER, Mass. — The NAACP’s newly revived Worcester chapter elected a 28-year-old openly gay black man as its president this month. In New Jersey, a branch of the organization outside Atlantic City chose a Honduran immigrant to lead it last year. And in Mississippi, the Jackson State University chapter recently turned to a 30-something white […]