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Stewart returned “The Daily Show” to New York last night after a week in Washington D.C., and didn’t waste any time doing what he does best: exposing Fox News for their hypocrisies.

The pastor of a Georgia mega-church has publicly announced he is gay. Jim Swilley, bishop of Conyers’ Church in the Now, said he hopes his coming out will change attitudes toward homosexuality.

NOTE: Keep this page bookmarked as we will be updating it throughout the day and evening! ——- UPDATE 10:47p ET: Russ Feingold, Liberal Lion of the Senate, Unseated By Republican Ron Johnson in Wisconsin. MSNBC has declared the Wisconsin senate race for Republican Ron Johnson. They have also declared Indian-American Nikki Haley (R) the winner […]

A doll was found hanging by a noose in front of an African American church in Washington D.C. The Washington Post reports: Laurel police were trying Monday to determine who hung a doll from a noose in front of an African American church on Laurel Park Drive late Saturday or early Sunday, authorities said. A […]

ATLANTA (AP) — The megachurch pastor accused of luring four young men into sexual relationships categorically denied the allegations for the first time in a court filing Monday, saying he was only a mentor to the men who filed civil lawsuits against him. Bishop Eddie Long has for weeks vowed he would fight the lawsuits […]

Spike Lee put Bedford-Stuyvesant on the cinematic map, but some teens think he sold out the neighborhood with his Brooklyn-themed Absolut Vodka promo.

Shannon Tavarez, the 11-year-old Broadway singer whose fight against cancer drew the attention of Alicia Keys and Rihanna, has died.

The rapper T.I. has reported for a second time to a federal prison to serve time for a weapons violation.

A struggling mom who wrote to President Obama about her financial hardship and received a handwritten response from him saying, “Things will get better!,” has had to sell the letter to an autograph dealer to help pay for a house.

The majority of states require voters to vote at a designated voting location. This location is determined by the address you used when registering to vote. Vote411 has a poll finder and other related election information, ideal for last minute information.

ATLANTA (AP) – On the Sunday before Election Day, preachers told black churchgoers across America to get out and vote — and defy predictions that they’ll be complacent or uninterested in a year that President Barack Obama isn’t on the ballot. Tying the vote to nostalgia and obligation, black pastors invoked the civil rights movement […]

Authorities say a driver enraged because a 17-year-old boy allegedly egged his Mercedes on Halloween fatally shot the “prankster” in the neck and throat as he tried to run away.