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If you thought the prospect of Chris Christie entering the race or Rick Perry’s weak debate performances have him in trouble, you haven’t seen anything yet. Rick Perry owns a family hunting camp that was once called “Niggerhead,” and he is in the middle of a deep controversy because of it. What makes it even […]

WOBURN, Mass. — A former Harvard University student was sentenced Friday to three years in prison after pleading guilty in connection with the 2009 fatal shooting of a Cambridge man during a drug robbery inside a dormitory. By pleading guilty Friday, Brittany Smith, 24, admitted she hid the gun used in the shooting of Justin […]

Police arrested a Washington couple this week on homicide by abuse and assault charges months after their 13-year-old adopted daughter was found dead at their residence. Larry P. Williams and Carri D. Williams’ adopted daughter Hana, who was adopted from Ethiopia in 2008 and came to America in search for a better life, was found […]

Ex-bullying victim turned Anti-bullying activist Nadin Khoury is speaking out. Khoury shared his thoughts on Jeremy Rodemeyer, a 14-year-old that committed suicide after being bullied for being gay, on MSNBC. Khoury himself knows the stress of being bullied after a camera-phone video of him being dragged through the snow surfaced online. “It’s not fair for anybody that’s […]

Sarah Palin publicly praised  Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain whose support seems to be growing nearly a week after he won Florida’s straw poll. Likening Cain to a media-fueled flavor of the week Palin, told Fox Business Network that she is one of Cain’s biggest fans. “I’m not saying that Herman Cain is the flavor […]

Last week Loop21.com asked “Why Can’t the Congressional Black Caucus Be More Like the Tea Party?” Today they are responding. Congressional Black Caucus communications director Stephanie L. Young, part of a new breed among the caucus, there to inject some fire into the 41-year-old organization spoke to us exclusively. When Young isn’t getting the word […]

By Matt E. Stevens District of Columbia residents earning more than $350,000 annually will have to dig a little deeper in their pockets around tax time. The D.C. Council approved the tax hike on the wealthy by a vote of 7-6 to generate more money for the city. The good news is that the increase […]

Long Island police fired multiple shots at two blood thirsty pit bulls that attacked a 62-year-old woman yesterday in a school parking lot. Sashi Sharma had just finished exercising at the schools track when she was attacked by the dogs in the parking lot. Sharma is in serious condition at Nassau University Medical Center with bites to […]

NEW YORK-Police say that former mental patient, Charles Burnett, robbed the same New York bank three days in a row and used the proceeds to live in a posh hotel and hire a chauffeur. Police also claim that Burnett used a chauffeur to drive him to his most recent heist. Cops Catch Alleged Bank Robber […]

News animation site Next Media Animation added fuel to the fire of a controversial race-based bake sale at UC Berkeley by releasing an animated video that explores the politics of Affirmative Action on Thursday. The video shows an animation of a white student paying attention in class while a Black students is sleeping next to […]

WASHINGTON — Consumer spending likely edged up slightly in August after posting a big jump in July that had eased fears that the United States might be flirting with another recession. The consensus forecast is that spending rose 0.2 percent and personal incomes gained a slight 0.1 percent in August. The new report will be […]

COSTA MESA, CA — A former model who was convicted of killing her husband, dismembering his body parts, and then cooking and eating them in 1991 is currently asking for parole. Omaima Aree Nelson is asking for parole for the second time after being denied in 2006. Prisoner Accused Of Threatening To Eat Obama KTLA reports: […]