If the states of Colorado and Washington have their way, a lot of street pharmacists are about to be out of business because marijuana will be coming to vending machine near you, reports Slate.com. California-based company Medbox, which already provides vending machines for medical marijuana, are assessing the legal hurdles they would need to cross […]
The numbers are in and the Oval Office dreams of failed GOP presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, ended with a number that he’s extremely familiar with: 47 Percent. According to Associated Press calculations, Romney managed to convince only 47.2 percent of voters that he was the right man to steer the country through war, recession, fiscal […]
Former NBA player Latrell Sprewell (pictured) was arrested for disorderly conduct on New Year’s Eve on a disorderly conduct charge for allegedly playing his music too loud at his Milwaukee home, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports. SEE ALSO: 2 Cops Shot On NYC Subway Following complaints from neighbors on the afternoon in question and fielding countless calls in the […]
The body of rising Atlanta rapper Yung Teddy, 23, (pictured) was discovered at his Austell, Ga., home on Wednesday evening; he had been shot to death. In a cryptic message about his life, the rapper sent out a tweet a day before stating that there were people who wanted him dead, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. SEE […]
Guess who’s decided to work after being yelled at? On Friday, the House of Representatives approved $9.7 billion in new aid for victims of Hurricane Sandy. The vote comes on the heels of Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) being met with a wave of scathing criticism from tri-state Republicans, with the loudest critique […]
R&B songstress Fantasia Barrino (pictured) is hopping mad about the damage she feels the media is doing to her good name. Barrino is accusing the tabloids of making her out to be anti-gay marriage as a result of a comment she made via her Instagram account on Thursday, according to Billboard. SEE ALSO: NeNe Leakes Is […]
When soccer player Kevin-Prince Boateng (pictured right) heard monkey chants from the crowd in the stadium he was playing in Thursday afternoon in Busto Arsizio, Italy, he decided he couldn’t ignore the racism directed at him. SEE ALSO: Bobby Womack Diagnosed With Alzheimer’s So the Ghanian-German midfielder for A.C. Milan, stopped, kicked the soccer ball […]
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An explosive federal hate crime case in Mississippi from 2011 has sparked charges against a mob of young Whites who confessed to harassing and assaulting Blacks in the town of Jackson. On Thursday, a sixth member of the group pleaded guilty to charges of a conspiracy to commit a hate crime in federal court, reports […]
Two Manchester, Conn., twins figured it isn’t enough for them to share the same genes; they have to share the same girlfriend, too. But the arrangement got violent on New Year’s Eve, according to The Hartford Courant reports. Aric Ryan Hale and Sean Peter Hale, both 28, were arrested after fighting over who would have […]
Statuesque “Real Housewives of Atlanta” breakout star NeNe Leakes (pictured left) is all giddy these days because on New Year’s Eve her ex-hubby, Gregg (pictured), put a ring on it, asking her to marry him once again, and she accepted! The blond-haired diva shared her news on Thursday during a segment on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.” SEE ALSO: Gabby […]
Jeffrey Blanck (pictured), a civil rights attorney in Reno, Nev., has become the first non-Black leader of the Reno-Sparks NAACP in the branch’s 66-year history, according to the group’s web page this week. Blanck will be replacing outgoing President Lonnie Feemster, who has just completed his last of four two-year terms at the organization. SEE […]
