FROM CNN.com: All hail to the king and queen — of catfish.

FROM AOLNews.com: Middle-class black Americans dipped into their retirement accounts to stay afloat during the recession at a higher rate than their white counterparts did, broadening the “retirement gap” between whites and African-Americans, according to a new study.

Sports writers and radio hosts are calling Floyd “Money” Mayweather everything but chicken sh*t, claiming the fight of the century between him and Manny Paquiao is being stalled by Mayweather.  This mega fight was supposed to happen last year, but Pacquiao refused to submit to Olympic-style drug testing. Now Bob Arum, Pacuiao’s promoter, says Pacquiao will commit to the testing, […]

FROM WWLP.com: Sarah Palin may have coined a new word that may one day end up in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

Wyatt Cenac, writer and correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, gave Newsone an exclusive interview. Cenac discusses topics ranging from his “inner alcoholic” to  political activism in hip hop. He talks about his background and how he ended up at his current gig on The Daily Show. Get more information about Cenac and […]

BEIJING – China’s largest reported oil spill emptied beaches along the Yellow Sea as its size doubled Wednesday, while cleanup efforts included straw mats and frazzled workers with little more than rubber gloves.

FROM NYDailyNews.com: President Obama has signed the toughest set of Wall Street regulations and consumer protections against greedy financial practices since the Great Depression.

From Reuters: The city of Oakland, California on Tuesday legalized large-scale marijuana cultivation for medical use and will issue up to four permits for “industrial” cultivation starting next year.

NEW YORK — Tourists were evacuated from the Statue of Liberty Wednesday after smoke, apparently coming from an elevator motor, was detected inside the famed monument, firefighters said.