WASHINGTON — House Democrats considered changes in legislation to avoid a Jan. 1 jump in income taxes on Tuesday, despite a warning from Republicans that the bill’s passage could be endangered as a result.
Georgia – Below is a video from the strongest backer of Georgia prisoners during this six day strike, prisoner advocate Elaine Brown. RELATED: Georgia Prison Strike Stories Share this post on Facebook! CLICK HERE: http://widgets.fbshare.me/files/fbshare.js Usher gets kicked in head by female fan trying to be sexy video[from Hellobeautiful.com] Nicki Minaj talks her butt, alter […]
New York — Pedro Espada Jr., the outgoing State Senate majority leader who was defeated in the September Democratic primary as scandal swirled around him, was indicted along with his son on Tuesday on charges that they embezzled more than $500,000 from the nonprofit health care network they operated in the Bronx. Federal prosecutors in […]
Red Rooster menu at bottom of page (opens this Friday Dec. 17) Marcus Samuelsson personal website New York — From early in the process, I clearly understood the historical value and importance behind the name of the restaurant I’m preparing to open in Harlem.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and the nation’s business sector, staunch rivals in past battles over how to overhaul health care and banking regulations, are moving toward a wary embrace.
Boston — The family of Marie Evans has been awarded $71 million from Lorillard Inc, the parent company of Newport cigarettes, 8 years after she died from lung cancer at 54. The Boston Globe reports: The Suffolk Superior Court jury awarded compensatory damages of $50 million to the estate of Marie Evans and $21 million […]
NEW ORLEANS– Rebecca Glover said her family could not have been more horrified by what happened to her nephew: He was shot by police days after Hurricane Katrina hit, then left to die in a car that a police officer drove to a deserted levee and set ablaze. Now she wants to know what happened […]
WASHINGTON — It could be at least a year before black farmers get any payments from the $1.2 billion fund set up to settle decades of discrimination claims against federal agriculture officials.
Florida — Rep.-elect Allen West (R-Fla.) may have proven himself a prime pupil for fellow Rep. Michele Bachmann’s forthcoming constitutional classes, when he recently displayed selective reverence for the Tea Party’s most sacred document by calling for American news outlets to be censored for running stories based on the recent WikiLeaks cable dump. Here’s the […]
Virginia — It turns out that Judge Henry E. Hudson, the George W. Bush appointed Republican judge who declared Barack Obama’s healthcare program unconstitutional, is the same judge who sentenced Michael Vick for dogfighting in 2007. Thanks to Jack and Jill Politics for the tip. Hudson is also a major investor in a Republican campaign […]
New York — A feisty 90-year-old Harlem man who survived being mugged by two pitiless punks said Tuesday they messed with the wrong senior citizen – and vowed to “do ’em in.” “I wanna make ’em pay for what they did to me,” a still furious Jessie Little told The Daily News. “If they’re rough […]
VANCOUVER, Wash. – Tea Party candidate David W. Hedrick, who came in third in the congressional primary in southwest Washington, is set for trial Jan. 28 in Vancouver.
