Florida Governor Rick Scott has required that all welfare recipients in the state of Florida be drug-screened before receiving their benefits. “It is unfair for Florida taxpayers to subsidize drug addiction,” said Scott. The American Civil Liberties Union is currently suing the state of Florida for requiring state workers to be drug tested, and many […]
BRONX — A 13-year-old Bronx prodigy was accepted to the University of Connecticut, however the university later called her father to rescind the offer, stating she is not academically ready. Batin Ashante said his daughter, Autum, is devastated by the sudden news. The NY Daily News and a host of news agencies reported about Autum’s […]
NEWARK — A Newark Little League coach Kevin Waters, 54, was brutally attacked on a baseball field, leaving him with a fractured skull, a concussion and two missing teeth. Waters, who served as president of the West Ward Little League for 13 years, is said to be the only thing that separates his young players […]
The New York Post is reporting that President Obama is considering bringing on New York Governor Mark Cuomo as his vice president in 2012. The pick would mean Joe Biden would have to exit Pennsylvania Avenue as many feel he doesn’t bring anything to the table in Obama’s re-election bid. Former G.O.P. leader Bill Powers […]
CHICAGO — Members of the National Education Association, the nation’s largest education union, voted on Monday to endorse President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. NEA President Dennis Van Roekel said: “Obama and the union share a vision and members wanted early and strong support to help his election.” Read more at the Huffington Post. RELATED: […]
Georgetown University professor and author Michael Eric Dyson recently said that the constitution has been “hi-jacked.” “It has been hijacked by people with narrow, vicious and parochial visions,” said Dyson on ABC’s This Week with host Christiane Amanpour. The debate included columnist George Will who also spoke on the importance of the centuries old document […]
Former Ku Kulx Klan Grand Wizard David Duke is planning a tour of the United States to see if he can get enough support for a presidential run in 2012. The Daily Beast reports: A former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and Republican executive-committee chairman in […]
NEW YORK — After police fought with party goers and friends and family of the group Smif N’ Wessun and rapper Pete Rock at their release party last week, members of the group, affiliates, and social activists have planned a protest at New York City’s City Hall today. Concerned community members, hip hop artists, local […]
NEW YORK — Independent Hasidic Jewish groups that patrol Hasidic neighborhoods in Brooklyn, New York have been accused of unfairly targeting minorities. The New York Daily News reports: Hasidic patrols in Williamsburg rule the streets like real cops – driving unmarked cars, flashing emergency lights and snatching people they think are criminals, say residents and […]
Prosecutors will agree to drop rape charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn due to claims that the accuser, the Guinean hotel maid, was engaging in prostitution, according to NYPost.com. The defense claims that Strauss-Kahn admittedly engaged in consensual sex with the maid, but she turned against him after he didn’t pay her. The maid’s credibility came into […]
MINNEAPOLIS — While NFL owners and players appear to be inching toward a resolution of the league’s long lockout, a group of retired players is clamoring to be more involved in the discussions. The group filed a class-action complaint against the owners and current players in federal court Monday, saying they have been excluded from […]
SAN FRANCISCO — A man reportedly armed with a knife on a Bay Area Rapid Transit station platform in San Francisco was shot and killed by police, transit officials said Monday. BART spokesman Linton Johnson said dispatchers received a call of a “wobbly drunk” on the platform of the Civic Center/UN Plaza station at around […]
