WACO, Texas — Brittney Griner scored 12 of her 25 points in the closing run that pushed top-ranked Baylor past No. 2 Connecticut, 66-61, on Sunday night. SEE ALSO: Kwanzaa Is Wack: There, I Said It The Lady Bears (11-0) won their second No. 1-vs.-No. 2 game this season while avenging a one-point loss at Connecticut […]

LAS VEGAS— Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. plans to plead guilty to reduced misdemeanor charges in a plea deal resolving felony allegations that he battered his ex-girlfriend, court officials said Tuesday. Mayweather, 34, will face $3,000 in fines and could be sentenced to between two days and 18 months in the Clark County jail after pleading […]

Online sites for dating prison inmates is on the rise, according to recent reports. Christian Science Monitor reports that the online prisoner dating industry has grown from humble beginnings 1996 into a robust market today. Leading sites boast “between 7,000 and 10,000 ads” featuring prisoners seeking to connect. ABC News reports that there are over […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The biggest draw in television is going mobile. SEE ALSO: 10 Most Watched YouTube Videos Of 2011 The Super Bowl will be streamed online and to phones in the U.S. for the first time, the NFL said Tuesday. NBC’s broadcasts of wild card Saturday, the Pro Bowl and the Super Bowl […]

WASHINGTON — The House Tuesday rejected legislation to extend a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for two months, drawing a swift rebuke from President Barack Obama that Republicans were threatening higher taxes on 160 million workers on Jan. 1. SEE ALSO: 10 Most Watched YouTube Videos Of 2011

SPOKANE, Wash. — A man with extensive ties to white supremacists was sentenced 32 years in prison after pleading guilty to planting a bomb intended to shower poison-laced shrapnel onto Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade marchers. SEE ALSO: 10 Most Watched YouTube Videos Of 2011

Chicago police are investigating a picture of a girl who was was bound by her arms and legs, and mouth covered with duct tape, allegedly by her father. SEE ALSO: 10 Most Watched YouTube Videos Of 2011

Texas congressman and GOP Presidential candidate Ron Paul appeared on CNN and was questioned about the racist newsletters that were written under his name in the 80s and 90s. Ron Paul disavowed the newsletters and claimed he didn’t write them. He said that they were written by between six or eight people who worked for […]

Eva Hoeke, Editor-In-Chief of Dutch magazine “Jackie,” resigned and issued an apology for a controversial article about Rihanna, in which she referred to the artist as a “Niggabitch.” SEE ALSO: 10 Most Watched YouTube Videos Of 2011

WASHINGTON-The ATF and the Washington D.C. police had an operation in which officers posed as hip-hop music industry insiders and pretended to be a fake hip-hop label that confiscated $7.2 million in drugs and 161 weapons. The ATF and D.C. police created a fictional rapper “Richie Valdez” and used a studio they called “Manic Enterprises” […]

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. — Blending solemn tradition with joyous reunion, the top commander of U.S. forces in Iraq returned home to U.S. soil Tuesday, greeted by his wife and his president in an understated ceremony to mark the end of a nine-year conflict that has defined a generation. SEE ALSO: Condi For VP? President […]

The University of Texas Austin College Republicans President recently posted an offensive message on Twitter about President Obama. SEE ALSO: 10 Most Watched YouTube Videos Of 2011