Is it a smoke screen, or proof of the need for change?
Yesterday Juan Williams was fired from NPR for statements he made while a guest on “The O’Reilly Factor”. Today Williams is speaking out on NPR’s decision to fire him in the NY Post; which he views “a chilling assault on free speech”.
Jean-Paul Guerlain (yes, that Guerlain) is taking some serious heat for using an ugly racial slur not just once but twice during a television interview. The perfumer, who no longer works for the company that bears his name in an official capacity, was discussing the making of his perfume Samsara when he let loose a […]
Rep. Raul Grijalva’s office was sent a suspicious package covered with Swastikas and containing white powder that was found to be toxic, KVOA is reporting: Rep. Raul Grijalva says white powder in an envelope delivered to his office is a toxic substance. Manuel Johnson with the FBI confirms to News 4 Tucson the powder needs […]
Timothy West is being accused of raping a waitress in Queens, New York. She accused him of breaking into her house, and then raping her twice at knifepoint. She says she gave him her phone number to report him to policed if he called. When he called she arranged to meet him and called the […]
If Congress fails to reauthorize extended unemployment benefits by the end of November, it will spoil the holidays for 1.2 million people, according to the National Employment Law Project. “The program deadline falls in the midst of the holiday season, when unemployed families do their best to put food on the table and hold on […]
*Jon Stewart’s Comedy Central show may have a “senior black correspondent” in Larry Wilmore, but it’s the least diverse late night show on television, according to a graphic put together by an artist that examined the race and sex of guests compared to the general population over a six-week period this past August and September. […]
*The NAACP says the tea party movement provides a platform for “anti-Semites, racists and bigots.” “The Tea Party movement has unleashed a still inchoate political movement who are in their numerical majority, angry middle-class white people who believe their country, their nation, has been taken from them,” reads the report, posted Wednesday on a National […]
Can you cut a rug? Do you have moves like Chris Brown or Beyonce? If so, this could be your chance to win $5,000 and a spot on MTV. The contest celebrates the opening of the new movie, “BURLESQUE” starring Cher and Christina Aguilera. If you’re between the ages of 13-30 and you think you […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – You know how it goes, you get invited to a Halloween party and you have no clue what to wear. So 19 Action News ventured out in search of the hottest costumes for 2010. This year there are more than ever before and according to the store manager at Factory card & Party Outlet, pop […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The fight to save the trauma center at Cleveland Clinic’s Huron Hospital is continuing. Earlier this week the Cleveland Clinic announced plans to close the trauma center at Huron Hospital and take cases to Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights. Complaints immediately began pouring in that the closing will make response times too long. Mayor Jackson, […]