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Baltimore police are investigating how an 18-month-old girl contracted gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease, and are trying to determine whether a family acquaintance is responsible, according to a department spokesman. No criminal charges have been filed. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said detectives are focusing on a suspect based on statements from the infant’s parents. “We […]
From The Wall Street Journal Armed with a blow dryer and brush, deft wrist action and shrewd promotional tactics, immigrants from the Dominican Republic are snipping away market share from African-American stylists whose mastery of black women’s hair ensured for generations that their customers wouldn’t, or couldn’t, leave them. Promises of seemingly healthier hair, swifter […]
by Big Yogi, Radio One Columbus A child was born on May 13, 1950. Born Stevland Hardaway Judkins, later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris, and even later changed to what we all know him by today as Stevie Wonder. Blind at birth yet has seen more than many of us will see in a lifetime. […]
From the NY Times: KAMPALA, Uganda — On the grounds of Uganda’s biggest AIDS clinic, Dinavance Kamukama sits under a tree and weeps. Her disease is probably quite advanced: her kidneys are failing and she is so weak she can barely walk. Leaving her young daughter with family, she rode a bus four hours to […]
From BlackSportsOnline The defending champs swept the Utah Jazz on their way to another Western Conference Finals, but CJ Miles from The Utah Jazz was not going away quietly.
Queensbridge rapper Nas recently spoke about his strained relationship with Kelis and the issues he is having seeing their son, Knight. Kelis and Nas married in 2005, but the “Milkshake” singer decided to divorce the rapper in April of 2009, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. In July of 2009, during the […]
From Blackvoices It wasn’t a pretty site for YouTube backyard brawling sensation Kimbo Slice. His dreams came true when he became an Ultimate Fighting Champion (UFC) fighter last year, but now those dreams have come to an end.
I think the sane among us can agree that Kobe Bryant’s L.A. Times photoshoot was not a good look (pun intended). During Saturday’s game against the Utah Jazz, Kobe found himself being taunted by Jazz fans who mocked the shoot by holding up poster-sized versions of the photos and imitating his wardrobe by wearing hats […]
After being arrested for the third-degree rape of a 16-year-old runaway turned prostitute, former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor has lost his endorsement deal with Nutrisystem.
A Facebook group page that is called “DEAR LORD, THIS YEAR YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE ACTOR, PATRICK SWAYZIE. YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE ACTRESS, FARAH FAWCETT. YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE SINGER, MICHAEL JACKSON. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, MY FAVORITE PRESIDENT IS BARACK OBAMA. AMEN” has recently surpassed one million members. The group took […]
After spending 22 years of her life working in mortgage banking, Mollie Jelks admits she never found the sense of fulfillment she longed for. When her Citibank office relocated to St. Louis, Jelks wasn’t willing to follow. Instead, she picked up a temp job at the Children’s Bureau, a Southern California organization working with abused […]