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Sarah Palin stepped down Sunday as Alaska governor to write a book and build a right-of-center coalition, but she left her long-term political plans unclear and refused to address speculation she would seek a 2012 presidential bid. Her first order of business as a private citizen is to speak Aug. 8 at the Ronald Reagan [...]
NEW YORK — Michael Vick is back in the NFL. Now all he needs is a team to play for. Vick, free after serving 18 months in prison for running a dogfighting ring, was reinstated with conditions by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday. He could participate in regular-season games as early as October. Vick [...]
By Clay Cane Kerry Washington is back in the edgy role of Marybeth, a transgender prostitute with a drug addiction in “Life is Hot in Cracktown.” Based on the book by Buddy Giovinazzo, who also wrote and directed the film, “Cracktown” is a haunting tale of intertwining stories surrounding the crack-cocaine epidemic. The Bronx, N.Y., [...]
By DAVID PORTER, Associated Press Writer David Porter, Associated Press Writer – 17 mins ago NEWARK, N.J. – An investigation into the sale of black-market kidneys and fake Gucci handbags evolved into a sweeping probe of political corruption in New Jersey, ensnaring more than 40 people Thursday, including three mayors, two state lawmakers and several [...]
By JEFF CARLTON, Associated Press Writer Jeff Carlton, Associated Press Writer – Tue Jul 21, 7:03 pm ET PARIS, Texas – State police in full riot gear rushed a downtown street in this eastern Texas town Tuesday to break up a tense standoff between hundreds of black and white protesters who exchanged screams of “Black [...]
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — In 1989, the warnings were dire. The Spike Lee film “Do the Right Thing,” critics and columnists said, would provoke violence and disrupt race relations. Spike Lee: “I wanted to do a film that would try to show what was happening at the time.” “This movie is dynamite under every seat,” [...]
By MELISSA TRUJILLO, Associated Press Writer Melissa Trujillo, Associated Press Writer BOSTON – Police responding to a call about “two black males” breaking into a home near Harvard University ended up arresting the man who lives there — Henry Louis Gates Jr., the nation’s pre-eminent black scholar. Gates had forced his way through the front [...]
By Marcia A. Wade For college juniors and seniors on the verge of graduation, steady employment is not a guarantee in the current credit crisis, especially with news from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that the number of unemployed people increased by 632,000 to 11.1 million and the unemployment rate rose to 7.2%. For Don [...]
Former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair has been killed, a source has confirmed to ESPN.com. McNair, 36, suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head in downtown Nashville, police spokesperson Don Aaron said. A female victim was also found dead. Aaron said the woman has not been identified, pending notification of next of kin. The [...]
(CNN) — A Philadelphia-area day care center said Thursday that members of a private swim club made racist comments about the center’s children, and the club then canceled their swimming privileges. Some kids from the Creative Steps Day Care center say club members made racial remarks. The Creative Steps Day Care children — ages kindergarten [...]
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