From The Baltimore Sun Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon entered an Alford plea to one count of perjury and pledged to tender her resignation effective Feb. 4 as part of an agreement settling the active criminal cases against her. The plea means that Dixon acknowledges that prosecutors had enough evidence to find her guilty of charges […]
VIA NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: NBA commissioner David Stern has sidelined Wizards star Gilbert Arenas indefinitely for bringing guns into the Wizards locker room late last month. In announcing that he suspended Arenas Wednesday without pay, Stern said that Arenas faces a “substantial suspension and perhaps worse” when the NBA makes a definitive ruling on […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The 89-year-old man accused in June’s fatal shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum died Wednesday, according to his defense attorney and prison officials. James W. von Brunn, a white supremacist, died of undetermined causes while in custody of U.S. authorities in North Carolina, where he was undergoing psychological tests at […]
After 10 years, Tavis Smiley is ending his annual State of the Black Union conference, which spawned best-selling books and his critical stance toward Barack Obama. The activist and PBS host said Wednesday that he needs time to focus on other projects, such as his four prime-time specials this year and his book company, which […]
VIA CNN: New York (CNN) — The Transportation Security Administration took full responsibility Wednesday for a security breach this week at the airport in Newark, New Jersey, a spokeswoman said. On Sunday, a man walked the wrong way through security at Newark Liberty International Airport, prompting a security breach that shut down Terminal C for […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Former Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan reached agreement with the Washington Washington Football Team Tuesday night to become the team’s next head coach and vice president of football operations, taking the position that many in the National Football League have for months presumed would be be his once the season ended. […]
