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(Washington, DC) — The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. Her nomination now goes to the full Senate. The vote in the committee was 13 in favor and six opposed. Sotomayor’s nomination was hardly in doubt, as President Obama’s nomination coincided with a Democratic majority in […]
VIA NEW YORK POST: Plaxico Burress’ lawyer said today that the former Giants wide receiver will testify tomorrow before a grand jury hearing arguments on his gun charges. Burress’ attorney, Ben Brafman, hopes that his client can convince the grand jury assembled in Manhattan Supreme Court to forgo an indictment. “Mr. Burress is going to […]
VIA MEN.STYLE: The hit-making producer behind the King of Pop’s rise discusses Jackson’s life, death, and love of chemical peels Q: How have you been holding up since Michael Jackson’s death? A: Oh, man. It’s surrealistic. I went to Shanghai for the movie festival over there—I took Halle Berry—and then went back to Luxembourg, and […]
VIA PEOPLE: What drugs were in Michael Jackson’s system at the time of his death? The L.A. coroner’s pending toxicology report – expected to answer that key question any day now – may hold the fate of Dr. Conrad Murray, the singer’s personal physician. Murray was with Jackson on the day he died and is […]
VIA CHICAGO TRIBUNE: As government rebate program officially launches Friday, dealers are preparing for a rush to showrooms Meanwhile, Does Cash for Clunkers make sense for you? The program known officially as the Car Allowance Rebate System offers rebates of $3,500 to owners who relinquish cars rated at less than 18 miles per gallon to […]
(Washington, DC) — President Obama makes his pitch for health care reform today to the AARP. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says the elderly want to know how complex health care reform proposals might affect them, especially on Medicare. Speaking generally, Gibbs said Obama is encouraged with the progress of health care reform. Copyright © […]
VIA 2 NEWS: Warning: The following story contains graphic details: BOISE – Two Boise Police officers have been disciplined by the Boise Police Department for “serious” policy violations after a complaint was filed that officers used excessive force during an arrest. According to the Boise Community Ombudsman’s report, in early 2009 police were dispatched to […]
Professor Henry Lewis Gates, Jr. vs the Cambridge, MA police. We are talking about a world renowned author who has had a problem with authorities similar to the problems that other Blacks in America have had. In this case, there is world focus on the story. This case recalls the tightrope Blacks walk with police […]
VIA ADVOCATE.COM: Gay African-American author E. Lynn Harris died Friday morning in Arkansas of a heart attack. He was 54. According to the Black Voices, Harris was on a book tour promoting his 11th novel, “Basketball Jones,” about a pro basketball player and his gay lover. Some of Harris’s books include his debut “Invisible Live,” […]
VIA BLACK AMERICA WEB: NATICK, Mass. (AP) — A white police sergeant accused of racism after he arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home insisted Wednesday he won’t apologize for his treatment of the Harvard professor, but President Barack Obama said police had “acted stupidly.” Gates has demanded an apology from […]