Blacks spend more time in bed without sleeping than any other ethnic group, according to a poll released Monday by the National Sleep Foundation. The survey also found that blacks and Hispanics are 10 times more likely to report having sex every night than Asians or whites. The NSF conducts polls each […]
Los Angeles, California (CNN) — A magnitude 4.4 earthquake rattled Southern California early Tuesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake’s epicenter was 11 miles east-southeast of the Los Angeles Civic Center, the USGS reported. It struck at 4:04 a.m. PT (7:04 a.m. ET). Although the temblor was centered 11 miles below the […]
A love child of the late James Brown is claiming that her father’s remains have gone missing. “My daddy’s body has disappeared. I have no clue where it was taken, but I need to know where,” said LaRhonda Pettit in an interview with Britain’s Daily Mirror. The soul legend’s body was put in a crypt […]
The 2010 Census questionnaires began arriving in the mail Monday, commencing the once-a-decade struggle of getting Americans to stand up and tell us a little about themselves. Census officials hope most of us will take 10 minutes to fill out the form and mail it back, thus participating in America’s largest civic event. They know […]
A man who once won an MTV award for directing the “Killing Me Softly” video for The Fugees was hit with 27 charges stemming from the repeated rape of his daughters. Aswad Ayinde, 51, was unmasked Thursday as a brutal serial breeder who impregnated his daughters numerous times to create a “pure” bloodline, reports the […]
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — The 30-year-old Cleveland Heights police officer who collapsed while chasing a suspect Saturday died of a coronary problem. Chief Martin Lentz said the Cuyahoga County Coroner’s Office notified him today of the preliminary findings. Lentz detailed the events that led up to patrolman Thomas Patton’s death: Police were called at 8:15 […]
Jennifer Hudson will have her “One Shining Moment.” The Grammy and Oscar winner will perform the song that plays each year at the end of the CBS broadcast of the NCAA men’s basketball championship game. “The song inspires you,” Hudson said in a release. “It moves you. It motivates you and helps […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A 36-year-old Cleveland man was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison for putting his frail, then-7-year-old daughter in a clothes dryer and turning it on. Steve McClairn pleaded guilty in last week to endangering children, abduction and domestic violence. He told Cuyahoga County Common […]
ELYRIA, Ohio – A Vermilion has man filed a lawsuit in Lorain County Common Pleas Court to get back the engagement ring he gave to his former fiancee.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Cuyahoga County deputy sheriff is being treated for a fractured leg after authorities said a former Cleveland State University basketball star pushed the deputy down the stairs. An arrest warrant has been issued for Clinton Smith, 46, after authorities said he injured a deputy sheriff while fleeing the Justice Center this afternoon. […]
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Darnell Jackson and Danny Green are looking forward to the expected return of Zydrunas Ilgauskas, but one might not be here when he gets back. If the Cavs bring back Ilgauskas on or shortly after March 22, the first date they can negotiate with him, they are going to have […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — After months of meetings, a lot of behind-the-scenes cobbling, bursts of community anguish and a couple of major revisions, the Cleveland school board has approved a district “transformation plan.” Now can district leaders tie up scores of loose ends in time to smoothly launch a multitude of changes […]