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Boxing icon Muhammad Ali claims he got sucker-punched when he purchased a mansion in his Louisville hometown that turned out to be a huge money pit. The Greatest of All Time purchased the home for $1.87 million in 2006. He and his wife Yolanda are now suing the couple that sold them the property, alleging […]
A toddler’s arm was ripped off by a washing machine after he managed to open the door while it was in mid-cycle. Lewis Wrench, who just turned three years old, wandered into the kitchen and was able to open the door of the front-loading unit while it was still running and reach inside. His mother, 24 year old […]
Martin Luther King isn’t the first African American to be immortalized with his own monument. There are several memorials across the country paying tribute to African American leaders, artists, and academics. Check out our list of the Top 10 monuments to African Americans. We positioned them in the order we think Is there anyone you […]
Rappers Turn Waiters For Charity At Doug E. Fresh’s Harlem Chicken & Waffles Joint In honor of breast cancer, The Kangol Kid from legendary rap group UTFO enlisted rappers to wait tables at Doug E. Fresh’sChicken & Waffles joint yesterday. Kangol lost his friend and manager Shaunda Lumpkin’s mom to breast cancer and started the Mama Luke Movement. “I […]
WHEATON, Md-Police say that a bus driver was stabbed after confronting a man who was masturbating on the bus he was driving. After several passengers complained a woman confronted the man an the bus river intervened in the conflict and was subsequently stabbed by the man. Bus Driver Sued After Attacking Teenager For Being Short […]
Bounce TV just launched as the first all black tv network but its already getting some competition! TV industrysources say Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios has been shopping around KIN TV, a new multicast network targeting Black folks. KIN TV will offer a “wide range of programming designed to entertain, inform and inspire a broad audience of modern African-American viewers,” […]
Whitney Houston was almost kicked off a plan in Atlanta Wednesday after she refused to buckle her seat belt, TMZ.com reports. A Delta flight attendant asked the Grammy-winning singer to buckle up, and she “got diva,” A second crew member warned her that if she didn’t buckle, the plane wouldn’t take off, so she finally agreed. A […]
Earlier today, Michael Baisden interviewed Dr. Jill Murray and Debra Nixon-Bowles on domestic violence. Click here on the link to listen to today’s special show: http://www.baisdenlive.com/podcenter.cfm?itemCategory=39369&siteid=217&priorId=0&eventSearch=8688 For information on where to go locally for information on domestic violence, click here. Also we have an important event coming up on Friday, October 21 at 7 as […]
A pair of female Chicago Public High School students beat the heck out of a fellow female student during class last week while at least four other students stood by and the teacher looked on in shock. “They got angry and went ghetto on her,” the victim’s best friend, a freshman at the school, told NBC […]
Chris Tucker is in jeopardy of losing his Florida mansion. Papers have been filed in Circuit Court in Lake County claiming he owes $4.4 million to the bank after buying the $6 million home on Lake Apopka, near Orlando, in 2007, according to the Orlando Sentinal. The home contains five bedrooms, three fireplaces, a personal spa, […]
Occupy Wall Street protesters are saying that African-Americans need the most help during America’s financial crisis. Many protesters say that Black communities are hit the hardest, and should demand government support for education, infrastructure and jobs, and a slew of other causes that affect their communities. “If any other community needs a bailout, it’s the […]