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Confessions Of A Life-Long Entrepreneur By Russell Simmons On Monday, I will be delivering the opening keynote address at the Urban Entrepreneurship Summit at Rutgers Business School in Newark, which is being co-hosted by the White House. It is a pleasure to work closely with this great President and his administration to support private/public relationships […]

Jennifer Hudson has joined the cast of “The Three Stooges” in which she play one of three nuns. The Oscar-winning actress will take on the role of Sister Rosemary. Deadline reports that Sister Rosemary is likely to play the “nice one” at the orphanage where the Stooges come of age, despite the nuns’ best efforts […]

Halle Berry could be returning to television in a drama series titled “Higher Learning.” The role will require her to play a college professor. Deadline is reporting that the script, written by 30-year industry vet Lee Rose, is being shopped around to pay cable networks like HBO and Showtime. This wouldn’t be the first time […]

Is Whitney Houston battling emphysema? According to sources, the singer is in the early stages of the lung disease and has been told she’ll die a horrible death. Houston, 47,has been told that if she does not completely kick her smoking habit there is no doubt that the disease will take her life. Whitney canceled […]

After being out of the limelight for 13 years SWV are back together. Signed to Mass Appeal Entertainment and E1 the group is ready ro release their fourth studio album.

Geronimo Pratt, whose 1972 conviction became the source of civil rights discussions in the 1960’s, has passed away in his Tanzanian home. He was 63 years old. Pratt maintained his innocence in the 1968 murder/assault in a robbery that yielded $18, and his conviction was overturned in 1997. He is remembered as an incredible leader, […]

CLEVELAND – A young boy was found dead in a home and a man was shot by police during an incident Wednesday morning on Cleveland’s east side, near the Warrensville Heights border, according to a Cleveland police officer at the scene. Police were called to house in the 19000 block of Harvard Rd. at about […]

CLEVELAND – The judge handling the case of the Cleveland man accused of killing 11 women has denied a last-ditch effort by the defense to delay the trial. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Dick Ambrose heard the motion during a final pre-trial hearing on Wednesday. The trial of 51-year-old Anthony Sowell is set to begin […]

Daily Devotional Stuck In The Middle By Dr. Marvin Moss This week’s topic: God’s Guidance Gen. 11:31–12:3 holds some important spiritual truths to help those of us who are stuck in the middle. God is calling for us to come out of that place that has us stuck. We may be stuck in sin, stuck […]

http://www.newsnet5.com BOSTON – Shaquille O’Neal, who struggled to get on the court for the Boston Celtics because of leg injuries, said on Twitter on Wednesday that he is going to retire after a 19-year career in which he won four NBA titles and the 2000 league Most Valuable Player award. O’Neal sent a tweet shortly […]

Daily Devotional How Fear Can Rob Us By Dr. Frederick K.C. Price This week’s topic: The Fear Of The Lord Christians are protected from demonic powers, which, according to the Bible, walk about like roaring lions seeking whom they can devour (1 Peter 5:8), particularly the spirit of fear. That is why it is so […]

Nicki Minaj covers the new issue of #5 magazine, in which she is addressed as the Queen of New York. In the video interview for the magazine, she reveals how a man can steal her heart,, her obsession with British accents and why she loves Jay-z. Check out an excerpt then watch the full interview […]