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From Soultracks.com: It is with immense sorrow that we inform SoulTrackers that Al Goodman, one-third of Ray, Goodman & Brown as well as the Moments (”Love on a Two Way Street”), has died. Part of two of the most underrated soul groups of the past half century, Goodman provided the “bottom end” on hits such […]
WASHINGTON — Patients treated at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics will be able to use medical marijuana in the 14 states where it’s legal, according to new federal guidelines. The directive from the Veterans Affairs Department in the coming week is intended to clarify current policy that says veterans can be denied pain medication if […]
The core American ideal of religious freedom has been put at risk. News of Park51, the proposed Muslim community center in lower Manhattan, has spawned protests against a religious group that simply seeks to create a meeting place and has gone out of its way to make clear that the space will be open to […]
STOCKTON, Calif.—Stockton police say a teenager who was fatally shot by officers had escaped from juvenile hall, where he was being held on suspicion of robbery, conspiracy and torture. James Rivera died on Thursday after two officers and a sheriff’s deputy fired on his van. The 16-year-old was suspected of having stolen the vehicle at […]
Written by: Mason Jamal on Twitter By now, most of us have heard portions of the Melle Mel Gibson mix tape. It’s straight lunacy. But you have to admit his freestyle skills are a gift. Hopefully, Mel sent Satan a thank you card. After all, in order to separate yourself from the person you love […]
A priest in eastern Europe has been accused of drowning a baby boy as he baptised him. Police are investigating Father Valentin for accidential homicide after witnesses at the ceremony said the priest did not cover the baby’s mouth during the ritual, The Sun newspaper reports. Father Valentin had denied being responsible for the baby’s death […]
Estelle Video Stills for “Fall In Love” w/ John Legend, Nas Check out some video stills from Estelle’s new video “Fall In Love” set to premiere today on VH1.com & VH1 Top 20 Countdown, featuring John Legend, Nas and Grey’s Anatomy actor Jesse Williams as her love interest. Listen to the song here… Could be […]
NOVOZAVIDOVO, Tver Region — People in this town used to stare at Jean Gregoire Sagbo because they had never seen a black man. Now they say they see in him something equally rare — an honest politician. Sagbo last month became the first black to be elected to office in Russia.In a country where racism […]
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony member Bizzy Bone has signed a new recording deal with Sumerian Records and is planning a mash-up release of hard rock and Hip-Hop. Sumerian Records’ Founder Ash Avildsen confirmed that his Washington, D.C. based heavy metal label signed the world-famous rapper, who will drop Crossroads 2010 this August. “It’s true and the album […]
TI and Tiny have decided to GET MARRIED after all. TI and Tiny jumped into action and put together a “small” wedding – which will take place on July 31st in Miami. And guests didn’t learn that the wedding was happening until YESTERDAY. Well SHOUT OUT to Tiny for making that dude DO THE RIGHT […]
Standing ovations are a rare occurrence at scientific conferences, but at the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna this week, a husband-and-wife team of researchers received no less than three from a filled-to-capacity room of hundreds of scientists, activists, and reporters. The reason for the thunderous out-of-seat applause? The couple’s team had completed one of […]
Ieshuh Griffin is a legislative candidate from Wisconsin who seems willing to do whatever it takes to get elected. In the five words that candidates are allowed to put on the ballot to describe themselves, Griffin put the phrase, “Not the white man’s b*tch.” Obviously, the words got the attention of the Government Accountability Board, […]