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Serial killer Anthony Sowell took the stand in the death penalty phase of his mass murder trial, and apologized for his actions.

The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul Mary J. Blige spoke with BlackTreeTV on the meaning of love and forgiveness to her, new movie The Help, her forthcoming role as Nina Simone in the legendary singers biopic and what she hopes to accomplish in her burgeoning acting career. Mary is working hard at acting but as we await her upcoming […]

NEW YORK — Thousands of Verizon landline workers took to picket lines Monday from Massachusetts to Virginia, fighting management demands for contract givebacks and disputing that their work is unprofitable. Verizon Communication Inc. countered that its 45,000 unionized workers in the East should not expect the kind of compensation they were paid when the phone […]

Oprah Winfrey is reportedly being sued over her use of the slogan ‘Own Your Power’. According to Entertainment Weekly, court papers were filed this week against both Winfrey and her studio Harpo, over claims that she did not own the rights to the self-motivational mantra.

Shannon Sharpe, Richard Dent, Chris Hanburger, Les Richter, Ed Sabol, Marshall Faulk and Deion Sanders were honored with enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday night in Canton, Ohio.  But leave it to “Neon” Deion Sanders to bring his own flavor to the show. Watch his emotional and comical acceptance speech below. […]

Just when we though Ms. Hill’s public image was about to do a 180, her disgruntled former guitar player has added new details to his lawsuit reminding us of her weirdness. According to TMZ, he says during those years during which the “Ms. Hill,” no-one-can-look-at-me-or-talk-to-me-backstage persona emerged, she was a supreme b**** to her team […]

Luxury watch maker Tag Heuer has ended its sponsorship deal with the struggling golfer, according to Golf World executive editor Ron Sirak. According to USA Today, the count on corporate sponsors that are no longer associating with Tiger since a 2009 Thanksgiving car accident ignited a firestorm of controversy and introduced the public to a […]

You dummy (in my Fred Sanford voice)! After crashing into a Porta Potty, cops say 57 year old Gordon Flavia (not pictured cuz that would be nasty!) got the brilliant idea to cover himself in poop! According to the police report, Flavia doused himself with a bucket of liquid human waste” and hid inside the […]

There are institutes of higher education popping up everywhere.  They promise they can get you into a career in just two years.  They tell you they will give you all the financial aid you need, help with job placement, on and on and on with the promises.  But when you start your program or even complete it, there are immediate […]

Remember when you had a CD player and a cassette player in your car? Matter of fact, remember when you had a walkman?  Those started with cassettes, then they graduated to CDs.  But, when is the last time you saw anyone jogging through your neighborhood with either?  It’s all about the MP3 or iPod right? Well, Ford is […]

The most successful blacks and Hispanics are more likely to have poor neighbors than are whites, according to a new analysis of Census data. The average affluent black and Hispanic household — defined in the study as earning more than $75,000 a year — lives in a poorer neighborhood than the average lower-income non-Hispanic white […]

Christina Norman has a new job. The executive who served as CEO of OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network for just two years, before being removed in May due to the network’s poor ratings performance, has been hired as the new executive editor of Black Voices, which AOL Huffington Post Media Group is expected to relaunch […]