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Regis Philbin and ABC have plenty of chances to sweep this season with their multiple nominations for the upcoming Daytime Emmys Awards. Each earning nearly a dozen nominations for the June 19th awards show, it’s a shame that both the network and the famed talk show host are making their exits from daytime TV beginning […]

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PAWNEE, Oklahoma – Christopher S. Linder can not serve as Mayor for his small town of Pawnee Oklahoma despite the fact that he was elected. Because Linder, a former gang memver, is convicted of a felony, he can not serve as mayor after unsuccessfully trying to be pardoned in Arizona, where he committed the crime. […]

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FONTANA, Calif.– A 9-month pregnant woman said she was robbed at gunpoint by an 80-year-old woman in the parking lot of a Kohl’s. NY Daily News reports: The victim, who is nine months pregnant, said she was waiting in the parking lot of a Kohl’s department store in Fontana, Calif., at around 11:00 a.m. when […]

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WASHINGTON– Albert Haynesworth, an NFL star who is facing misdemeanor sexual abuse charges for allegedly fondling an African-American waitress’ breast in a D.C. Hotel, is saying her claims are false because he doesn’t like black women, according to statements allegedly given to a detective.

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Caleb Davis and Whitney Richter were once madly in love. So in love that Davis decided to propose with a $17,000 engagement ring, but after Richter extended the engagement with a move to Texas just seven months after agreeing to marry Davis things took a major turn for the worse. Today, the couple is officially […]

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MASSACHUSETTS – Scholar, author and MIT professor, Noam Chomsky has written a piece on the assassination of Osama Bin Laden and what he sees as American hypocrisy, comparing former President, George W. Bush’s crimes to Bin Laden’s. We might ask ourselves how we would be reacting if Iraqi commandos landed at George W. Bush’s compound, […]

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Pastor Damon Lynch, III, members of  New Prospect Baptist Church and community volunteers traveled to Tuscaloosa, Alabama last weekend with donations to help support that community.  Check out how 1230 The Buzz listeners supported that effort and find more ways you can still be involved. RELATED LINKS: RADIO ONE CARES NATURAL DISASTER RELIEF PROJECT SOUTHERN STATE […]

THE QUEEN OF SOUL ARETHA FRANKLIN SPECIAL GUEST ON THE TOM JOYNER MORNING SHOW THURSDAY, MAY 12TH – TUNE IN BY 7:45AM TO CATCH THE INTERVIEW LIVE MORE FROM THE TOM JOYNER MORNING SHOW: Towanda Braxton Reveals the Truth About Her Eviction Bootsy Collins Talks New Album Gladys Knight Celebrates Success of “Midnight Train to […]

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Bob Marley died thirty years ago today. Still, his songs have a great impact on society spiritually, emotionally and also politically. Marley’s songs not only dealt with the politics of his native Jamaica, but Africa and the whole world. Here are ten of his most politically significant songs. 10. War. Bob took a speech from […]

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MEMPHIS – The worst floods to hit the central United States in more than 70 years have swallowed up homes, farms and roads after the Mississippi River swelled to six times its normal width. Army engineers on Tuesday patrolled stressed levees in waterlogged Memphis, Tennessee, where the Mississippi — normally about half a mile across […]

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NEW YORK- Master P’s son Romeo Miller was shocked after he was voted off “Dancing With the Stars” last night– apparently the judges weren’t “Bout it bout it” as his father would say.

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NEW YORK- Stanley Wright, 62,  jazz musician and dad of Hollywood “Blade” actress N’Bushe Wright was found dead yesterday, stuffed in a trunk in his Brooklyn basement, cops said.