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Florida A&M announced they will be dismissing the four students involved with the hazing death of a Robert Champion. This action is a response to last month’s 911 call about the marching band member, vomiting in his mouth before he died. To hear about this story, check out the video below. http://www.newsy.com/embed-video/9883/ Related Stories: The […]

Was the Kim Kardashian/Kris Humphries scuffle an example of domestic violence? Dr. Drew Pinsky, the famous psychologist to the stars, says absolutely, the Huffington Post reports. RELATED: Kourtney Kardashian: I’m Pregnant! Pinsky aired a clip from the season premiere of “Kourtney & Kim Take New York” during his own show, “Dr. Drew,” that showed Kim […]

Two-time Oscar winner Daniel Day Lewis will play the 16th President in the upcoming film “Lincoln,” directed by Steven Spielberg. But will slavery be depicted truthfully? CBS News reports that the film is currently in production. SEE ALSO: ‘Gay’ Hoover Movie Enrages FBI’s Old Guard Anyone familiar with Lewis’s acting knows he will give no […]

The recent death of Florida A&M band-member, Robert Champion, has once again put the spotlight on the issue of hazing on college campuses. College students seeking membership into fraternities, sororities — or in Champion’s case, competitive bands — many times endure physical and mental hazing rituals that are extremely dangerous to their health. The physical […]

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus spoke on the House floor for the extension of the Federal Unemployment Compensation Act. With unemployment across the U.S. at 9…

While it is commonly believed that philanthropy is a custom reserved for the white, super wealthy of the world, many African Americans, rich and poor, have donated their time and money to community-based organizations, churches and charitable causes. From the abolition of slavery, to the establishment and construction of churches and schools, to providing humanitarian […]

In his 2005 hit, “Heard Em’ Say,” Kanye West rhymed: “And I know the government administered AIDS/ So I guess we just pray like the minister say.” Kanye’s not the only black person who believes the Feds are behind this devastating disease. The Rand Corporation reported in a study that, of the 500 black participants […]

After Questlove, the drummer from The Roots, the house band on the Jimmy Fallon show played a song by Fishbone called “Lyin Ass Bitch” during congresswoman Michelle Bachmann’s introduction he said he received several racial epithets via Twitter. Questlove also apologized for playing the song and offending women’s groups who were not necessarily supporters of […]

What do you think of when you hear the name Mike Tyson – heavyweight champion? Face tattooes? Ear chomping or child eating? How ‘bout – singer? Iron Mike appeared on Brazilian TV over the weekend, performing a love song – “The Girl From Ipanema.” To hear how the crowd reacted, check out the video below. […]

Did Jerome Simpson pull off the greatest con job? Some may think so after last week’s football game. If you were at Paul Brown Stadium, or was able to watch the highlights on TV, you’ve probably heard the discussion about Simpson’s altercation with a Browns player. After Andy Dalton was tackled, the Browns’s Scott Fujita […]

The Daily Beast reports that a Russian historian, whose academic specialty is researching cemeteries, was caught with 29 mummified corpses of women and girls between the ages of 15 and 26 in his apartment in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia’s fourth-largest city. Anatoly Moskvin is accused of desecrating more than 150 graves in the region, according to […]

(via:thescore.ie)- Hall of fame ceremonies are normally quite anodyne affairs, however the CFL Alumni Legends do things differently, clearly. Often at loggerheads as players, Joe Kapp and Angelo Mosca renewed their past rivalries after Mosca swore at Kapp, when the latter offered a rose to his rival in an attempt to end their long-running feud. […]