MIAMI – Grammy-winning OutKast rapper Big Boi has reached a deal on Florida drug charges that allows him to avoid jail time. Big Boi appeared in a Miami courtroom Thursday as prosecutors outlined the deal that includes three months of drug testing, community service and $2,000 in donations to charities. The 36-year-old rapper’s real name […]
In Detroit, where a large number of the city’s unemployed are either on probation or on parole, the city recently held an “Offenders Only” Job Fair in an effort to put its ex-convicts back to work. Organized by Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh, the job fair featured hundreds of job openings available only to […]
Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh weighed in on the Republican presidential campaign earlier this week, taking shots at GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney. Limbaugh lambasted the former Massachusetts governor  telling his radio audience,  “Romney is not a conservative. He’s not, folks.” He continued his assault attacking Romney’s gubernatorial record and his positions on healthcare and the […]
WASHINGTON-Jamaican born, Maurice Ashley, who is the first African American to earn the title of “Grandmaster” in chess has been playing with people under his skill level. Ashley simultaneously played 3o students from the U.S. Chess Center in Washington D.C. 12-Year-Old Chess Whiz Could Become Youngest Grandmaster The Washington Post reports: “It’s great to see […]
The House returned Thursday to an abortion issue that nearly sank President Obama’s health care law last year with legislation that bars an insurance plan regulated under the new law from covering abortion if any of its customers receive federal subsidies. Providers that offer abortion coverage would have to set up identical plans without abortion coverage […]
MONTVERDE, Florida — Court records show comedian Chris Tucker is facing foreclosure on his multimillion-dollar mansion in central Florida. Records show SunTrust Bank filed papers against the California resident with Lake County courts earlier this week. According to documents, Tucker bought the 10,000-square-foot (3,050-meter) lakefront home for $6 million in 2007 — before the housing […]
