By The Admin on November 20, 2009
A man charged with raping and killing a 5-year-old North Carolina girl was expected in court Friday, a day after authorities revealed what they believed happened to her in her final days.
Authorities said Thursday that Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated before her body was dumped off a rural road. Mario McNeill is charged [...]
Posted in By State, State & Local News
By The Admin on November 20, 2009
Former NBA star Jayson Williams is expected to plead guilty Friday in the fatal 2002 shooting of a hired driver, weeks before he faced a second trial for reckless manslaughter.
A person with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press that Williams will plead guilty to aggravated assault. The person wasn’t authorized to talk about [...]
Posted in Outside of the Political Realm
By The Admin on November 20, 2009
DAMIAN PALETTA, Wall Street Journal
- In one of the clearest examples of how the weak economy is overtaking Obama administration priorities, the Congressional Black Caucus forced the House to shelve its revamp of financial-sector regulation for two weeks.
According to House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D., Mass.), members of the caucus revolted on the [...]
Posted in Congress
By The Admin on November 20, 2009
BET.com will debut the much buzzed about web series BUPPIES on Tuesday November 24th for a ten-week run. Set in the glitzy and glamorous world of the Black Hollywood, BUPPIES chronicles the relationship dramas of a group of slightly dysfunctional but inseparable friends as they navigate the tricky terrain of L.A.’s young black power elite. [...]
Posted in Media
By The Admin on November 19, 2009
Mike Soraghan, The Hill
- The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats’ signature healthcare bill.
“We even have blacks voting against the healthcare bill,” Jackson said at a reception Wednesday night. “You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.”
The remark stirred a murmur at [...]
Posted in Congress, Health, Race
