By The Admin on November 22, 2010
A lawyer says a stripper got $1,000 to perform at a dope-fueled party at the Detroit mayor’s mansion and saw Kwame Kilpatrick’s wife attack a woman who was giving the then-mayor a lap dance.
Tamika Ruffin’s statement comes in documents released Sunday by Norman Yatooma, lawyer for another stripper killed months after the long-rumored 2002 [...]
Posted in Michigan, State & Local News
By The Admin on November 22, 2010
The FBI reports that the number of hate crime incidents and victims — including businesses and other institutions as well as individuals — went down in 2009 compared to the previous year.
The bureau says that out of some 4,000 victims of racial bias, seven in 10 were victims because of prejudice against blacks.
Out of nearly [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues, Race
By The Admin on November 22, 2010
Rep. Charles Rangel’s supporters in New York’s Harlem want members of Congress to stand by him.
A group of local leaders says Rangel has worked hard in his decades-long career to support his community. They’re urging other members of the House of Representatives to vote no on a recommendation to censure him.
The Democratic congressman was convicted [...]
Posted in Congress
By The Admin on November 22, 2010
Boston Globe
- The core facts are irrefutable: A jury convicted Boston City Council member Chuck Turner of pocketing a $1,000 bribe from an FBI witness for help with a liquor license.
Most elected officials who refuse to resign after a conviction would be thrown out of office, a destiny that may well await Turner at a [...]
Posted in Massachusetts, State & Local News
By The Admin on November 21, 2010
Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun kicked off her campaign for Chicago mayor Saturday by reintroducing herself to voters, some of whom weren’t even born when she last won election in 1992.
Braun, who runs an organic food company, was the latest candidate to formally enter the race to replace retiring Mayor Richard Daley, who has [...]
Posted in Illinois, State & Local News
