By The Admin on June 16, 2011
New York City police are investigating an online posting from a convicted felon who claims to have shot and robbed Tupac Shakur in 1994, two years before the rapper was slain.
Police spokesman Paul Browne said Wednesday that if police determine the post is legitimate they will seek to interview the prisoner.
The claim, attributed to Dexter [...]
Posted in New York, Outside of the Political Realm
By The Admin on June 16, 2011
Washington Post
- I frequently find myself in a debate with a dear friend about the slew of surveys concerning the financial behavior of African Americans.
When the companies release their findings, which often show blacks lagging in savings and investment holdings, the question he’s left with is: Are the results because of race, class or poor [...]
Posted in Money & Finance, Race
By The Admin on June 16, 2011
Rep. Anthony Weiner will resign his seat in Congress after a scandal spawned by the lewd and even X-rated photos of himself, the New York lawmaker sent online to numerous women, relieved Democratic officials said Thursday.
“It’s my understanding that later in the day he will have a news conference,” House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said [...]
Posted in Congress, New York
By The Admin on June 15, 2011
A man who acted as an adviser to a group of missionaries charged with taking children out of Haiti after the 2010 earthquake is going to federal prison.
Thirty-three-year-old Jorge Torres was sentenced Tuesday in Vermont federal court to three years and one month in prison on charges he smuggled people into the United States from [...]
Posted in International News
By The Admin on June 15, 2011
Anniston Star
- Danny Hubbard wants all the marbles.
Last November, Hubbard’s party won control of the Alabama State Legislature for the first time in 136 years. Republicans have a supermajority in both houses, and they hold all the statewide constitutional offices.
But Hubbard, chairman of the Talladega County GOP, isn’t satisfied. He wants black voters to go [...]
Posted in Alabama, Party Politics, Race
