Category: Feature Story
Beyonce and Jay-Z Welcome a Daughter – huffingtonpost.com
January 8th, 2012, Comments Off
The Huffington Post After years of pregnancy rumors and months of due date whisperings, Beyonce has finally given birth to a baby girl. E! Online reports that multiple sources have confirmed that the couple welcomed their first child Saturday night. Click here to read more BR: Read today’s top headlines Tweet
Melody Barnes Leaving Obama Administration Amid Struggling Economy – huffingtonpost.com
December 30th, 2011, Comments Off
The Huffington Post Melody Barnes is leaving as White House chief domestic policy adviser at a time when President Barack Obama’s administration is getting little notice for its work on the home front to fix the struggling economy. Click here to read more BR: Read today’s top headlines Tweet
Coroner: Heavy D died of pulmonary embolism – msnbc.com
December 27th, 2011, Comments Off
MSNBC Rapper Heavy D died of natural causes likely attributed to remaining seated on a long flight across the Atlantic Ocean, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office said Tuesday. Click here to read more BR: Read today’s top headlines Tweet
Heroic football player stops potentially lethal teacher attack – yahoo.com
December 23rd, 2011, Comments Off
Yahoo News High senior linebacker Justin Richardson is now being hailed as a hero and a likely lifesaver as a result. “I saw Ms. Ricketts just hammering her in the side of head,” Richardson told PIX 11 TV. “I saw a lot of blood. It was shocking. I just jammed her really hard to get [...]
Bank of America Agrees to Record $335M Fair-Lending Deal – bloomberg.com
December 22nd, 2011, Comments Off
Bloomberg Bank of America Corp. (BAC) will pay a record $335 million to compensate Countrywide Financial Corp. borrowers who were charged more for home loans based on race and national origin. Countrywide, acquired by Bank of America in 2008, assessed higher fees and interest rates to more than 200,000 Black and Hispanic borrowers, the U.S. [...]
Africa bids to host world’s largest telescope – yahoo.com
December 19th, 2011, Comments Off
Yahoo News Africa, the birthplace of the human species, has long been a magnet for archaeologists. Now South Africa wants to draw leading astrophysicists to the continent as well with the world’s most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), an instrument that would be able to look back to the infancy of the [...]
Eric Holder vows to enforce voting rights – sfgate.com
December 14th, 2011, Comments Off
SFGate Attorney General Eric Holder vowed Tuesday to fully enforce civil rights protections in next year’s elections amid a flurry of activity by states to redraw political boundaries and impose requirements that could reduce voting by minorities who enthusiastically supported Barack Obama in the 2008 election. Click here to read more BR: Read today’s top [...]
Magic Johnson leads dream team bidding for Dodgers – latimes.com
December 5th, 2011, Comments Off
Los Angeles Times Johnson announced Friday that he had joined forces with Guggenheim Baseball Management, an arm of a financial services firm that controls more than $125 billion in assets, in hopes of buying the Dodgers. Click here to read more BR: Read today’s top headlines Tweet
Cain suspends campaign shifting GOP race – boston.com
December 4th, 2011, Comments Off
The Boston Globe A defiant Herman Cain suspended his faltering bid for the Republican presidential nomination Saturday amid a drumbeat of sexual misconduct allegations against him, throwing his staunchly conservative supporters up for grabs with just one month to go before the lead-off caucuses in Iowa. Click here to read more BR: Read today’s top [...]
Sharpton helps MSNBC top CNN – TVNewser
November 30th, 2011, Comments Off
TVNewser At 6 p.m., “PoliticsNation” hosted by Rev. Al Sharpton beat CNN’s “John King USA” by 50% among total viewers (767,000 vs. 512,000) and by 41% in the demo of A25-54 (171,000 vs. 121,000). Click here to read more BR: Read today’s top headlines Tweet
