VIA: ESSENCE.COM Sherri Shepherd is known for her commentary on “The View” and her recent dealings with weight loss, motherhood, divorce and dating again. Sometimes we forget that she entered showbiz as a comic. For Shepherd, comedy was a way to escape the bullying she experienced in school as a Black girl in the Chicago […]
VIA: WRAL.COM When sheriff’s deputies allegedly discovered a bags of marijuana and cocaine between a man’s buttocks, they said he gave a quick explanation. Manatee County deputies said Raymond Stanley Roberts told them “The white stuff is not mine, but the weed is.” Deputies stopped the 25-year-old Wednesday in Bradenton for speeding. Officers said they […]
A Gainesville man shot six people and then killed himself in an east Gainesville shooting spree on Monday. One victim was killed and the other five were in surgery as of Monday night, police said in a press conference. The suspect is Clifford L. Miller Jr., 24, who was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound […]
VIA: CNN.COM Verizon Wireless said Sunday it will give refunds to about 15 million of its customers because the company incorrectly charged them for data sessions. Over the past few years, some 15 million Verizon customers who did not have data plans were billed for sessions on their phones that they did not initiate, said […]
VIA: ESSENCE.COM Will Smith and his Overbrook Entertainment production company are shopping around an hour-long TV series of his 2005 hit movie, “Hitch.” The film, which made $368 million worldwide, was about a famous relationship expert who had problems in his own love life. MORE
VIA: ESSENCE.COM Tiger Woods’ estranged older brother, Earl Woods, Jr., is speaking out against his younger sibling, and he’s making it clear that his shoulder isn’t one to cry on. In an interview with a Phoenix TV station, the oldest half-brother of the tennis champ says he thinks their dad, Earl Woods, “would be very […]
VIA: MONEY.CNN.COM Ever wonder what happened to your high school valedictorian? He or she might just have wound up in Washington, D.C. That metro area has the nation’s highest percentage of residents with college degrees. Call it America’s brainiest place to live. In the District and surrounding suburbs, 47.3% of people 25 years or older […]
VIA: WRAL.COM Wedding gowns, bridesmaid and flower girl dresses and accessories from a closed north Raleigh bridal shop will be auctioned on Monday to help recover tax money owed by the store’s owner. The North Carolina Department of Revenue seized Diamond’s Bridal last month, taking the store and everything in it. Sharon Hipps said she […]
VIA: ESSENCE.COM Cheers to the First Lady for bringing her anti-obesity message to the “Happiest Place on Earth.” As part of her “Let’s Move!” campaign Mrs. Obama announced her partnership with Disney to launch the “Magic of Healthy Living” campaign to promote healthy eating and fitness among young people. Teen sensation Nick Jonas and other […]
VIA: WRAL.COM Fisher-Price is recalling more than 10 million tricycles, toys and high chairs over safety concerns. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday that two of the products being recalled involved injuries. In the recall of about 7 million Fisher-Price Trikes and Tough Trikes toddler tricycles, the agency is aware of 10 reports of […]
A bill to provide medical benefits and compensation for emergency workers who were first on the scene of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks won approval Wednesday from the U.S. House.
VIA: ABCNEWS.COM You’ve just checked into a hotel after a long trip and plop down on the bed to get some rest. Little do you know that there are thousands of tiny little bugs in the mattress, ready to nibble away at you. Reports of bedbugs are popping up across the country and striking fear […]