A North Carolina family is grieving now that the body of their missing grandmother was finally discovered. After a hit and run accident, the elderly woman’s body was left in the wrecked vehicle for 3 days. ABC News reports: Carolyn Ann Watkins, 62, was found dead inside her 2000 Pontiac at a towing lot on Monday. “There was not much swelling and stuff like that, so we think she was…
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April 3, 2013
Everyone should believe in second chances. Brian Banks definitely did since he chose to not give up on his dreams of being in the NFL after being falsely accused of rape, and serving 5 years in jail. Now all of his hard work ha paid off. CBS News reports: Brian Banks said signing with the Atlanta Falcons is his second-biggest accomplishment. The biggest was Banks’ exoneration of rape charges one…
Three women have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the deadly shooting at the Cleveland Heights, Ohio International House of Pancakes, police say. Nadia Williams, 25, was shot during a fight just before 3 a.m. on Saturday. Cleveland Heights police said security guard Gary Williams was escorting four women out of the restaurant when the group got into a fight. That’s when the guard fell and his gun discharged. Williams…
A Chicago 19-year-old fatally shot his namesake, his 72-year-old grandfather, and robbed him so he could buy tattoos, shoes and a cellphone, police said. William Strickland allegedly shot the elder William Strickland six times in the back after the man left his home to catch a van service to his dialysis appointment. The elderly man died just steps from the South Side home he shared with his greedy grandson, neighbors…
Sean “Diddy” Combs rose to mainstream fame in the late 1990s rapping about his desire for Benjamins, otherwise known as $100 bills. A decade and a half later, he might need to consider some larger denominations — McKinleys, Clevelands and Madisons, perhaps—to express his wealth. Diddy ranks No. 1 on this year’s Forbes Five, our list of hip-hop’s wealthiest artists, with an estimated net worth of $580 million. The bulk of the…
The New York Police Department has caught a great deal of heat lately for hurting its citizens, especially minorities. This incident, however, might take the cake. Police are accused of pepper spraying a woman along with her entire family, including a five month old, a four-year old and a two year old baby. The woman was being accused of trying to get onto a subway without paying, according to a…
Eleventh-grader Kyron Birdine of Arlington High School in Arlington, TX sees no validity in one of the state’s standardized tests. Although he is required to pass the TAKS test to excel to the 12th grade, he was given STAAR — another standardized test that has minimal impact on his ability to excel to the 12th grade. Birdine was so frustrated by the district’s decision to have students take the STAAR…
Usually when children are supended from school it is because of disruptive behavior. But this little girl has a disruptive odor. This brings up to question how should be responsible- the girl who has this odor or irresponsible parents? Black Media Scoop reports: A Washington County, Tennessee 2nd grade student has missed at least 24 days of school thisschool year, all because of what is described as her foul odor….
We recently posted the story of the jealous, PREGNANT, ex-girlfriend who ran over the new, PREGNANT girfriend with a car. Well the two are now in court and the offender obviously finds the matter funny. I wonder how long she will be laughing after she hear’s a verdict. Black Media Scoop reports: Shaeryll Hunter, the pregnant woman who is accused of pinning her pregnant rival with a car during an…
Springfield, Illinois police tased a woman who is 8 months pregnant, after she reported a car accident in the parking lot of Best Buy on Saturday. The victim is 29 year old Lucinda White. She was not the only one the police attacked, her 31 year old boyfriend Frederic Thomas was also tased and taken to jail for assaulting a police officer. So the question is were the Springfield police…
Samoa Air may be on to something! The airline says it charges passengers based on what they weigh. “We at Samoa Air are keeping airfares fair, by charging our passengers only for what they weigh,” the airline says on its website. “You are the master of your Air’fair’, you decide how much (or little) your ticket will cost. No more exorbitant excess baggage fees, or being charged for baggage you…
In a recent interview with Black Enterprise, actor Laz Alonso discusses his future plans, working with Meagan Good, and having a social life. Alonso, 39, is an ideal husband for most women. He’s a Howard University alum, a businessman, an actor, and an ambitious man. Before becoming eye candy to women across the nation, Alonso worked on Wall Street as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch. Today, he uses his business…