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BP's chief executive officer said Monday that the company is doing all it can to respond to the runaway oil leak that has been befouling the Gulf of Mexico for more than a month.
From NYPost.com: The ex-wife of legendary drug kingpin Frank Lucas – whose murderous exploits inspired the controversial movie “American Gangster” — was busted yesterday for allegedly selling two kilos of cocaine to undercover agents in Puerto Rico, The Post has learned. Julianna Farrait, 70, was nabbed inside an unidentified hotel after handing over the drugs […]
From HipHopWired.com: A convicted pimp in New Jersey who identifies himself as “Prince” has been sentenced to 18 years behind bars for running a human trafficking and prostitution ring. Allen “Prince” Brown will be in jail till his 60th birthday after pleading guilty to enslaving girls as young as 17 and forcing them to turn […]
// From NYPost.com: In his first comments since a report claimed he was seeking more than $20 million per year in a new contract, Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis today vehemently denied that number but did state he expects to be the highest-paid corner in the NFL with a new contract by training camp. “I don’t […]
HOUSTON (KTRK) — Authorities are asking the public for help in locating a man who robbed a Walgreen’s in northwest Harris County. On May 5, a man walked into the Walgreen’s at 1403 West FM 1960 and approached the checkout counter. He pulled out a gun and demanded the clerk give him the money from […]
Lakrista Sanders consoles brother Charles Jones , Aiyana’s father, on Sunday. From DetNews.com: Detroit — An attorney representing the family of a 7-year-old girl shot to death during a Sunday morning raid says the family knows the Detroit police officer who fired the fatal shot is “not a monster” but said the police operation was […]
The black church in the United States is dead. That’s according to Eddie S. Glaude Jr., the William S. Tod professor of religion and chairman of the Center for African-American studies at Princeton University Source: Josh Dulaney, The Sun
Via Blackvoices: Mitrice Richardson may have been the victim of California budget cuts. The 24-year-old graduate of Cal State Fullerton has been missing since September, when she had dinner at a Malibu restaurant. When she couldn’t pay the $89 bill, the restaurant called police. Richardson was arrested. Restaurant patrons and other witnesses said she had […]
From NationalJournal.com: If the economy produces jobs over the next eight months at the same pace as it did over the past four months, the nation will have created more jobs in 2010 alone than it did over the entire eight years of George W. Bush’s presidency. That comparison comes with many footnotes and asterisks. […]
From the Jamaica Observer: WASHINGTON, USA — The World Bank says the Haiti Reconstruction Fund (HRF) has gathered momentum after Brazil contributed US$55 million to the multilateral mechanism set up to help the impoverished, French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country rebuild following the January 12 devastating earthquake. Click here to view photos. But the Washington-based financial […]
