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Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown’s cousin was fatally shot in Gaithersburg on Saturday night by her ex-boyfriend, who was then killed by Montgomery County police officers responding to the domestic dispute, officials said yesterday. Catherine T. Brown, 40, a teacher at Beauvoir National Cathedral Elementary School in [...]
Mired in criminal charges for months, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick now finds his political future strapped to a little-used provision in the Michigan Constitution that allows a governor to remove an elected official for misconduct.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm, a fellow Democrat, confirmed Tuesday what had been in the works for much of the summer: A hearing will [...]
Posted in Celebrity News on Aug 26th, 2008
Diddy’s entourage was reportedly stopped by police over the weekend, and got a scary surprise from the boys in blue, when an officer pulled a gun on individuals of his crew.
According to the Associated Press, Diddy (real name: Sean Combs) was traveling in a seven-car convoy on Sunset Boulevard early Saturday (August 23), when one [...]
Posted in Celebrity News on Aug 26th, 2008
Andre Young Jr., the son of legendary hip-hop producer Dr. Dre, was found dead at his home in Woodland Hills, California on Saturday morning (August 23). He was just 20 years old.
According to LA Weekly, Young had returned home from a night out at around 5:30 a.m. When his mother went to check on him [...]
Posted in Politics on Aug 26th, 2008
Despite record numbers of voters who turned out during the presidential primaries last spring, eight million African-Americans are still not registered to vote.
This according to Rick Wade, African-American vote director for the Obama for America presidential campaign.
“Our principle focus has been a 50-state voter registration initiative. I think we all appreciate that if we increase [...]
A delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Maryland suffered a stroke Monday night during a post-convention reception hosted by Comptroller Peter Franchot, party officials said.
Roxanne Taylor of Bowie, an Obama delegate and owner of Church Insurance Partnership Agency, was in critical but stable condition at a Denver hospital, party spokesman David Paulson said. Taylor, [...]
Posted in news on Aug 26th, 2008
Police say 44-year-old Theresa Cunningham Duarte distributed cocaine to students more than once from her Rockville home. She was charged Monday with two counts of distribution of a controlled dangerous substance and two counts of contributing to conditions of a child.
Police say Duarte was a substitute teacher at Einstein High School in Kensington for the [...]
His voice firm, his wave familiar, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy told a cheering Democratic National Convention Monday night that his is “a season of hope” for an era of justice and fair prosperity with the election of Barack Obama as president.
Kennedy spoke of the future and said he means to be part of it, special [...]
Federal authorities are looking into reports that a man arrested with rifles, ammunition and drugs in his truck may have made threats against Barack Obama, officials said Monday.
Two other men were arrested in the case.
“It’s premature to say that it was a valid threat or that these folks have the ability to carry it out,” [...]
Posted in Celebrity News on Aug 26th, 2008
Serena Williams scoots her way up to No. 3 in the WTA rankings, which were announced on Monday ahead of the U.S. Open.
The recent Olympic gold medalist in ladies doubles swapped places with Svetlana Kuznetsova – with the Russian dropping to fourth. Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic are ranked No. 1 and 2 [...]
*Last night in Denver, Michelle Obama declared “I love this country” as she sought to reassure the nation that she and her husband Barack share Americans’ bedrock values and belief in a dream of a better future.
In the first major address at the Democratic National Convention, Michelle Obama described herself as a daughter, a [...]
Two weeks after a devastating revelation sent her husband into political exile, Elizabeth Edwards isn’t getting the steady sympathy usually afforded to a woman scorned.
Instead, she’s faced criticism from dedicated Democrats who think she was too willing to keep the affair a secret to help John Edwards’ political ambitions, as well as her own.
At a [...]
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