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LOS ANGELES – More than 1.2 million people have now registered to get tickets for Michael Jackson's memorial service next week. Only 11,000 tickets will be given out for the Tuesday service at Staple

Lawmakers failed to agree on balancing the state's budget on Tuesday and the state government began its fiscal year on Wednesday without a spending plan in place. In response, state finance officials

GAFFNEY, S.C. – Terrified residents canceled Fourth of July plans and holed up in their homes Friday as investigators hunted a serial killer believed to have shot four people to death. Tanya Phillips

WASILLA, Alaska -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made a surprise announcement Friday that she is resigning from office at the end of the month without explaining why she plans to step down, raising speculat

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was shot multiple times, including once in the head, and a pistol was discovered near the body of the 20-year-old woman found dead with him Satur

Montreal- Stevie Wonder says that people must celebrate Michael Jackson's musical legacy and forget all the negative things being said about his good friend. Mr. Wonder took aim Tuesday at what he ca

Would-be car thieves be warned: Attempting to steal a vehicle in Houston has gotten more difficult as law enforcement uses technology to combat auto theft. The Houston police use bait cars in high ri

What's that saying when it comes to Black people? We have to always be three times as good as the next guy. It looks the President is doing pretty darn good!! A hearty congratulations to President O

Three {Black} men beaten by Philadelphia police on the hunt for a police killer were acquitted Wednesday of all charges stemming from their arrests. Jurors who watched a 10-minute news videotape of t

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Al Franken ascended Tuesday from the ranks of former "Saturday Night Live" comedians to an even more exclusive club, outlasting Republican Norm Coleman in an eight-month recount and

Michael Jackson's two eldest kids face a tug-of-love battle after their mum Debbie Rowe confessed he was not their father. In an astonishing interview Debbie - mother of Prince, 12, and Paris, 11 - s

The Jena Six case, which once prompted a massive civil rights demonstration and drew international attention, saw the final chapter played out quietly. Five neatly dressed young men answered “Yes Sir

Nearly two years after more than 320,000 of you stood up to protect them from Jim Crow justice, the Jena 6--Jesse Ray Beard, Carwin Jones, Robert Bailey, Theo Shaw, Bryant Purvis and Mychal Bell--are

Arianna Huffington: Katie Couric, Tavis Smiley, Bob Woodward, Nicholas Kristof, and I Hit YouTube with Pointers for Citizen Journalists... Citizen journalism is rapidly emerging as an invaluable part

NEW YORK – A federal judge rejected Bernard Madoff's plea for leniency Monday, sentencing the 71-year-old swindler to spend the rest of his life in prison for an "extraordinarily evil" fraud that took

BAGHDAD – Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other cities Tuesday after American troops handed over security in urban areas in a defining step toward ending the U.S. combat role in the

The Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 in favor of the white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., on the grounds that they “were unfairly denied promotions because of their race.” I predict hypocritical reac

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William "Billy" D. Mays, Jr. was a television direct-response advertisement salesperson most notable for promoting OxiClean, Orange Glo, and other cleaning, home-based, and maintenance products. His d

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Michael Jackson would think about – and discuss – his death sometimes, his ex Lisa Marie Presley writes in a candid new entry on her MySpace blog. "Years ago Michael and I were having a deep conver

Dr. Conrad Murray (Cardiologist) is scheduled to meet with Los Angeles Police Department homicide investigators Saturday afternoon, says a new report. Citing the law firm representing Dr. Murray, the

I've been glued to Black Women Connect and the Black in America sites reading the different blog posts about Michael Jackson. It's been really touching reading all the reflections and well wishes. I

Does anyone know anything about his condition, because different people are reporting conflicting information? Young Black and Fabulous and TMZ says he has died. CNN and Yahoo says he's hospitalized

Farrah Fawcett's struggle after battling cancer with painful treatments and dispiriting setbacks was recorded in the television documentary "Farrah's Story." Fawcett sought cures in Germany as well as