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'Scandal' Gets More Scandalous - Again!
How could “Scandal” possibly get any more scandalous? Well, when Shonda Rhimes is in charge, the sky’s the limit. “Access Hollywood” caught up with Tony…
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02:17 PMOprah Gives Designer Dress From 'Essence' Cover To Twitter …
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02:05 PMCPAC Panelist Claims Abortion 'Worse On The African-American …
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01:57 PMKanye West, Rick Ross & Big Sean Perform 'Sanctified' On …
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01:46 PMCNN's 'Chicagoland' Premiere: Reality Show Glitz vs. …
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01:32 PMIllinois Cut Pollution Equivalent Of A Million Cars Through …
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01:06 PMThere Are Actually A Few Upsides To This Year's …
NATIONAL NEWS
CNN is experimenting with a new weekly night show hosted by Don Lemon. The Wrap reported Wednesday that “The Don Lemon Show” will air “tentatively”…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Soul-singers spanning generations wowed the White House on Thursday as Melissa Etheridge, Patti LaBelle and Janelle Monae warmed up the place for…
WORLD NEWS
AFP Photo Mahamat Nour and his two friends knew they had to flee the capital of Central African Republic, where mobs decapitate Muslims in the…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court on Friday convicted a rebel leader of charges including murder and pillage over a deadly attack…
ENTERTAINMENT
We can now add Fashion Fairy Godmother to Oprah’s never-ending list of monikers, after the media mogul literally gave the designer dress off her back…
On Wednesday night, Arsenio Hall had Prince as a guest on his show. And Thursday night, he had Rick Ross, who brought out Kanye West…
POLITICS
WASHINGTON (AP) — One by one, President Barack Obama’s warnings to Russia are being brushed aside by President Vladimir Putin, who appears to only be…
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) kicked off the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference today in National Harbor, Maryland. Scott — who was one of the first…
BUSINESS
Brutal winter weather snarled traffic, canceled flights and cut power to homes and factories in February. Yet it didn’t faze U.S. employers, who added 175,000…
The U.S. economy has been skating on an icy patch in advance of the February jobs report being released Friday. Hiring skidded in December and…
SPORTS
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Darren Sharper will return to court on Friday where his attorneys will argue that the former NFL All-Pro safety should be…
D.J. Augustin scored 26 points off the bench and Joakim Noah had a triple-double as the Chicago Bulls beat the Detroit Pistons 105-94 on Wednesday…
HEALTH
The Virtues of Coffee “What I tell patients is, if you like coffee, go ahead and drink as much as you want and can,”…
Electronic cigarettes exist in a limbo world of laws, even as use of the battery-powered nicotine vaporizer grows across the nation. The U.S. Food and…
EDITORS PICKS
Ever wince when someone else stubs their toe? It turns out that the empathy we feel actually can be influenced by racial bias, and it…
FEATURES
Race issues on college campuses have seemed to prevail over time with disregard to the humans who are deeply impacted by it, the students. Students…
FAITH
Our favorite singing sisters Mary Mary are back for Season 3, premiering Thursday February 27th at 9|8c on WE tv. Click through the below stunning…
“Winners lose much more often than losers. So if you keep losing but you’re still trying, keep it up! You’re right on track.” – Matthew…
FOCUS
Elroy Sailor, CEO of the lobbying firm J.C. Watts Companies, said Republicans shouldn’t fear talking about abortion to African-Americans in their districts because the issue…
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) took to the Senate floor Wednesday night to slam fellow senators for what he called their “shameful” vote to block the…
CULTURE
The family of Martin Luther King Jr. has warned Georgia’s governor it wants input on any monument to the slain civil rights icon that might…
A pregnant woman in labor was robbed at gunpoint in Annapolis, Md. early Sunday, according to local media. A witness saw the woman and her…
VIEWS
Now that all the Oscar fanfare is over, I’d like to call attention to what Lupita’s Nyong’o's portrayal of Patsey really means for me and…
As a black man, my heart aches over the disproportionate numbers of men and boys of color left back by schools, left out of jobs…
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