DALLAS – The hotel bathroom was a de facto prison cell — a cramped, foul space where three young children were starved, beaten and sexually assaulted for at least nine months.
The toilet didn’t work. The …

StarPulse.com is reporting that Eminem says he can prove he once had a relationship with Mariah Carey.  The rapper is threatening to release intimate photos and voicemail tapes from their affair in a shocking new …

I don’t subscribe to cable television; however, after watching this clip of the season opener of the Real Housewives of Atlanta, I am rethinking my ‘investment’ choices. I wasn’t expecting such drama, explosive vocabulary, …

BOSTON (AP) — A Boston University student has been ordered to pay $675,000 to four record labels for illegally downloading and sharing music. Joel Tenenbaum, of Providence, R.I., admitted he downloaded and distributed 30 songs. …

The Bay State Banner is back on the block!
After a brief suspension of publication, the Bay State Banner will return – both on the Internet and in print – next week.  The suspension was due …

The Daily News is reporting today that a Guyanese-American woman is suing check-cashing giant Pay-O-Matic, claiming that she was regularly called a “stupid Indian” by a senior manager.
Mallama Anderson, who said she started with Pay-O-Matic …

During the Great Depression, people sold apples in the streets to get enough money for their next meal. Fast-forward 80 years to another recession and meet Angela Logan, who is selling apple cakes to friends, …

Suspended Boston cop Justin Barrett appears on “Larry King Live” to apologize for sending an email referring to behavior related to Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., as a “banana-eating jungle monkey.”
The Boston Police Department …

In the wake of a standoff between the New Black Panthers and the KKK last week during a rally over the death of Brandon McClelland, racial tensions run high in Paris, Texas.
According to Newsweek.com, Brandon …

(CNN) — Members of the nation’s oldest black sorority have accused the organization’s president of using her sorority credit card for personal items and its board of directors of spending too much on her.   …

Funk originator GEORGE CLINTON will be named a BMI Icon at the organization’s annual Urban Awards ceremony THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th in NEW YORK. Staged at JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER, the event will also salute the …

WASHINGTON — The police officer at the center of a national dispute over race and law enforcement says a much-anticipated meeting at the White House was productive and all parties are looking forward. Cambridge, Mass., …

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The federal government may suspend its $1 billion Cash for Clunkers program after less than a week over concerns that the plan may have already burned through its funds, according to …

Michael Jackson‘s alleged secret lovechild is denying any biological link with the King of Pop. 25-year-old Omer Bhatti says that Jackson feted him as an honorary son after inviting him and his family to …

Boston police officer – Justin Barrett – who sent a mass e-mail referring to Henry Louis Gates Jr. as a “banana-eating jungle monkey” is apologizing, saying he’s not a racist.
36-year-old Barrett told Boston television station …

Bloomberg.com is reporting that David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez who helped the Boston Red Sox win their first World Series in 86 years, are among the 100 or so players who tested positive …

35-year-old Julie Corey who is suspected of carving a nearly full-term baby girl from her friend’s womb and passing the newborn off as her own is being held on $2 million bail today.
The baby is …

May Michael Jackson rest in peace — this is what he wanted.
Katherine Jackson will get custody of her son’s three children, Prince Michael, Paris, and Blanket. Debbie Rowe, the biological mom of Michael’s two eldest …

WORCESTER (AP) — A baby girl who was cut from her mother’s womb has been found alive in New Hampshire and two people were arrested in the woman’s killing, police said late Wednesday.
The baby girl, …

Fox News Channel commentator Glenn Beck said he believes President Barack Obama is a racist. Beck made the statement during a guest appearance this week on the “Fox & Friends” morning show. He said Obama …