Article Archive for 1 February 2010
Greensboro, NC — A local tattoo parlor is giving away free tattoos to celebrate the opening on the International Civil Rights Museum.
The tattoo shows the “Greensboro Four” sitting around a cup of coffee on a …
DENVER (KUSA-TV) – A grieving family looks into an open casket and sees the wrong person’s body. They say the Pipkin Mortuary in Denver first tried to tell them it was their mother, then gave …
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitians waiting in lines under a new U.N. voucher system for food both praised and criticized the method, which is supposed to stop fights in food lines.
The United States plans to resume …
FRUITLAND PARK, Fla. — An 80-year-old man apparently shot and killed his wife and himself while telling a 911 dispatcher that they wanted to commit suicide because of their failing health, according to the Lake …
NEW YORK, Feb. 1 (UPI) — Comedian Sinbad is to star in his first televised stand-up special in 13 years, Comedy Central said today.
The one-hour concert “Sinbad: Where U Been?” is to premiere Feb. 21, …
CONWAY, SC (WMBF) – Conway Police are investigating the death of a woman at the Wal-mart store in Conway.
According to police, officers were called in reference to a fight in progress at the store located …
CHICAGO, Feb. 1 (UPI) — U.S. design expert and author Nate Berkus is to star in his own syndicated lifestyle show, Harpo Productions and Sony Pictures Television said Monday.
Berkus is a New York Times best-selling …
FORT PIERCE, Fla., Feb. 1 (UPI) — Authorities in Florida said they arrested a knife-wielding man who allegedly chased a relative around the house for turning off the TV.
The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office said …
WASHINGTON – D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty‘s approval ratings have taken a big dip.
Forty-two percent of residents said they approved of the job Fenty is doing in a Washington Post poll published Sunday. Forty-nine percent disapproved.
Fenty’s …
(Los Angeles, CA) — Dr. Conrad Murray appears to be even closer to being formally charged with the death of pop icon Michael Jackson.
TMZ.com is citing law enforcement insiders who claim that “a big meeting” …
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Twenty-five years after star-studded anthem “We Are the World” raised millions of dollars to aid famine relief in Africa, celebrities of a different generation were set to gather Monday night to …
NEW YORK (AP) – The Grammys have made sweet music in the ratings, with the show’s biggest TV audience in six years.
Preliminary Nielsen figures Monday show the CBS broadcast attracted 25.8 million viewers. That would …
NELSONVILLE, Ohio — The head of an Ohio technical college says the school remains open for classes in the face of a threat that black students would be killed Tuesday.
President Ron Erickson says in …
(CNN) — As the elderly white woman approached the four black students at the Woolworth’s whites-only lunch counter, Franklin McCain braced for the worst.
“I was thinking to myself, she must have knitting needles and …
Los Angeles, California (CNN) — The most memorable moment of the 52nd annual Grammy Awards last night may be the onstage appearance of Michael Jackson‘s two eldest children to accept their father’s lifetime achievement award.
“To …
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Actors James Earl Jones and Tom Hanks top the list of the most trusted celebrities, according to a poll released on Monday.
In the Forbes.com survey conducted by E-Poll Market Research Co. …
(AP) – It’s a tribute to the Grammys‘ success at becoming more a musical spectacle than an awards show that on the night she made history, Beyonce was just another face in the crowd.
Pop’s reigning …
