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Marissa Alexander Could Face 60-Year Sentence In Retrial

Source:  Florida Times-Union, and First Coast News JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Marissa Alexander could face a 60-year prison sentence instead of her original 20-year sentence when her aggravated assault case is retried in July. The Florida Times-Union reports that the Office of State Attorney Angela Corey will try to put Alexander behind bars for 60 years if it […]

WATCH: Pope Francis Accidentally Drops F-Bomb In Vatican Sunday Blessing

Source: Lee Moran / New York Daily News Pope Francis has the hit headlines for dropping the F-Bomb during a Vatican public blessing. The pontiff was speaking from a window in St Peter’s Square when he accidentally muddled the Italian word “caso” — which means “case” — with “cazzo” — which can translate to “f–k” or […]

Maryland Duo Robbed Pregnant Woman At Gunpoint As She Went Into Labor On Street: Cops

Source: Lee Moran / New York Daily News A violent duo robbed a pregnant woman at gunpoint as she went into labor on a Maryland street, police said. Devery Kelley, 24, and Cornell Robinson, 44, allegedly held up the mom-to-be on Copeland Street, Annapolis, at 4:30 a.m. Sunday. She had just started having contractions and was […]

Brad Pitt And Steve McQueen Accept The Award For Best Picture

Brad Pitt and Steve McQueen accept the award for Best Picture for ’12 Years a Slave.’

Angelo Henderson Slays The Myth Of Black Apathy

Source:  Vanessa Williams / The Washington Post My good friend Angelo Henderson, an award-winning journalist turned crime-fighter, was buried this week in Detroit. I thought of Angelo every time a commentator or columnist defending George Zimmerman or, more recently, Michael Dunn, would ask why African Americans were not as outraged and outspoken about black-on-black crime. During his much too […]

Anthony Mackie Slams Spike Lee’s Gentrification Rant: ‘Spike Lee Don’t Live In Brooklyn’

Source:  Chris Witherspoon / theGrio Athony Mackie currently stars alongside Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker and Sanaa Lathan in the psychological thriller Repentance,now playing in theaters nationwide. Today Mackie weighed in on Spike Lee’s controversial remarks about gentrification in Brooklyn. RELATED: Spike Lee Delivers Tirade Against Gentrification: ‘Get The F*** Outta Here’ Mackie who currently resides in Brooklyn and owns two restaurants there, […]

Bill O’Reilly Clashes With Valerie Jarrett Over ‘Gangsta’ Culture

Source: Josh Feldman / Mediaite Bill O’Reilly faced off with White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett Thursday night overPresident Obama‘s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, and they tussled over the “gangsta” culture O’Reilly argued holds plenty of young people back and what the White House can do to help stem problems like teenage pregnancy and the collapse of the […]

Richie Incognito Checks Himself Into Psychiatric Care Unit

Source: Fox Sports Days after admitting he smashed his Ferrari with a baseball bat, former Dolphins lineman Richie Incognito checked himself into an Arizona psychiatric care unit on Thursday night, according to multiple reports. TMZ Sports was first to break the news. With all of the off-the-field drama reaching its boiling point, Incognito believed it was […]

Fight Erupts Mid-Court Storm Between New Mexico State Players, Utah Valley Fans

Source: Jeff Eisenberg / Yahoo! Sports Moments after his team fell out of first place in the WAC with a 66-61 overtime loss at Utah Valley on Thursday night, New Mexico State guard K.C. Ross-Miller lost control of his emotions. The 6-foot-1 junior picked up the ball as the final buzzer sounded and chucked it at Utah […]

Ex-NFL Star Sharper Surrenders To Police On Rape Charges

Source: Andrew Blankstein / NBC News Former New Orleans Saints star and NFL Network commentator Darren Sharper voluntarily surrendered to police late Thursday after they issued an arrest warrant for the alleged rapes of two women last year in the city’s Central Business District earlier that day, a source familiar with the case told NBC News. […]