The Internal Revenue Service is after Chris Tucker for over $11 million in back taxes, according to documents filed Tuesday with the L.A. County Recorder’s Office.
The film star is revealed to owe $11,571,909.26 in federal taxes for the years 2001...
Posted Friday, July 30th 2010 at 12:44AM
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By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress moved Tuesday to make it tougher for federal prison inmates to use cell phones and wireless devices to direct criminal activities within or outside prison walls.
The House voted by voice to clo...
Posted Thursday, July 29th 2010 at 9:59PM
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Recording artist and activist Wyclef Jean is considering a run for President of Haiti. Which is somewhat exciting. Yet kind of terrifying. If you were Haitian would you back Wyclef? You wouldn't if you were one of his former Fugees bandmates. He hasn...
Posted Wednesday, July 28th 2010 at 11:15PM
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We all love a man who goes hard for what he wants and makes himself a major player in the game. We're checking out more than a handful of men who are doing just that in summer 2010.
From sports stars like ESSENCE August Issue's "Man of Summer" Og...
Posted Wednesday, July 28th 2010 at 11:04PM
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Congress addressed a historic wrong on Wednesday afternoon, replacing it instead with a slightly lesser wrong, when the House voted to reduce the disparity in the sentencing of people caught with crack cocaine versus powder cocaine.
To be charged...
Posted Wednesday, July 28th 2010 at 10:41PM
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The Ukrainian city of Odessa is best known throughout Europe for its sun-drenched beaches and high-end spas. Yet according to a new report, the city's sand-and-surf image hides a much seedier reality: the port also serves as a transit hub for human t...
Posted Wednesday, July 28th 2010 at 10:14PM
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The head of the Guttmacher Institute said the abortion rate among blacks can be lowered by contraception and sex education.
Sharon Camp, the president and CEO of the institute, made the claims in a New York Times letter to the editor published yes...
Posted Tuesday, July 27th 2010 at 12:15AM
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There's nothing shocking or surprising about the latest Andrew Breitbart scam in which he released selectively-edited video of an African American USDA worker, Shirley Sherrod, and accused her of racism against a white farmer couple, the Spooners.
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Posted Thursday, July 22nd 2010 at 5:37PM
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Do you know it is legal for cosmetics manufacturers to use chemicals linked to cancer and reproductive harm in their products?
These toxic chemicals are used in nail salons every day and as a result, salon workers are at risk. I just signed a ...
Posted Wednesday, July 21st 2010 at 7:33PM
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WASHINGTON – Reveling over a new milestone in his presidency, a triumphant Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of lending and high-finance rules since the Great Depression, adding safeguards for millions of consumers ...
Posted Wednesday, July 21st 2010 at 6:56PM
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July 13, 2010 — Veterans will now have an easier time getting disability benefits for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to an announcement by President Obama in his Saturday presidential radio address.
Previously, veterans have been ...
Posted Wednesday, July 21st 2010 at 2:03PM
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Russian Roulette singer Rihanna skipped the casino and headed straight to the pool while on a trip to Las Vegas. The 22-year-old pop star, who is in Sin City for her Last Girl On Earth tour, showed off her form in a daring animal print swimsuit.
Sh...
Posted Wednesday, July 21st 2010 at 10:47AM
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Yacht skipper Ralph Mothes, 59, is seen in this amazing photograph dwarfed by the 30ft whale as it breaches right next to his yacht Intrepid. A split-second after this picture was taken the enormous creature slammed into the deck. ...read
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Posted Wednesday, July 21st 2010 at 9:35AM
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A black couple have amazed medical experts after their baby daughter was born with white skin, blue eyes and blonde hair. Benjamin and Angela Ihegboro’s daughter, Nmachi, has flummoxed genetic experts who are unable to explain why she looks they way ...
Posted Wednesday, July 21st 2010 at 9:06AM
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With the bare minimum of votes required to avoid a
filibuster, the bill to extend unemployment benefits cleared
the most important procedural hurdle in the Senate and
advanced to a final vote and all but certain passage,
expected later tod...
Posted Tuesday, July 20th 2010 at 4:05PM
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