March 30th, 2012

In today’s top news, Veteran rapper E-40 muses on the Trayvon Martin tragedy, a white supremacist hacks Trayvon Martin’s email account and publishes messages online and a witness of Trayvon Martin’s killing comes forward with details.
Veteran rapper E-40 muses on the Trayvon Martin tragedy. [BET]
A white supremacist hacks Trayvon Martin’s email account and publishes messages online. [Gawker]
Witness of Trayvon Martin’s killing comes forward with details. [CNN]
Two FAMU professors allegedly present during hazing are place on leave. [AP]
Nick Cannon to head new comedy series. [BET]
Every senior at the all-male, all-African-American Urban Prep is admitted to college. [Chicago Tribune]
U.N. orders immediate cease-fire in Syria. [MSNBC]
Freeway Rick Ross responds to losing lawsuit against rapper Rick Ross. [BET]
The number of autistic children has risen 78 percent in the last decade. [CNN]
West African regional bloc ECOWAS gives Mali coup leaders 72 hours to step down. [AJE]
TAGS: achievement gap, autism, cease-fire, college, coup, crime, E-40, ECOWAS, education, FAMU, Florida A&M University, Freeway Rick Ross, hazing, Health, Mali, marching band, Middle East, Nick Cannon, Racial Profiling, racism, Rick Ross, Syria, Trayvon Martin, U.N., United Nations, West Africa, White supremacist
March 5th, 2012

In today’s top news, Nick Cannon says he has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, former child star Brandy says her daughter will have to wait to hit the stage and Oprah Winfrey is set to interview Whitney Houston’s family.
Nick Cannon says he has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. [BET]
Former child star Brandy says her daughter will have to wait to hit the stage. [BET]
Oprah to interview Whitney Houston’s family. [AP]
President Obama on Sunday warned of “loose talk of war” with Iran. [AFP]
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to address the “targeted killing” of Americans abroad. [FOX]
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi endorses Jesse Jackson Jr. for r-eelection. [AP]
Seven-year-old boy survives tornado after being dropped on a highway. [MSNBC]
Scientists are testing out an artificial pancreas for diabetics. [CNN]
Designer drug “Spice” linked to kidney failures. [Reuters]
Congo explosions kill 200 and wound nearly 2,000. [CNN]
TAGS: Attorney General Eric Holder, autoimmune disease, brandy, congo, diabetes, drugs, Eric Holder, explosives, Health, Iran, Nancy Pelosi, Nick Cannon, nuclear proliferation, Oprah Winfrey, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., spice, tornado, war, weather, Whitney Houston
December 22nd, 2008

Cannon’s ex said she was shocked. Actor Nick Cannon’s wedding to R&B diva Mariah Carey stunned Cannon’s ex, Christina Milian, she told Rap-Up magazine. “I definitely was shocked like everybody else,” Milian, who once dated Cannon, said. “I was like, ‘Really?’ It just seemed like a weird match. But I was happy for him. I always feel like Nick works hard to get what he wants, whether that be women – that’s how he got me.” Milian, 27, is in the studio working on her upcoming album tentatively titled Dream in Color. She says that she and Cannon “were so young” when they were together. She hasn’t spoken to Cannon since he started dating Carey. “He’s a beautiful person,” she continued. “Regardless of what I felt in the past at the time, I actually forgive him, and I’m very much over that.”
TAGS: Christina Milian, ex, Mariah Carey, marriage, Nick Cannon, shocked