In today’s top news, President Obama called for concrete proposals on how to end gun violence by January, police are on the hunt for two escaped bank robbers in Chicago and Al Sharpton stressed the nation’s need to limit access to high-powered weapons.
President Obama called for concrete proposals on how to end gun violence by January. [NBCNews]
Police are on the hunt for two escaped bank robbers in Chicago. [GMA]
Al Sharpton stressed the nation’s need to limit access to high-powered weapons. [BET]
Wacka Flocka Flame was ordered to pay $500,000 to a shooting victim. [BET]
NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal is launching a vodka line soon. [BET]
HBO has plans to adapt the Alicia Keys-produced play Stick Fly into a film. [Grio]
An Australian resort owner has banned Tiger Woods. [Yahoo!]
A Texas state trooper has been suspended for subjecting two women to roadside cavity searches. [NBCNews]
Ben Affleck testified before Congress, urging action in the Democratic Republic of Congo. [VOA]
A group of extremely tall Sudanese basketball players have been cleared to play at an Illinois high school. [NBCChicago]
In today’s top news, Nelson Mandela celebrates his 94th birthday, Mitt Romney may have narrowed his pick for vice president and Jada Pinkett Smith urges Congress to fight human trafficking.
Actress Jada Pinkett Smith urges Congress to fight human trafficking and slavery. [AP]
Nelson Mandela celebrates his 94th birthday today. [BET]
Mitt Romney may have narrowed his vice president pick list down to three hopefuls. [REUTERS]
Africa scores its own domain name: Dot Africa. [All Africa]
Britain’s only Black weekly paper is denied access to Olympics Stadium. [The Grio]
Nigeria slaps Shell Oil Company with a multi-billion dollar lawsuit. [AFP]
Pulitzer-Prize winning Black columnist William Raspberry dies from cancer. [BET]
Black children living in housing projects are more likely to smoke. [BET]
Tiger Woods looks to regain golf’s “Player of the Year” title with a British Open win. [NYDN]
Drug for immune disorders may help to stabilize Alzheimer’s. [WSJ]
In today’s top news, Cissy Houston paid tribute to her legendary daughter at this year’s BET Awards, Rev. Al Sharpton called Rodney King a “symbol of forgiveness” at King’s memorial service this weekend and Lauren London joins the cast of The Game.
Cissy Houston paid tribute to her legendary daughter at this year’s BET Awards. [BET]
Rev. Al Sharpton called Rodney King a “symbol of forgiveness” at King’s memorial service this weekend. [AP]
Television personality Wendy Williams and Suzanne de Passe are linking up to create multi-cultural films. [PRNewswire]
Millions of Americans were left without power over the weekend amid record heat surges. [Reuters]
Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson says Caribbean and American descendants of slaves have a “superior athletic gene” that allows them to excel at sports. [Daily Mail]
Four kidnapped foreign aid workers were released in Somalia overnight. [AFP]
One thousand anti-government protesters were arrested in Khartoum, Sudan, on Sunday. [AllAfrica]
In today’s top news, Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee was sacked amid Trayvon Martin case criticism, Attorney General Eric Holder was found in contempt of Congress for his handling of the “Fast and Furious” gun trafficking program and the Southern Baptist Convention declares gay rights are not civil rights.
Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee was sacked amid Trayvon Martin case criticism. [BET]
Attorney Genral Eric Holder was found in contempt of Congress for his handling of the “Fast and Furious” gun trafficking program. [BET]
The Southern Baptist Convention declares gay rights are not civil rights. [AP]
New York City’s Black residents left out of the city’s jobs rebound. [NYT]
Half of all new HIV diagnoses occur in the South. [BET]
Exposure to traffic noise has been linked with heart attacks. [WHAM]
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has replaced Tiger Woods as the highest paid athlete. [LATimes]
A judge has thrown out three of 51 child sex abuse charges lodged against former Penn. State football coach Jerry Sandusky. [AP]
The Ugandan government bans 38 NGOs it has accused of promoting gay rights. [CNN]
Two South African hostage, captured by Somali pirates, have been freed after 20 months of captivity. [BBC]
This morning Tiger Woods told his family, friends and fans that he is “deeply sorry” for his selfish and irresponsible behavior, and admitting to affairs. Woods spoke from the clubhouse at the TPC Sawgrass, home of the PGA Tour. About 40 people joined the pro-golfrer the room, including his mother. His wife was not there. Woods says he is solely responsible for his actions and was in treatment for 45 days and will return for more therapy. He also insists there were no instances of domestic abuse in his marriage.The world’s No. 1 golfer had not talked in public since his traffic accident Nov. 27 triggered shocking revelations about Woods’ infidelity.
Did you watch his apology? Do you think the public will buy it?
Author and former sex addict Benoit Denizet-Lewis wrote on his blog that Woods is receiving treatment at the the Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services Center in Hattiesburg.
The treatment facility has not confirmed or denied the Woods speculation.
Woods has taken a sabbatical from competitive golf as he seeks to put his family together after he admitted to having several extramarital affairs.
Way to kick a man when he’s down. Someone has placed “fake” Gatorade bottles with golf star Tiger Woods, his wife Elin and the word “Unfaithful” in several Denver area grocery stores.
No one seems to know where the bottles came from or the person(s) responsible for the gag. Gatorade said they did not print the labels as they severed business ties with golfer.
Woods has confessed to cheating on his wife with at least a dozen women and has taken a break from professional golf.
As Tiger Woods pays the price with his wife, family and career for his infidelity, stockholders in Woods’ sponsored companies such as AT&T and Gillette have at least 12 billion.
A study by Victor Stango and Christopher Knittel, two economy and professors at the University of California, suggests that companies who have a business relationship with Woods have seen their stock shares plummet since the Woods scandal broke out in November.
“In their study, the two professors said they looked at stock market returns for the 13 trading days after November 27, the date of the car incident that ignited the Woods scandal.
They compared returns for Woods’ sponsors during this period to those of both the total stock market and of each sponsor’s closest competitor. They also reviewed returns for four years before the car accident to build up a comparative picture of the sponsors’ market performance.
The study looked at sponsors of Tiger Woods for which stock prices were available, in several cases through quoted prices for the parent companies. Sponsors included: Accenture; AT&T; Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf (Electronic Arts); Gillette (Proctor and Gamble); Nike; Gatorade (PepsiCo); TLC Laser Eye Centers.”
On the George Lopez show 50 Cent was asked to comment on the Tiger Woods fiasco . His main advice for Tiger is to select a higher quality of woman to creep with.
When a reporter asked Knight if NIKE will suspend their endorsement contracts with Woods, he gave the following response.
“I think he’s been really great…When his career is over, you’ll look back on these indiscretions as a minor blip, but the media is making a big deal out of it right now.”
Is Knight right? Will his accomplishments as a golfer overshadow his marital issues? What do you think?
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