“We even have blacks voting against the health care bill from Alabama, you can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man,” said Jackson referring to Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL.) the lone dissenting vote from the CBC.
Davis, who is running for governor in Alabama, said he voted against the measure because he believes there are better alternatives than the bill passed by the House of Representatives earlier in November.
Alabama is also a conservative state and voting for heath care could be viewed as a political liability.
Police have secured video surveillance from a North Carolina hotel showing McNeill carrying five-year-old Shaniya in an elevator.
Police claim that Shaniya’s mother, Antoinette Davis, sold her daughter to McNeill for sex. Davis originally claimed her child was kidnapped by another individual but her story fell apart as police continued investigating.
By the way, law enforcement officials confirmed that Davis is currently pregnant.
In an effort to save money, Haley Barbour, the governor of Mississippi, is proposing merging Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University and Alcorn State University into one school.
It is expected that Winfrey, 55, will announce the end of the Oprah Winfrey Show this Friday. Insiders believe she will now focus on launching her own cable network (the Oprah Winfrey Network -OWN)
According to media reports, Howard Stewart and his wife, 35-year-old Christina Lee, were involved in a heated argument after Lee’s 12-year-old daughter accused Stewart of touching her inappropriately.
Police allege Stewart waited for Lee and her daughter to fall asleep, poured a combustible fluid on their bodies then struck a match. Luckily, the child was able to escape but Lee suffered burns on more than 40 percent of her body.
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