The radio personality who interviewed Beanie Sigel hours after he released his controversial “diss” record aimed at Jay-Z has been fired.

Charlamagne tha God, the morning show host of 100.3FM The Beat in Philadelphia has been relieved of his duties, according to an announcement Charlemagne made on his Twitter on Monday.

“Don’t believe the hype. This is not a publicity stunt. They fired me this(Monday) morning,” Charlamagne tweeted.

Many Hip-Hop insiders believe the firing was a direct result of Charlamagne giving Beanie Sigel an audience to discuss his Jay-Z diss record “Average Cats.”

Charlamagne said the firing is just “the nature of the business.“

The massive clash between the Michael Vick supporters and those who believe he should never be able to don another NFL jersey never happened. Yes, Vick was on hand to show football fans – particularly those in his new town, Philadelphia – his stuff on the field after nearly two years in a federal prison. But, for all the million-dollar hullabaloo over the 29-year-old quarterback’s return, the big night fizzled like an Alka-seltzer in the rain. As The Philadelphia Daily News’ David Gambarcorta put it, it was “about two rings short of a three-ring circus.” Yes, local NAACP President Whyatt Mondesire showed up with pro-Vick troops, but his battalion was about a third shy of his promised 30 troops. He had hoped that an ocean of supporters would show up at Lincoln Financial Field to send a strong signal about Vick’s right to earn a living in his profession of choice, since he had already paid his debt to society. “A lot of people say he shouldn’t be given a second chance,” Mondesire said, blasting what he called racist anti-Vick radio programs. “We’re tired of a one-sided dialogue.” As for the expected horde of animal-rights advocates, it was more like a mini gathering of sorts. The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals decided to stay home from the game, opting instead to use the occasion to raise money for dogs who are victims of cruelty or dogfighting. Meanwhile, Vick made a relatively quiet debut on the field, ending the night with 4-4 passing for about 19 yards. His new squad squeezed out a last-minute 33-32victory against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

A robber fleeing from police, jumped the curb with his car, killing a woman and her three children, The Philadelphia Daily News reports. “He literally cut a tree in half and then hit the 1-year-old, [who] was in a stroller,” Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey told the newspaper. “The other individuals were on the front porch of their own home. He struck with such force that it knocked the concrete steps loose.” Killed in the accident were Latoya Smith, 22; Smith’s daughter, Remedy Smith, who would have turned 1 on Friday; Alicia Griffin, 6; and Gina Rosario, 7, Clark said. Donta Cradock, 18, the alleged driver, faces charges for theft of a motorcycle, the crime that allegedly triggered his flight, police said.

Eddie Jordan, former Washington Wizards coach, could be heading to Philadelphia. Sports Illustrated reports that he will be interviewing with the 76ers today. The slot opened midway through the season when the team fired former Philly guard Maurice Cheeks. Jordan was himself fired from his coaching job in November; he interviewed with the Sacramento Kings earlier this week. The Sixers finished 41-41 this season, 32-27 under Cheeks’ replacement, Tony DiLeo, who returned to the front office as vice president and assistant general manager this week.

Lisa Michelle Hatchell, a 37-year-old mother of two, has been missing since July 19, 2003. Police say that she was last seen that night on the street outside her Philadelphia rowhome she shared with her boyfriend. The couple had been in an argument over money, according to witnesses, and it was the last time anybody saw her. Read the rest.

Philly seems to be doing all it can to live up to its infamous reputation as “Kill-adelphia.” Three shootings in the City of Unbrotherly Shove Sunday left three people dead and another three in critical condition. All of the victims were males, and all were shot on the street, The Philadelphia Daily News reports. In a related incident, a South Philadelphia man, angry because a father and son were talking during a Christmas showing of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” whipped out a .380-caliber gun and shot the father, police said. Charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and various weapons violations in that case was 29-year-old James Joseph Cialella Jr. There have not been any arrests in the three shootings that left three dead. In recent years, Philadelphia has earned the dubious distinction as one of the bloodiest cities in America, averaging more than a homicide a day. So far this year, there have been 329 homicides in Philadelphia, compared to 392 in all of 2007, The Daily News reports.

. More than 30 banks nationwide received letters containing a suspicious powder and threats Tuesday, authorities said. JPMorgan Chase & Co. banks were the primary targets in what might be an extreme backlash to the nation’s economic crisis. Tuesday afternoon, the Federal Home Loan Bank, a Chase Bank subsidiary in Atlanta, , reported receiving a suspicious letter with white powder and a threat. The powder was later found to be harmless. Law enforcement officials said the letters were also mailed to Chase bank branches in or near Chicago; Columbus, Ohio; Dallas; Denver; Newark, N.J.; New York City; Oklahoma City and Washington, D.C. They all appear to be from the same source and began showing up at the banks on Monday, according to the official, who spoke to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. A second law enforcement official, also speaking anonymously, said authorities were looking into whether the letters were sent in anger because of the economic crisis. Authorities would not release the text of the letters, but Gary Johnson, a spokesman at the FBI field office in Oklahoma City, said the threat was “based on past actions of the bank” and that the letters implied that the opener was going to die. U.S. Postal Inspector JoJan Henderson confirmed that the letters appeared to be related. The U.S. Postal Service and state and local officials also were investigating.

“Urban street terrorists” hit Philly Dunkin Donuts.  Police are tracking an armed crew – which Upper Darby’s top cop called “urban street terrorists” – that has hit three area Dunkin’ Donuts locations in broad daylight. In the latest attack, the robbers hit a Dunkin’ Donuts on West Chester Pike in Upper Darby, Pa., Friday afternoon. In surveillance footage from the robbery Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood released Monday, a man shoves a gun in the manager’s face, then hurdles over the front counter before his hooded accomplices join him. “We gotta get these guys off the street. They’re going to kill somebody,” Chitwood said. “I cannot emphasize it enough: These guys are really, really dangerous.” One of the suspects, believed to be Black males in their 20s, struck the manager in the head with his gun as she was led to the safe. Philadelphia Police spokeswoman Officer Christine O’Brien said detectives are investigating two Dunkin’ Donuts robberies in West Philly that they believe are linked to the Upper Darby case.

Cop-shooting teen gets 25-50 years in prison

. Donyea Phillips, a 17-year-old a runaway, who had been squatting with a cousin in an East Frankford rooming house, was sentenced to 25-50 years in prison for shooting and wounding two Philadelphia drug officers serving a search warrant at the house, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer. Phillips, a suspected crack dealer who pleaded guilty in July to two counts of attempted murder and related charges, apologized to Officers Christopher Reed and Stephen Holts. Phillips insisted to Common Pleas Court Judge Glenn B. Bronson that he did not know police were trying to come through the door when he blindly fired through a window Nov. 13. “I was afraid for my life,” Phillips told Bronson, adding, “All I’m just asking is not to lock me up and throw away the key, because I’m changed.” The prison term drew gasps from some of the dozen relatives in court to support Phillips because it’s above the 5- to 10-year minimum recommended under state sentencing guidelines. However, it was also less than the 32-1/2 to 65 years requested by the prosecuting attorney. “I think this sentence was clearly excessive,” said defense attorney James A. Lammendola. He said he would file a motion asking the judge to reconsider the sentence. Explaining his sentence, the judge credited Phillips with accepting responsibility by pleading guilty and acknowledged his grim upbringing: “You had a horribly deprived childhood, there’s no doubt about that,” Bronson said. Kirk Heilbrun, a forensic psychologist hired by Phillips’ defense, testified that Phillips was the oldest of six children. Heilbrun said Phillips experienced mental and physical abuse by his parents and was largely responsible for caring for his siblings. But the judge said Phillips’ background did not excuse the fact that he was squatting in a house, selling crack cocaine and spending $100 a day for marijuana. “Sadly, other people have been in similar situations, but they don’t hole themselves up in a crack house and fire a gun at police officers,” Bronson said.

Philly’s Black teacher pool is drying up

The already shallow pool of Black teachers in Philadelphia schools is evaporating at an alarming rate. District officials, who understand that increasing the number of African Americans in the classroom is one – perhaps the only – surefire method of closing the achievement gap between Black and White students, are scrambling for solutions. When school began this year, The Philadelphia Daily News reports, the percentage of Black teachers in the city was the lowest it has been in decades. And some argue that the dearth of African American teachers has put the district in violation of an agreement it made with the federal Office of Civil Rights three decades ago to achieve a racially balanced teaching force, the News reports. In 1978, more than a third (36 percent) of the teachers were Black. Fast-forward to now, and the number has dropped to 29 percent. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that the Black student body has remained 60 percent. While other school districts nationwide also have a paucity of Black teachers, Philly’s Black-teacher pool has shrunk by 739 over the past half-decade; the percentage of White teachers has grown from 62.5 percent to 65.4 percent over the same period. “Clearly, more must be done to recruit and retain African-American teachers,” said Jerry Jordan, president of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT), told the News. Reg Weaver, who heads the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teacher union, with about 3 million members, said that, “While race doesn’t determine anyone’s ability to master and teach a subject, research does show that teachers of color have higher performance expectations for minority kids, which in turn can impact student achievement.”

Racists terrorize a girl in Idaho. Federal investigators want to know what would motivate two grown men would go through lengths to terrorize a Black girl in the Idaho town of Post Falls. On Monday, 15-year-old Rai Franklin said she woke up to dogs barking outside her family home. They had been aroused by two White men who allegedly threw eggs at her parents’ car and left fliers in the neighborhood telling Black people that they didn’t belong in the neighborhood. Rai said that one of the men grabbed her, punched her in the face and fled while yelling racial slurs. Post Falls is apparently a short distance from Hayden Lake, the home of a compound where members of the Aryan Nations, a violent militant White supremacist organization, used to meet. FBI officials say that if the me are caught, they could face federal hate-crime charges.

Texas university isn’t cheering this student on. It doesn’t matter that Jamie Burns has let the campus off the hook, that her doctors have cleared her medically, and that her mom has said to let her daughter do what she was recruited for, officials at Southern Methodist University say that she won’t be cheerleading. Find out why at BET.com/News.

Ex-husband of Atlanta mayor dies. David McCoy Franklin, the ex-husband of Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin who was a trusted adviser of former Mayor Maynard Jackson, died Sunday, according to a death notice issued by Murray Brothers Funeral Home in Atlanta . He was 65. No cause of death has been disclosed. Franklin had suffered a long illness, Angelo Fuster, former spokesman for Jackson , told The Associated Press. Fuster said that Franklin ’s political smarts were “quite valued,” AP reports.

Blacks are the target of choice for Taser-wielding Houston Police

Life can be shocking if you’re Black and life in Houston . A new study released Monday revealed that Houston Police officers have used their Tasers on African-American suspects more than any other group of people. Read more at BET.com/News.

Philly cops nab third suspect in cold-blooded murder. Philadelphia Police have netted a third suspect in connection with the slaying of a 78-year-old Korean War vet who was shot in the face last week by thugs who attempted to rob him outside a Veterans of Foreign Wars post. The murder of the “sweet and gentle man,” as neighbors described him, shocked the community and the police, which launched an intense investigation into the homicide. Last Thursday detectives arrested two 18-year-olds, Karl Jarmon and Terrell Bennett. Their alleged accomplice, 15-year-old Gary Autrey, is now under arrest, according to homicide Lt. Mel Williams. The trio is being held without bail, charged with murder, conspiracy and weapons charges, police said. “We are satisfied that we took these predators off the streets and we made an arrest in a timely manner, and we were able to give the family closure,” said Lt. Williams. “It’s a tragedy whenever people prey on the old.” Enor Williams had been married to Connie Williams nearly 40 years and, according to The Philadelphia Daily News, was a devoted volunteer at the post. “I hate that [the murder] was the last thing that happened to him,” his 59-year-old widow told the newspaper. “I knew they would find him,” she said of the suspected gunman. “I don’t know how, but I did.” *