by Furious | May 9, 2013 | News
LA Times – Students taking out government loans to help pay for college should pay the same rock-bottom interest rate that the Federal Reserve charges big banks, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) proposed Wednesday. With the interest rate on federal student loans...
by Furious | May 9, 2013 | News
MSNBC – If a tree falls in the forest, is it President Obama’s fault? The answer is, yes, the far-right can find a way to trace any tragedy or negative event back to Obama. The biggest news of the week is the successful end to the long search for three Cleveland...
by Furious | May 9, 2013 | News
Huffington Post – Former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling would be freed from prison by 2017 under a newly proposed deal, CNBC reports. That would reduce Skilling’s current sentence by more than a decade. More from Reuters: According to court papers on Wednesday,...
by Furious | May 8, 2013 | News
In a bizarre television and spatial anomaly on CNN this morning, the blanket coverage of two true-crime stories led two news anchors to conduct an odd “satellite” interview from the very same parking lot, background traffic and all. The two suspects are...
by Furious | May 8, 2013 | News
Crowdfunding has opened up a world of opportunity to people searching for capital, but that doesn’t mean those opportunities extend equally to all segments of the population. BlackStartup debuted a crowdfunding platform today that features projects and ideas...
by Furious | May 7, 2013 | News
Below is the story by Yahoo, but here is our take on the matter (the Yahoo Story). FAM: Did you notice how they are saying that one of the ladies who escaped is the hero as opposed to giving any credit to the man who helped kick the door down and rescue her so that...
by Furious | May 7, 2013 | News
UI Notice: The comments were found not to be true. PHEEEEEWWWW, that would have been too much to handle. Houston – It seems new National Rifle Association President (NRA) president Jim Porter may have found himself in a bit of hot water. Not long ago he made his...
by Furious | May 7, 2013 | News
NewsOne – In the beginning, Phillip Patterson decided to write out every word in the Bible. On empty pages, he wrote of Adam, an ark, locusts, loaves, fishes and the resurrection in his neat, looping cursive. Four years of work begat more than 2,400 pages and...
by Furious | May 7, 2013 | Celebrities, News
NewsOne – Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hillwas sentenced Monday to three months in prison and an additional three months in home confinement for failing to pay taxes on about $1 million in earnings. Hill, a 37-year-old South Orange resident, pleaded guilty last...
by Furious | May 6, 2013 | Celebrities, News
NewsOne – Rapper Lil Kim (pictured) has reportedly been hit with a $15 million lawsuit by her former business manager amid claims that her diva-like behavior cost him a ton of money in lost endorsement deals, according to TMZ. Andrew Ro, who reportedly handled...
