Mississippi Church Refuses to Marry Black Couple

Mississppi Church Refuses to Marry …They had booked their wedding far in advance. The invitations had been sent, the programs printed. But one day before Charles and Te’Andrea Wilson were to be married at the Mississippi church they frequented, they said a pastor told them they would have to find another venue –…

  
  
by | on Jul 29th 2012

Google Doodle Celebrates Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart would have been 115 today had she lived through her ill-fated attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 1937. Earhart was the epitome of female inspiration in the face of seemingly impossible odds. While her disappearance remains a mystery, her iconic status still inspires women everywhere to break gender boundaries in pursuit of…

  
  
by | on Jul 24th 2012

Boxer Busted After Bloody Nose

Bloody noses are commonplace in the sport of boxing, but for Toledo boxer Martin Tucker, a nosebleed suffered during a fight in April turned out to be more than unlucky. It was life-changing.Tucker sustained a bloody nose during a bout in Toledo, and afterward Special Agent Robert Schmitz snagged a Q-Tip swab that had been used to clean…

  
  
by | on Jul 20th 2012

7 Legitimate Work-at-Home Jobs for 20-Somethings

One ad reads, “I will juggle three fire clubs with a firework on my head for $5.” Another offers a 45-minute Spanish lesson on Skype or professional advice on buying real estate. All are on Fiver.com where anybody can sell a service for $5, many through the Internet. The website is indicative of how the work-at-home job scene has…

  
  
by | on Jul 17th 2012

Report: Some lose homes over as little as $400

WASHINGTON (AP) — The elderly and other vulnerable homeowners are losing their homes because they owe as little as a few hundred dollars in back taxes, according to a report from a consumer group.Outdated state laws allow big banks and other investors to reap windfall profits by buying the houses for a pittance and reselling them, the…

  
  
by | on Jul 11th 2012

Manhunt for Georgia money manager accused of embezzling millions!

Aubrey Lee Price (Courtesy of the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office)Did Georgia money manager Aubrey Lee Price commit suicide in shame or skip town with $17 million?According to the FBI, the 46-year-old disappeared in mid-June “after telling acquaintances that he had lost a large amount of money through trading activities and…

  
  
by | on Jul 09th 2012

CEO gets cool $44M severance package for one day of work

CEO gets cool $44M severance package for one day of work15 hrs agoHow much severance would you expect after one day on the job? Not a lot, right? Well, the now ex-CEO of Duke Energy Corp., Bill Johnson, is getting up to a cool $44.4 million for his one day at the helm. Johnson had previously been CEO of…

  
  
by | on Jul 08th 2012

Mumbai’s Boom Turns Renters Into Millionaires

Photograph by Ashkay Mahajan for Bloomberg Businessweek -   Mea Kadwani, 78, has lived in the same apartment in the Mukund Mansion in Mumbai since he was a toddler. Thanks to rent control laws, he paid less than $20 a month for decades, and $23 a month recently, for a 2,600-square-foot space in…

  
  
by | on Jul 07th 2012

Meet Mike Miles, the elementary school Allen Iverson

Everyone is always looking for the next big thing, with an emphasis on recruiting getting younger and younger. With eighth-graders now landing full scholarship offers at major Division I programs, it’s only a matter of time before elementary schoolers are getting serious looks from colleges.Well, some of those elementary schoolers have already…

  
  
by | on Jul 06th 2012

No crime in Bradley’s win over Pacquiao, Nevada rules without interviewing judges

LAS VEGAS – Many believe that Timothy Bradley’s victory over Manny Pacquiao in their June 9 bout for the World Boxing Organization welterweight title was a robbery, but the Nevada attorney general said Tuesday it was not a crime.Catherine Cortez Masto, the Nevada attorney general, wrote in a letter to Top Rank’s Bob Arum that “there do not…

  
  
by | on Jul 04th 2012
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