New York (NYDailyNews)– A Midtown hotel chef has resigned after a black employee accused him of donning a white pillowcase to pretend to be a Ku Klux Klansman, the Daily News has learned. Cook Julius Jones, the only black person working in the kitchen at the time of the incident, was shocked by chef Jeff Farley’s getup. […]

Nebraska (TheSmokingGun)–Tressa Amerson a 19-year-old woman from Lincoln, Nebraska is being charged with domestic assault after her boyfriend, Ronald Miner, claimed that she attempted to cut a tattoo off his neck that had her name. Miner said Amerson “grabbed a knife and attempted to cut the tattoo of her name off his neck.” A cop […]

Dequavious Stephon Mapp, 18, was one of three teenagers shot after the party about a mile from his home. The High School senior died at Atlanta Medical Center. Recently a similar incident involving an 18 year-old high school senior named Bobby Tillman shocked the nation when the teen was beaten and stamped to death at […]

New York (NYDailyNews)– Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is retiring her title as head of Liberty Central, a conservative group with Tea Party ties that she launched earlier this year amid much scrutiny.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s governor spared the life of Sidney Cornwell, a man facing execution Tuesday for killing a 3-year-old, in part because the convict had an undiagnosed genetic condition that led to developmental disabilities and large breasts as a child.

// New York (NYTimes)– On the streets and in the bodegas, some people say they enjoy the taste of Four Loko, a potent and fruity malt beverage high in alcohol content and caffeine that critics have called a “blackout in a can.”

Alabama (WAPT)– James Bonard Fowler, a white former state trooper pleaded guilty Monday to a lesser charge in the 1965 shooting death of a black man, Jimmie Lee Jackson, at a civil rights protest, a killing that inspired historic voting rights marches. James Bonard Fowler, 77, entered the plea of misdemeanor second-degree manslaughter two weeks […]

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Wal-Mart’s highly awaited Black Friday ad promises hot deals on high-definition TVs, Blu-ray players, laptops and holiday gift favorites such as toys and DVDs, according to a copy of the retailer’s circular obtained by CNNMoney.com on Saturday.

Kentucky (PittPostGazette)– Several veterans and historians gathered in Alleghany, Kentucky to honor the 180,000 African Americans who fought in the Civil War. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports: Local African-American veterans and officials from the History Center gathered at the cemetery Sunday to honor more than 100 Civil War-era African-American soldiers who are buried there. Mr. Masich […]

South Carolina (Huffington Post)—Alvin Greene, the quirky former South Carolina Senate candidate, added additional hype to his potential bid for president earlier this week when he upped the likelihood of a run from “I’ll have to see,” to “I’m seriously considering.”