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When baton-wielding police began to whack Askia Sabur in front of a West Philadelphia Chinese carryout earlier this month, Kimla Robinson whipped out her cell phone to record the incident.

Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. responded to reports Tuesday that he tried to pay for a U.S. Senate seat and released a statement about an alleged relationship with a Washington, D.C., woman.

CNN and Good Morning America both ran pieces on the lawsuit, as did the local TV news shows.

President Obama wanted out of Afghanistan last year.

White House officials expect Lawrence Summers to leave his job as the president’s National Economic Council director after November’s congressional elections, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Via: CNN.com Two Georgia men have filed suit against megachurch Bishop  Eddie Long, of Atlanta, alleging coercion into sexual favors that occurred over several years. The men, Maurice Robinson and Anthony Flagg, were members and employees of Long’s New Birth Missionary Baptist Church and allege that they were given lavish trips overseas, vehicles, money and […]

A majority of Americans prefer cutting the deficit to increasing government spending as a way to improve the tough economy and believe a more balanced budget would help create jobs, a Reuters Ipsos poll showed on Tuesday.

One of the key figures on the Los Angeles jazz scene, Buddy Collette was a saxophonist, flautist, bandleader and educator who also worked as an advocate for the rights of African American musicians.