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• In The News, Thought, Transit

  Feds To Beef Up MTA Security

  03.22.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Federal agents are going to help step up security on MTA commuter trains and stations in a new program that will be announced today, sources said.
  The Transportation Security Administration will assist the MTA police in patrolling the railroads.
  Earlier this month, the MTA rejected a proposal by the TSA to conduct random bag checks.
  Transit agencies, including [...]

• Entertainment, Thought

  Vivica Fox Arrested, DUI

  03.22.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Vivica A. Fox, former Dancing With The Stars Contestant, was released from jail Wednesday after her arrest for driving under the influence. Fox was pulled over late Tuesday after passing a patrol car a Hollywood Freeway doing 80 miles an hour.
  She was givin a field sobriety test and failed. The test indicated her blood-alcohol level [...]

• City Life, Video

  MSG Riot Spills into Times Square

  03.21.07 | Permalink | Comment?

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  NOT EMBEDABLE

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD8jVMlqhw8
  Rate this: 2.5
  Sphere: Related Content

• City Life, Politics

  Will NYC High Schools Return to The Garden?

  03.21.07 | Permalink | Comment?

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  After this past weekend’s High School Championship at The Garden the NYC Department of Education is thinking of not having games at night. Taking it one step further, Bloomberg has also suggested that all High School Championship games occur without an audience (19 of the 21 people arrested were not from either high school that was playing). [...]

• Entertainment, In The News

  Michael Jackson throws diva tantrums in London

  03.20.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  NEW YORK: Pop star Michael Jackson has created a fuss at a posh London hotel since he checked in there incognito by registering as a woman.
  Newsweek.com quoted London Evening Standard as saying: “Jackson would certainly give J Lo (Jennifer Lopez) a good run for her money on the diva stakes by bringing a team of [...]

• City Life, Politics, Thought

  Sean Bell vs. The City of New York

  03.20.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  It isn’t the Black People vs. White People its more like Black vs. Blue. It isn’t Al Sharpton vs. NYPD but the Black Community/Human Rights vs. The City of New York/America.
  In a never ending battle for justice in the streets of the city we find ourselves as targets in the streets we use to travel [...]

• Business, Thought

  The Ups and Downs of JetBlue

  03.19.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  One again, Mother Nature strikes again. All of those poor saps that were trying to beat the snow, train, snain or any other nasty combination that seems to enjoy hitting the east coast around the holidays has struck again.
  I unfortunately fell victim to the first storm on Valentine’s Day were I was supposed to go [...]

• Observations, Thought

  Urban Observation #6: Money and Black People

  03.18.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Is it just me or people in the Urban community not educated enough to invest their money wisely?
  It may be a sad fact that we get a little bit of money and we don’t know how to act. Someone I know recently received a settlement check for $120,000. Now that is a descent amount of [...]

• City Life, Politics, Thought

  Mayor Bloomberg MIA: NYC Pissed Off

  03.17.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  While a Bronx blaze took the lives of nine people, eight of which were children, Mayor Bloomberg found himself in the warm climate of Miami. Did this sit well with New Yorkers who find it hard to believe that its own Mayor wouldn’t be on site lending his support, grief, and sympathy for the lives [...]

• Television

  Flava of Love: Charm School

  03.16.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  The Flava of Love rejects are back on a brand new spin-off, ‘Flavor of Love: Charm School.’ Hosted by the ‘Big Fat Chance‘ hottie (i say that with humor) herself, Mo’Nique.
  Not quite sure what Mo’Nique knows about charm or etiquette as she guides the contestants, from two previous seasons of Flava of Love, to the title of “Charm [...]

• Advertising, Thought

  Blogs, Blogs, and More Blogs (with Ads)

  03.15.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  There is a lot of money to be made out there and everyone wants their share, I get it. Blogging can make you a lot of money with a focused blog and an audience, I get it.
  What I don’t get is when you go to a blog and all you see is ads. Why bother blogging [...]

• Entertainment, Thought

  Angelina has another one!

  03.15.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  POPSUGAR reports Angelina Jolie’s newest family addition. Angelina, one of the sexiest women in Hollywood, has adopted Pax Thien Jolie of Vietnam.
  I’m not sure what Angelina’s motivation is when it comes down to adopting all these kids but I have to commend her. She even inspired Madonna to the same. The difference between Madonna and [...]

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