So Someone needs to tell me when pennies stopped being a unit of currency?
Yeah it may be a bit annoying to carry pennies, but when prices end in .99, you don’t really have a choice. I mean think about it, when one is feeling generous to the homeless, you give your [...]
BY CHRISENA COLEMAN
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
She is 71 years old, a great-grandmother - hardly the type of person you would expect to see in Bronx Criminal Court to answer charges of buying two dime bags of pot.
Yet at the appointed time today, Barbara Jackson will make her way to the courthouse, a colorectal cancer survivor [...]
“You decided to spill my blood” are the words that echo in my head. Since when is it my fault that you want to shoot me dead? At what point is it my fault that you are so hurt inside of your heart and head that you have to kill other people? Sure, people didn’t [...]
Mother had to explain to daughter, 7 origin of ‘totally unacceptable’ word on wrapping of furniture built overseas
Jim Wilkes
Staff Reporter
When the new chocolate-coloured sofa set was delivered to her Brampton home, Doris Moore was stunned to see packing labels describing the shade as “Nigger-brown.” She and husband Douglas purchased a sofa, loveseat and chair in [...]
In an attempt to stop flashlight beat downs by cops on the beat of LA, the LAPD has introduced a new flashlight (an attempt to keep the rate of law suits down).
Weighing in at a mere 10.4 ounces, 50% lighter than the previous standard issue model, the Pelican 7060 LED flashlight is sure to be [...]
March 30, 2007
Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled a novel $50-million initiative yesterday that will pay poor New York families cash for taking steps to lift themselves out of poverty by keeping their children in school, staying healthy and earning more.
Under the two-year pilot program, 2,500 families will earn rewards ranging from $50 [...]
Every club heads favorite drug of choice, Chrystal Meth, now comes in tasty flavors. The New York Metro reports:
Meth is a highly addictive crystalline powder that is generally smoked or snorted. While flavored versions have yet to surface here, they have been seized and are believed to be available in California, Nevada, Washington, New Mexico, [...]
NYCLU reports people arrested by the NYPD are kept in lock up way too long.
16 years ago the New York State Court of Appeals ruled that arrestees must be arraigned within 24 hours. This isn’t the case according to the NYCLU. Detainees are being held up to 50 hours before seeing a judge.
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How do you f*ck up a good settlement deal with the law? By driving with a suspended license. What could have been a get out of jail free card has now lead Busta Rhymes to a court date that may see him serving time.Criminal Court Judge Tanya Kennedy withdrew the three year probation, five days [...]
After Urban Thought posted about the article on Friday I decided to do some more research. Come to find out the mother is Dominican and the father is White. They live on long island but that doesn’t make the couple White, as some news outlets stated (I won’t name names).
What is sad about this situation is the statements [...]
BY RAMONA SHELBURNE
For 15-year-old Kristian Keith and her mother, it’s all about pride.
And like teenagers in the movie “Pride,” starring Terrence Howard and Bernie Mac, Kristian is in the vanguard of young black swimmers dispelling another racial stereotype.
The movie, which opens today, follows swim coach Jim Ellis and his predominantly African-American swim program in inner-city [...]
Couple Sues Fertility Clinic for Wrong Sperm
Lawsuit Says Baby Darker Than Either Parent
AP
NEW YORK (March 23) - A couple can proceed with a lawsuit against a fertility clinic they filed after the wife gave birth to a daughter whose skin they thought was too dark to be their child, a judge has ruled.   Â
Thomas and Nancy [...]