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Via: WTVD.com Raleigh won’t be renewing its contract to operate red-light cameras at 15 city intersections. Yesterday the City Council was five votes short of what it needed to extend a contract with ACS Xerox for the Safelight Program. The traffic cams were initially put in because research said that red-light cameras are effective in […]
Meet Motivational Speaker, Chris Davis. In this interview with Wade Banner he speaks on what it’s like being a young motivational speaker.
The N.C. Utilities Commission is holding hearings this week in Raleigh on the two power companies’ plan to create the nation’s largest electric utility. This week’s hearings will be the only forum for the public to debate the merger, a fact several speakers decried. “We urge you to take these meetings to the communities whose […]
The University of North Carolina has placed its football program on two years probation and vacated wins from the 2008 and 2009 seasons as a result of an NCAA investigation into impermissible benefits and academic misconduct. UNC’s response to the NCAA’s June 21 Notice of Allegations, which was due Monday and released – with redactions […]
This year’s participants include: Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, Senior Advisor to the President of the United States Valerie B. Jarrett, former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young, entertainer and author Common, activist and talk show host the Rev. Al Sharpton, political commentator and talk show host Roland Martin, singer/actress Melba Moore, Broadway choreographer George Faison, poet […]
Via: WTVD.com Earlier today, UNC officials released their official response to a NCAA Notice of Allegations involving the school’s football program. The document says the school prides itself on compliance with NCAA rules, but, “The University acknowledges, however, that despite our efforts and expectations, major violations occurred in the football program.” UNC says it will […]
Wade Banner got the chance to chop it up with Don Morris of The Source Magazine. Check out this interview to get a little insight to behind-the-scenes at the major publication.
According to Jake Paine from HipHopDx Grammy-nominated duo the Foreign Exchange is presently on tour for their 2010 Authenticity album, as well as this year’s live release Dear Friends: An Evening With Foreign Exchange. With vocalist Phonte releasing his solo debut Charity Starts At Home on September 27, the artist has added dates, joined by […]
Rapper 50 Cent is on a campaign to tackle world hunger. His new energy shot drink, Street King, donates a portion of the revenue from each bottle sold to the United Nation’s World Food Program. See also: 50 Cent Selling “Sketchy Penny Stocks” On Twitter 50 Cent says Street King and its robust marketing campaign […]
NEW YORK — Reggae star Denroy Morgan was arrested in the Bronx after police claimed they found him with 25 pounds of marijuana in his car. Morgan is the father of the popular reggae group, Morgan Heritage. The arrest of the 66-year-old Morgan led to the apartment he was coming from being raided. Police claim […]
2011 Soul Picnic Presents – The Return of the Legends featuring: Bell Biv Devoe, Whodini, MC Lyte, Doug E. Fresh & Special Ed
Well Guess where Fantasia’s married boyfriend/baby daddy will be on his wedding anniversary….no not with his wife but at he and Fantasia’s baby shower. Yes they are having the baby shower on his wedding anniversary he shares with his estranged wife Paula Cook which is October 1st. The baby is due on December 27th.
