Posts Tagged ‘Georgia’
What is Wrong With This Damn Katt? »
On November 8th, the Comedian Katt Williams was arrested on charges of allegedly stealing $3,555 in jewelry and collectible coins. After posting $41,150 bond in Coweta County, Georgia, he was released. On November 10th, Williams was reportedly re-arrested on a bond payment related issue. A little less than a month after being charged with [...]
Ashley Jewell, Fiance of Housewives Kandi Burruss is »
Atlanta’s Channel 2, WSBTV.com is reporting that an arrest was made in the murdered of Ashley A.J. Jewell. Ashley was the fiancé of Kandi Burruss, the newest cast member of the hit reality show “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.” Jewell also appeared regularly on the show. (more...)
Rep. Paul Broun Compares Obama to Hitler »
Georgia's Republican Congressman Paul Broun called America's First African American President-elect Barack Obama a 'Marxist' and comparing him to Adolph Hitler. “I regret putting it that way,” he told WGAC radio in Augusta, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. “I apologize to anyone who has taken offense at [...]
Call Me MISTER – Increasing African American »
Call Me MISTER (acronym for Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role Models) National Initiative is to increase the pool of available teachers from a broader more diverse background particularly among the State's lowest performing elementary schools. Student participants are largely selected from among under-served, socio-economically [...]
Obama breaks own record raised $150M in Sept. »
Today Barack Obama's campaign announced that they raised $150 million in donations in September, raising the the bar in campaign fund raising. The September record tops Obama's previous record of $65 million in August. In a campaign video, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said a record 632,000 new donors gave to the campaign, with the [...]
Rapper Da Brat gets three years for assault »
Da Brat was assigned a new zip code, Dekalb County Prison, for three years on Friday for assault. The recordings artist was sentenced to three years in Dekalb County prison for hitting a hostess in the head with a rum bottle during an altercation at a suburban Atlanta nightclub last fall. The Chicago native graduated from Kenwood Academy, Hyde [...]
Obama: Ludacris should be ashame of his lyrics »
Yesterday Senator Obama sharply condemned rapper Ludacris over his new song celebrating the U.S. Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama presidential bid while referring to Hillary Clinton as an "irrelevant bitch." The song, called "Politics: Obama Is Here," was released yesterday. Ludacris, aka Christopher [...]
