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Obama sings blues with Mick Jagger, B.B. King
President Obama sings the blues with music legends Mick Jagger, B.B. King at White House (NYDN) WASHINGTON – The President just couldn’t say no: Mick Jagger held out a mic almost by way of command, and soon Barack Obama was belting out the blues with the best of them. The East Room of the White House was transformed into an intimate blues club on Tuesday night for a concert featuring blues all-stars of the past, present and future – and the President himself. The surprise performance by Obama came at the end of the playlist when the blues ensemble was singing “Sweet Home Chicago,” the blues anthem of Obama’s home town. Buddy Guy prodded the President, saying he’d heard that the…
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Lin on dating Kim Kardashian: No way!
Jeremy Lin dating Kim Kardashian? Knicks phenom denies report he’s dating reality star (NYDN) Jeremy Lin says he’s single – maybe ready to mingle – and definitely not dating Kim Kardashian. In a new interview on “Good Morning America,” the breakout Knicks star shot down rumors that he’s taken up with the spotlight-loving reality show star. “Stuff about me dating Kim Kardashian, I mean, I have no idea where that came from and all these rumors,” the 23-year-old said. Despite Kardashian’s penchant to go after professional athletes, Lin remarked: “I don’t think I’m that type.” The interview aired hours before Lin and the Knicks were smoked by Kardashian’s ex, Kris Humphries, and the New Jersey Nets Monday night. A…
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Alarm clock from hell nets inventor $75K
Local engineer Paul Sammut invents the most annoying alarm clock ever (NYDN) A young local engineer has invented the ultimate alarm clock from hell — and raised $75,000 in six days to produce the devilish device. The cursed clock requires sleepers to enter an ever-changing PIN code on a punch pad in another room just to activate the snooze button. “In high school, I had a really good alarm clock, and it was my mom,” said the clock’s inventor, 24-year-old Paul Sammut. “She wouldn’t stop annoying me until I got out of bed. I tried to think of something similar to that.” After leaving home, Sammut dreamed for years of enjoying a leisurely breakfast before work. “I…
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Lawyer: Bobby broke promises on Whitney funeral
Bobby Brown broke promises about seating and contacting daughter at Whitney Houston funeral, says lawyer (NYDN) Bobby Brown knew his seating arrangement going into Whitney Houston’s Saturday service and broke an agreement not to contact his daughter unless she reached out first, Houston’s lawyer said Tuesday. Lawyer Mark G. Trigg called Atlanta’s “Frank and Wanda” radio show on V-103 Tuesday morning and said Brown’s lawyer agreed to a carefully crafted set of ground rules when the singer accepted the Houston family’s invitation to sit in the first three rows of the New Hope Baptist Church for the packed, star-studded service in Newark. Brown, who was divorced from Houston in 2007, agreed that he would sit in front with Houston’s family…
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Can Donald Trump do Mitt Romney’s dirty work?
Can Donald Trump help Mitt Romney without birtherism? (theGRIO) Can Donald Trump help Mitt Romney win in Michigan and Ohio? The real estate mogul, who endorsed Romney on the eve of the Nevada caucuses earlier this month, is now touting the former Massachusetts governor on radio programs in those two key states. A loss in Michigan, which holds its primary on February 28, could cripple Romney, who was once considered a heavy favorite in the state where his father was governor. Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are also aggressively competing in Ohio, which is perhaps the most critical of a number of states that vote on March 6. Romney’s team asked Trump to help them by going on…
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Can Donald Trump do Mitt Romney’s dirty work?
Can Donald Trump help Mitt Romney without birtherism? (theGRIO) Can Donald Trump help Mitt Romney win in Michigan and Ohio? The real estate mogul, who endorsed Romney on the eve of the Nevada caucuses earlier this month, is now touting the former Massachusetts governor on radio programs in those two key states. A loss in Michigan, which holds its primary on February 28, could cripple Romney, who was once considered a heavy favorite in the state where his father was governor. Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are also aggressively competing in Ohio, which is perhaps the most critical of a number of states that vote on March 6. Romney’s team asked Trump to help them by going on…
White Chicago teacher sues to use n-word in class
Chicago teacher suspended for using ‘N-word’ in class sues; says it was a ‘teachable moment’ (NYDN) A white teacher says Chicago public school officials and his black principal violated his civil rights when they suspended him for using the N-word in front of a classroom full of black sixth graders, according to a lawsuit. Calling the incident a “teachable moment,” Lincoln Brown, 48, said he used the word in class at Murray Language Academy last October after he caught two girls passing a note with a rap lyric containing the slur, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. The social studies teacher said he was discussing the use of the word in the context of movies, music and books, including the novel…
Man survives 2 months in car buried under snow
Swedish man survives two months without food after being stranded in snow-covered car (NYDN) A Swedish man somehow survived without food for two months in sub-zero temperatures after being stranded in his snow-covered car, authorities say. Peter Skyllberg, 44, is “awake and able to communicate” after being pulled from his car on a deserted forest road on Friday, The Guardian newspaper reported on Sunday. Skyllberg, who told authorities he had been stuck in his car since Dec. 19, says he survived only by eating snow. “He was in a very poor state when we found him,” police officer Ebbe Nyberg told reporters. “He could not speak, just a few broken sentences and the words, ‘snow … eat.’” Experts are baffled…
Will “The Buffet Tax” get the rich to pay their taxes?
A heated topic among the Republican presidential candidates and with President Obama are taxes. We all heard presidential hopeful Mitt Romney boast about not paying nearly as much in taxes as his official tax bracket says he should pay. Romney and his wife earned a whopping $21.7 million in 2010 and only paid 13.9% in taxes. Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich openly confessed that he paid an effective tax rate of 31%, and earned a fraction of Romney’s income. How do the rich avoid paying taxes while the middle class have no escape? Well, in Romney’s case, his income is primarily investment income, which comes in the form of dividends capital gains, which are taxed…
Jeremy Lin slur was ‘honest mistake’
Jeremy Lin headline slur was ‘honest mistake,’ fired ESPN editor Anthony Federico claims (NYDN) The ESPN editor fired Sunday for using “chink in the armor” in a headline about Knicks phenom Jeremy Lin said the racial slur never crossed his mind – and he was devastated when he realized his mistake. “This had nothing to do with me being cute or punny,” Anthony Federico told the Daily News. “I’m so sorry that I offended people. I’m so sorry if I offended Jeremy.” The headline – “Chink in the Armor: Jeremy Lin’s 9 Turnovers Cost Knicks in Streak-stopping Loss to Hornets” – appeared on ESPN’s mobile website at 2:30 a.m. on Saturday and was removed by 3:05 a.m. FORMER NBA STAR…
Whitney Houston service celebrates life, talent
Whitney Houston funeral brings together friends, family and stars to say goodbye NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) – The biggest names in entertainment clapped hands, swayed to gospel hymns and sang along with the choir at Whitney Houston’s hometown funeral Saturday in the church where the future pop star once wowed the congregation as a young girl. “We are here today, hearts broken but yet with God’s strength we celebrate the life of Whitney Houston,” the Rev. Joe A. Carter told the packed New Hope Baptist Church after the choir behind him sang “The Lord is My Shepherd.” Mourners including singer Jennifer Hudson and Houston’s mother, gospel singer Cissy Houston, stood, swayed and clapped along in the…
Lifestyle
Do Rihanna and Chris Brown have a responsibility to us?
Do Rihanna and Chris Brown have a responsibility to their fans? (theGRIO) The rumors of a Rihanna and Chris Brown song collaboration are true. The former couple released two remixed tracks that are sure to lead to many questions about whether Rihanna has forgiven Chris Brown for punching, kicking, choking and biting her in 2009, leaving her bloody, bruised and unconscious on the side of the road the night before the Grammy Awards. For those who need their memories refreshed or who have never taken the time to read the police report, after an argument over Rihanna discovering a text message from another woman on Chris Brown’s cell phone the following happened (Warning: Graphic content): [Rihanna is referred…
White Chicago teacher sues to use n-word in class
Chicago teacher suspended for using ‘N-word’ in class sues; says it was a ‘teachable moment’ (NYDN) A white teacher says Chicago public school officials and his black principal violated his civil rights when they suspended him for using the N-word in front of a classroom full of black sixth graders, according to a lawsuit. Calling the incident a “teachable moment,” Lincoln Brown, 48, said he used the word in class at Murray Language Academy last October after he caught two girls passing a note with a rap lyric containing the slur, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. The social studies teacher said he was discussing the use of the word in the context of movies, music and books, including the novel…
Man survives 2 months in car buried under snow
Swedish man survives two months without food after being stranded in snow-covered car (NYDN) A Swedish man somehow survived without food for two months in sub-zero temperatures after being stranded in his snow-covered car, authorities say. Peter Skyllberg, 44, is “awake and able to communicate” after being pulled from his car on a deserted forest road on Friday, The Guardian newspaper reported on Sunday. Skyllberg, who told authorities he had been stuck in his car since Dec. 19, says he survived only by eating snow. “He was in a very poor state when we found him,” police officer Ebbe Nyberg told reporters. “He could not speak, just a few broken sentences and the words, ‘snow … eat.’” Experts are baffled…
Ray Charles Foundation wants $3 million gift back
ATLANTA (AP) — The Ray Charles Foundation is demanding the return of a $3 million gift given to Albany State University a decade ago because the organization says the college has yet to use the money to build a performing arts center in the late artist’s name. In 2001, Charles gave the south Georgia school $1 million and donated another $2 million a year later after receiving an honorary doctorate from the college. The native of Albany, Georgia, died in 2004 at age 73. The money was given solely for the construction of the performing arts center, yet it only exists “on the drawing board and in an unapproved downsized plan,” the foundation said in a…
Entertainment
Chilling picture of Whitney Houston dead in her coffin published in National Enquirer
(DailyMail) A photograph apparently showing Whitney Houston in an open coffin has been published on the cover of the National Enquirer. The chilling picture shows the singer lying dead in her golden casket, clad in a regal purple dress and wearing what looks like a diamond brooch and earring. The weekly American magazine has run the snap alongside a bold headline proclaiming: ‘Whitney: The last photo!’ It is understood the photograph was taken inside the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, New Jersey, where her family attended a private wake last Friday on the eve of her funeral. The magazine claims the photo was taken at the private viewing – although does not reveal who took the…
Do Rihanna and Chris Brown have a responsibility to us?
Do Rihanna and Chris Brown have a responsibility to their fans? (theGRIO) The rumors of a Rihanna and Chris Brown song collaboration are true. The former couple released two remixed tracks that are sure to lead to many questions about whether Rihanna has forgiven Chris Brown for punching, kicking, choking and biting her in 2009, leaving her bloody, bruised and unconscious on the side of the road the night before the Grammy Awards. For those who need their memories refreshed or who have never taken the time to read the police report, after an argument over Rihanna discovering a text message from another woman on Chris Brown’s cell phone the following happened (Warning: Graphic content): [Rihanna is referred…
Obama sings blues with Mick Jagger, B.B. King
President Obama sings the blues with music legends Mick Jagger, B.B. King at White House (NYDN) WASHINGTON – The President just couldn’t say no: Mick Jagger held out a mic almost by way of command, and soon Barack Obama was belting out the blues with the best of them. The East Room of the White House was transformed into an intimate blues club on Tuesday night for a concert featuring blues all-stars of the past, present and future – and the President himself. The surprise performance by Obama came at the end of the playlist when the blues ensemble was singing “Sweet Home Chicago,” the blues anthem of Obama’s home town. Buddy Guy prodded the President, saying he’d heard that the…
Lin on dating Kim Kardashian: No way!
Jeremy Lin dating Kim Kardashian? Knicks phenom denies report he’s dating reality star (NYDN) Jeremy Lin says he’s single – maybe ready to mingle – and definitely not dating Kim Kardashian. In a new interview on “Good Morning America,” the breakout Knicks star shot down rumors that he’s taken up with the spotlight-loving reality show star. “Stuff about me dating Kim Kardashian, I mean, I have no idea where that came from and all these rumors,” the 23-year-old said. Despite Kardashian’s penchant to go after professional athletes, Lin remarked: “I don’t think I’m that type.” The interview aired hours before Lin and the Knicks were smoked by Kardashian’s ex, Kris Humphries, and the New Jersey Nets Monday night. A…
Jeremy Lin slur was ‘honest mistake’
Jeremy Lin headline slur was ‘honest mistake,’ fired ESPN editor Anthony Federico claims (NYDN) The ESPN editor fired Sunday for using “chink in the armor” in a headline about Knicks phenom Jeremy Lin said the racial slur never crossed his mind – and he was devastated when he realized his mistake. “This had nothing to do with me being cute or punny,” Anthony Federico told the Daily News. “I’m so sorry that I offended people. I’m so sorry if I offended Jeremy.” The headline – “Chink in the Armor: Jeremy Lin’s 9 Turnovers Cost Knicks in Streak-stopping Loss to Hornets” – appeared on ESPN’s mobile website at 2:30 a.m. on Saturday and was removed by 3:05 a.m. FORMER NBA STAR…
