College football fanatics have eagerly waited to find out how their favorite teams fared this season– now they no longer have to wait. The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) rankings were released yesterday, so fans can now debate on whether the computer which calculated the rankings actually made good selections.

Student leaders at Florida A&M University signed a pledge Monday night to stand against hazing and to rid the nation’s largest historically-black university of a culture that claimed the life one of the drum majors in its famed Marching 100 band.   Student Government Association President Breyon Love said it was time for the students […]

Charles “Honi” coles was a famous tap dancer of the 1930s who was said to have “the fastest feet in the business.” People who witnessed his dance at the Apollo Theater said that his feet moved so fast, it looked like an illusion. Coles was given the nickname ‘Honi’ by his mother. The streets in […]

Not every man can serenade a woman, unless, of course, he’s got the smooth delivery of Carl Thomas. Somehow, one of the Windy City’s best kept secrets and Bad Boy’s premier balladeer managed to broach delicate affairs of the hearts through lyrical precision (Remember how much we loved “I Wish”?) that not only endeared him […]

DETROIT (AP) — Stepping gingerly among mounds of discarded tires, piles of soggy clothing and nail-pierced wood boards, Makibla Gideon’s head swept from side to side in search of a purple toddler’s jacket or pink shirt – any remnant that could have been worn by a 2-year-old Detroit girl whose father claims was taken during […]

Identity made in homicide (Muncie) – The Delaware County coroner has released the name of a woman found burned to death and wrapped in a sheet. Police found the body of Tonia J. Ingram, 40, last Saturday.  Three suspects, Terry Rutledge, 44, Antowyn Warren, 33 and Regina Miller, have been charged with obstruction of justice, […]