Tag Archives: Associated Press

A$AP Rocky And Florence Welch ‘I Come Apart’ Hits (video)

Posted on January 11, 2013 by | 1 Comment

Florence Welch

Rapper A$AP Rocky‘s new album ‘Long.Live.A$AP’ boasts an array of big-name collaborations including one with Florence Welch called ‘I Come Apart.’ The song will appear on the deluxe version of the album, which hits stores Jan. 15. Continue reading →

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Rep. Charles Rangel Melting Victory (cartoon)

Posted on July 3, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The Democratic legend — who thought he had a 22nd term locked up when The Associated Press called last Tuesday’s primary, with him up by 6% of the vote — fired off an SOS email Monday, asking supporters for $10 donations. Continue reading →

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NYPD Goes Back to Basics: Stop-and-Frisk Training

Posted on June 21, 2012 by | Leave a comment

A group of people are hanging out on the sidewalk. Nearby, a cop’s police radio crackles with an APB for two males involved in a robbery … Continue reading →

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In 1940 census, Harlemite Althea Gibson Didn’t Exist

Posted on May 21, 2012 by | 7 Comments

It was on the streets of her Harlem neighborhood in the 1940s that teenager Althea Gibson began working on the tennis skills that would take her all the way to winning Wimbledon. Continue reading →

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Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi Killed In Hometown Battle (video)

Posted on October 20, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Moammar Gadhafi, who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years until he was ousted by his own people in an uprising that turned into a bloody civil war, was killed Thursday by revolutionary fighters overwhelming his hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after his regime fell. Continue reading →

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Rangel Charged With Ethics Violations

Posted on July 22, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Politics

A House committee today charged Congressman Charlie Rangel with multiple ethics violations today.

The panel will now send the case for trial. Continue reading →

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NY Marathon Group Moving to Harlem?

Posted on October 18, 2009 by | Leave a comment

Exclusive

In a related story connected to the Harlem real estate hustler Henry Vargas selling a prime property he didn’t own to the group that oversees the New York City Marathon.

We find out that the spokesman Richard Finn told the Associated Press that the group is seeking another spot in Harlem for a planned running center.

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Puerto Rico Moves Obama Closer

Posted on June 1, 2008 by | Leave a comment
US Democratic presidential candidate and US Senator Barack Obama ... 

(I love this photo, the little girl is pointing and explaining the caption on the wall, while Barack‘s arms are crossed, as he stares at the Dixie flag at eye level).

Hillary Rodham-Clinton won most of the delegates in Puerto Rico’s primary Sunday, but Barack Obama crept closer to clinching the Democratic nomination for president. Continue reading →

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Harlem’s Grand hotels are coming

Posted on January 22, 2008 by | Leave a comment

hotel room

…large upscale hotels are on the way. “There’s more than enough demand here for eight hotels,” said Steve Williams, managing partner of Danforth Development,

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hw pick: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Posted on January 21, 2008 by | Leave a comment

Rev. Martin Luther King

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Nearly 40 years after his assassination in April 1968, after the deaths of his wife and others who knew both the man and what he stood for, some say King is facing the same fate that has befallen many a historical figure Continue reading →

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