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Reports are stating that Heather Ellis, the woman who faced up to 15-years in prison in an incident that started with cutting in line at a Walmart, has taken a plea deal from the prosecutor.

According to the terms of the deal, Ellis will plead guilty to disturbing the peace and resisting arrest. She will also serve a year of unsupervised probation, and attend an anger management course and serve four days in jail before the end of the year. Also, if she stays out of trouble for the year, the record will be sealed and the charges will not be on her permanent record.

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Eminem's Follow-Up to Be Released Next Year
Eminem will release his next album, 'Relapse 2,' a follow-up to 'Relapse 1,' next year. [RollingStone]

Oprah to End Show in 2011

Oprah's production company, Harpo, has announced that it will end 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' in September 2011, 25 years after the media maven made her on-air debut. [Black Voices]

Bishops Relationship With White House Strained
Catholic bishops have been supporting President Barack Obama's health care legislation, however, differing stances on abortion are threatening to break up the alliance. [CBS News]

Man Charged With Rape and Murder in Shaniya Davis Case
Mario McNeill has been charged with raping and killing 5-year-old Shaniya Davis. Authorities said yesterday that Shaniya was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated before she was discarded on a highway. [Black Voices]

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In a ruling that vindicates New Orleans residents long-ignored complaints, and opens the door to lawsuits and settlements that could amount to billions of dollars, a federal judge has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to maintain the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO), a navigation channel, makes it liable for the worst flooding of Katrina.

Flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina killed 700 people in New Orleans alone and devastated the impoverished Lower Ninth Ward. The cost of property damage in the region was put at more than $100 billion.

"The corps' lassitude and failure to fulfill its duties resulted in a catastrophic loss of human life and property in unprecedented proportions," U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval wrote.


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Update 11/20 - 8:58 pm - Heather Ellis takes a plea deal

When I held the rally for Heather Ellis last week, the woman facing up to 15 years in prison after allegedly cutting line at a Wal-Mart, I was hoping that one day the rest of the world could see what I saw nearly two weeks ago. In spite of the prosecutor's contention that the video tape would prove his case beyond a reasonable doubt, the truth is that the video is highly inconclusive. Check it out for yourself.

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Jamar Pinkney Sr

Jamar Pinkney, Sr. of Detroit is accused of shooting his 15-year-old son
in the head, execution-style. The shooting occurred after his son, Jamar Jr., confessed that he'd done something inappropriate to his 3-year-old sister. Jamar Sr. came home, stripped his son naked, took him outside the house and shot him in the head.

Lazette Cherry, Jamar Jr.'s mother, said she wanted to get help for her son when he confessed to what he'd done with his sister. She claims, however, that there was no rape. She says that her son admitted that he knew that lying down on top of the little girl was wrong.

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Newsweek Palin Cover


Has the news media ever made such a big deal over nothing?

Of course, I'm talking about former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and the release of her new book, 'Going Rogue: An American Life.'

Supporters of the former governor believe she has tapped into a populist core in America and point to the cheering crowds that have attended her book tour stops. In Michigan, more than 1,000 people braved the cold to cheer her name at a recent stop.

I'm not the only one thinking about what's behind the Palin fascination?

Numerous columnists and political pundits have been writing for weeks about what's behind Palin's popularity. To me, it's very simple, and it all starts with her slightly aging beauty queen looks.

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Safe Cars



Hot off the press, the all-around vehicle-safety watchdog the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has just released its awards for safe cars to 19 passenger vehicles and eight SUVs for the 2010 model year.

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