For six seasons, this lipstick lesbian soap “got� the nuances of racial identity and women’s lives. It will be missed—even if it did wimp out in the series finale....

The unemployment rate rose to 8.1 percent last month as the economy lost 651,000 jobs (and estimates for previous months were revised significantly upwards) with no prospect for improvement in sight. The story leads all the papers. The Washington Post......

Reviewed by Stanley Bennett Clay -- “I recently met this boy who has officially made me forget that I am bitter, sarcastic, judgmental, and eccentric as hell,� the author accurately self-observes near the end of this funny, poignant, articulate, witty......

BET debuts it’s new docu-drama “Harlem Height’s.� The show follows successful, young, and super cute African-American’s living and playing hard in Harlem. With Barack Obama as the cytalist for change these Harlemiets are ready to take on the world, but......

Nate Robinson jumped over Dwight Howard and used a kryptonite green ball to take home the 2009 Slam Dunk title. Krypto-Nate took down super man with a cool jump over the back move. Viewers sent in text messages to vote......

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Even if a South Carolina sheriff is successful in building a marijuana case against swimming superstar Michael Phelps, it might be hard to make the charges stick, defense attorneys say.The case took a turn Thursday when......

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday admitted he made a mistake in handling the nomination of Tom Daschle as his health and human services secretary, saying Daschle's tax problems sent a message that the politically powerful are treated......

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All the papers give front-page play to the massive economic stimulus package that will come up for a vote in the House today, which USA Today says is President Obama's "first test of the bipartisanship he pledged in his campaign."......

Now fans can get the raw material that Illa J worked with. From "We Here"'s kraut-tastic sizzle to the bumpadelic rumpus of "R U Listenin'.� From the dusted satin of "Sounds Like Love" to the torqued out dreamscape of "All Good,� these beats are all keepers. They’re available on your favorite ...