The Obama administration is stepping up pressure on states to make good on their commitments under its Race to the Top competition, after all 12 winners either scaled down plans or pushed back timelines to overhaul their public-education systems. The U.S. Department of Education warned last week th... Read more...
The House of Representatives has rejected a bipartisan plan for a short-term payroll tax break, as Congress ends the year in yet another deadlock. Republicans demanded immediate negotiations with the Senate on a year-long extension of the measure. Without an agreement, payroll taxes will rise fo... Read more...
A scientist has discovered 34,000-year-old bacteria buried underneath a Californian desert. The discovery was made after researchers dug up salt crystals below Death Valley in Eastern California for climate research. Ancient microbes were found trapped inside tiny, fluid-filled chambers with... Read more...
Kanye West Feat Jay-Z & Elly Jackson of La Roux (Prod. Q-Tip) - Thats My B*tch Bonus: T.I. Feat Kanye West & Kid Cudi - Welcome To The World Read more...
EPISODE 12: Music Producer, husband, father and oh yeah, rapper 88-Keys joins the Hype Men to discuss Black on Both Sides + Kanye's 88 fandom + lost Pharcyde records that 88 produced + SoundCloud.com + the Roland VS2480 + 88 and Kanye ghostwriting for Nick Cannon + Main Source + shooting the Stay ... Read more...
On linking with Kanye in Hawaii and a possible collaboration with Nas. On movies vs. music, and studying with Quentin Tarantino. (more…) Read more...
Nas performed “Hip Hop Is Dead,” “NY State Of Mind,” and “It Ain’t Hard To Tell” at Honolulu’s Aloha Tower last Friday, with the homie Statik Selektah on the wheels. “When this song came out, some of y’all were 8” Via: Read more...
HONOLULU – Cash-strapped Hawaii can't afford to pay for an election to replace a congressman who is planning to step down next month to run for governor, potentially leaving 600,000 urban Honolulu residents without representation in Washington. Budget cuts have left the state Office of... Read more...