Several months ago I reported on the firing of a trio of high-ranking prison officials in connection with a series of sexual assaults in a Southwestern Pennsylvania prison. Few news agencies took up the story especially national ones. This was astounding given the nature of the charges: p... Read more...
Interscope has responded to federal prosecutors' claim that the company's offices were used by a drug-trafficking ring involving Game manager Jimmy "Henchman" Rosemond as a transit point for cases filled with cocaine and cash. In a statement released this afternoon, a company spokesperson said: ... Read more...
Welcome to the long awaited second series of How To Make It In America. The popular HBO series that follows the lives of Ben Epstein (Bryan Greenberg) and his friend Cam Calderon (Victor Rasuk) as they try to succeed in New York City’s fashion scene. Synopsis: Ben and Cam return to NYC from... Read more...
Sylvia Robinson, the singer, songwriter and record producer who formed the Sugar Hill Gang and made the first commercially successful rap recording, died early Thursday morning at a hospital in New Jersey. She was 75. Ms. Robinson had a notable career as a rhythm and blues singer long before ... Read more...
New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg's announcement on Thursday, August 4 launching the Young Men's Initiative was the culmination of a comprehensive 18-month study led by David C. Banks, Eagle Academy Foundation President and CEO, and Ana Oliveira, New York Women's Foundation President. Banks was n... Read more...
Michael Kors and Co. has just scored themselves quite a chunk of change. The fashion label has sold a minority stake in the brand to a group of investors for no less than $2.5 billion, reports to the New York Post. (If a minority stake is worth that much, what about the whole company? The mind re... Read more...
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A new Justin Bieber video is circulating of Justin Bieber playing basketball with NBA star Steve Nash. The play date happened at Chelsea Piers in late June. How is this relevant to tech, you ask? One of the other players was Mike Duda (in blue), co-partner of Nash's venture capital firm, Consigli... Read more...
Migration will form a virtual mega-city stretching through Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Baltimore, Maryland and ending in the capital Washington D.C. In 1910 72% of Americans lived in rural areas Vast swathes of the U.S. countryside are emptying and communities becomi... Read more...