At a conference this week, an associate professor at York University in Toronto defended sexting (where teens exchange nude and seminude photos of themselves over their cell phones) as a modern day “playing doctor or spin the bottle,” according to an AFP article.
The professor, Peter Cumming, presented a paper on children’s sexuality at the 78th Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences,… Continue
Congressman Charles Rangel, in a snide aside Saturday, suggested even President Obama was at risk on the streets after a black cop was slain by a white colleague.
The veteran Democratic politician was asked what advice he would offer Obama for the president's Saturday night visit to the city.
"Make certain he doesn't run around in East Harlem unidentified," Rangel shot back while leaving a public appearance.
PARIS – Serena Williams was sure the ball went off her opponent's arm, a no-no in tennis. The opponent, Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, insisted the ball went off her racket.
Williams accused Martinez Sanchez of "cheating." Martinez Sanchez thought that was a "stupid" thing for Williams to say.
Then consider that the point in question helped Martinez Sanchez win the first set of their French Open match Saturday. Oh, and that… Continue
Chris Turner normally wouldn't drive into the remote Tennessee mountains just to deliver a pizza. The one time he did, he came upon a scene that drained the color from his face and made him "numb from head to toe" — a woman with her hands tied, silently begging him to call for help.
It was no joke, and Turner, 32, rushed to a nearby house and made the call. Police say the woman was jogging in her Atlanta neighborhood when she was whisked… Continue
The family of slain cop Omar Edwards grappled with their grief Friday night as police unveiled a tragic time line that seemed to lay some of the blame on the victim.
"My son is dead, my son is dead," Edwards' heartbroken mother, Natalia Harding, told a friend while she held her son's babies. "They killed my son."
A longtime friend of Harding called the ordeal "her worst nightmare" come true.
"She would stay up all night while he was at work worrying about… Continue
Lord Tariq goes in depth with PMS Radio- Speaks on Rick Ross, if Bang Bang Boogie is still together, Tony Yayo, & Calls out Swizz Beatz, Chris Lighty, & Blue Williams (Andre 3000's Manager) for not doing anything for the Bronx.
Lord Tariq says Rick Ross had to pay to be able to come to Castle Hill. "We called Cuban & Mysonne. I Called everybody and nobody showed up. I went up there to handle it. It just so happens when we got up there there were 40 cop… Continue
Sometimes Tone Loc is too hot for his own good -- 'cause that's exactly what the rapper claims caused him to pass out at a live concert early this morning.
Sources extremely close to the rapper say Tone "dropped from the heat -- no other factors involved. He was exhausted from travel (over 8 hours of layovers) and the club was humid and about 85 degrees ... really bad scene."
There are reports Tone suffered a seizure, but according to our source, those claims are… Continue
Welcome to Chapter 13 in the Scott Storch-is-broke-again saga -- today we've learned how the once-loaded music producer now has more debt than he has dollars.
Storch filed a bunch of papers in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, revealing that Scott owes $58,077.37 to 13 creditors in 7 states.
To put this in perspective, dude's net worth was reportedly $70 million in 2006.
Storch had produced music for Britney Spears, Christina… Continue
ALOHA, Ore. – An Oregon man spent Memorial Day in jail after dialing 911 to complain that a McDonald's worker was rude and didn't give him an orange juice he ordered. Raibin Osman was accused of improper use of the emergency telephone number.
The Oregonian newspaper reports that the 20-year-old bailed out of the Washington County Jail on Tuesday and could not be reached for comment.
Sheriff's Sgt. David Thompson said Osman… Continue
Stars naked on covers may sell magazines, but can it still stir up controversy? Not likely. Unless, that is, they have something to say.
Lady Gaga graces the new cover of Rolling Stone wearing little more than a scattering of delicate bubbles. Barely-there stage ensembles are nothing new for the petite musical diva - but the added fan shocker for this story is her open conversation about her bisexuality. She tells the mag her attraction to… Continue
Headlines alternately shout how Twitter is a Google Killer, and how it is a narcissistic flood of updates about what people you don't care about had for lunch. How can something that looks like noise from the outside be so compelling from the inside?
Laura Fitton - @pistachio - will explain how microsharing on Twitter and similar services can make the web feel warm and human, can give you real-time information on what customers think of you and why she hasn't… Continue
In a statement obtained by The News On 6, paramedic Maurice White said the patrol car came within three feet of the ambulance with its lights on, eventually passing while telling the driver over the emergency radio: "You should consider checking you rearview mirrors."
After taking care of the original call, the trooper waited for the ambulance and pulled it over. White says in his statement: "The officer got out of his vehicle in a state of rage."
An incomplete version of Kanye West's new video 'Paranoid' leaked to the Internet Thursday and the singer is devastated that fans have been exposed to a "video was not up to my standards," as West writes on his official blog.
West writes, "It hurts me to see the old and very wrong version of the 'Paranoid' video get leaked all over the net while I was on an 11-hour flight and couldn't do anything about it. "
"It's just frustrating when this… Continue
Rapper Tone Loc, best known for late-’80s hits “Wild Thing” and “Funky Cold Medina,” collapsed early Friday morning during a concert at Capt’n Fun Beach Club on Pensacola Beach.
The performer, who was born Anthony Terrell Smith, was taken away in an ambulance, and did not appear to be fully conscious.
It was unclear what caused the rapper’s collapse. During his performance, which was cut short after about six songs, Tone Loc… Continue