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*Southern rapper Lil Flip got caught speeding last week while driving down a Louisiana interstate. But he got more than a ticket. He was also cited for possession of drugs and a firearm. The 31-year-old Houston based rhymer was clocked at 86 mph in a 75 mph zone in a 2010 Dodge Challenger. He and [...]
*Quvenzhane Wallis wowed critics with her performance in “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” Now that the dust has settled and the excitement has died down a bit, the 9-year-old actress had a chance to share about her feelings during the whirlwind in an interview with the Associated Press. “I actually had to learn what an [...]
*There’s nothing worse than disguised racism that employees have a hard time proving exists. Sometimes, the more they try to prove their case, the more suspicious they look. Just like in sexual harrassment or rape cases, the victim becomes the accused. But in the state of Louisiana, fortunately past cases of discrimination in government can [...]
*Oh there he goes again, causing a ruckus at a local New Orleans bar. Cuba Gooding, Jr. was caught in a drunken rage again on Tuesday morning, telling the bartender that “New Orleans disowns you” as she pushed him out. Photos show the actor having a yelling match with a brunette lady bartender outside of [...]
*There has always been a certain protocol set before leaving the house with grandma and/or mama when going to church. (Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) ”Don’t scuff those shoes kickin’ on the back of the pew!” “Don’t embarrass me makin’ all that noise and squirmin’ [...]
*This story was waiting to happen at any moment. The old school treatment has returned and the world is in an uproar. We have been trying to tell our children for years, “If you grew up during our time, you would be pickin’ up your teeth from various locations” or “If you grew up during our time, [...]
*Be afraid … be very afraid. If you don’t mind 90 minutes of nonstop shark action, then the horror-thriller film “Shark Night 3D is for you. Swimming into theatres on Sept. 3rd, Shark Night 3D depicts seven college friends who gear up for a weekend of sun and fun at a lake house on Louisiana’s [...]
*Even while locked up, rapper Torrence “Lil Boosie” Hatch can’t stay out of trouble. He’s being accused of attempting to smuggle codeine syrup into the state penitentiary at Angola, La. The Associated Press reports that Louisiana State Police Lt. Doug Cain says Hatch, who is serving time on an unrelated drug charge and awaiting trial [...]
*The days of having to go in through the back door or checking for the sign that reads “Whites Only” are supposed to be long gone. But, Jim Crow is still alive and well and disenfranchising young folks who need jobs. A company in Louisiana is accused of turning away African Americans for jobs. They see [...]
*Louisiana has had some of the worst tragedies and/or fatalities from our greatest natural resource…water. In a recent drowning in the the Red River in Shreveport, six young people died trying to rescue one from the waterway. None of the teenagers could swim. According to the BBC, JaTavious Warner, 17, Takeitha Warner, 13, JaMarcus Warner, 14, [...]
*In Shreveport, Louisiana six teenagers from at least two families drowned in the Red River after they stepped off a ledge from shallow water into a chasm about 20 feet deep on Monday, fire officials said. A 14-year-old was rescued. Shreveport Assistant Fire Chief Fred Sanders said he believed the victims, ages 13 to 18, [...]
*What is going on in the world of Hip-Hop? Louisiana rapper Lil Boosie was indicted for first degree murder! According to reports, the rapper left a man dead by means of gunshot in his home. The victim – 35-year-old Terry Boyd. Boosie didn’t work alone, however. Two other men were involved as well. Boosie and [...]
*Lieutenant General Honoré has dedicated his post retirement years to the cause of educating a nation how to see first, understand first and act first. This is the terminology that the thirty seven year army vet uses for Creating A Culture Of Preparedness. Honore’ commanded the Joint Task Force-Katrina and led the Department of Defense [...]
*(Via the Root.com) As Rodvid Wilson boards close the sides of his uncle’s boat he hums Erykah Badu’s “Window Seat” while preparing for a voyage through the Louisiana bayou into the bays above the Gulf of Mexico. In the cabin behind the wheel sits Judge Williams, 67, an oystermanfor over 40 years. Behind him [...]
*It may 2010 – more than 55 years after the historic Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision desegregating the nation’s public schools; but a federal judge was forced last week to issue a desegregation order. The order affected a rural Mississippi school district which was found to have been segregating its African American [...]
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