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Mother Allegedly Kills Her Baby, Then Shops with Him for Three Hours

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Toyrianna Smith is accused of doing the unthinkable – she allegedly killed her baby and then carried him around on her chest for the next three hours while shopping. Her three-month-old son, Ken Blackman, Jr., was in a BabyBjorn, which mounts on her chest. Prosecutors claim that the baby died after Smith repeatedly beat and suffocated the child the night before.
High-Flying Citigroup Executive Allegedly Robs His Bank with a Computer
Dr. Boyce Debates Armstrong Williams about Republican Tax Cuts
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Justice Clarence Thomas Subject of an Ethics Investigation
College Bound Youth Murdered in Cold Blood
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Man Hits, Kills Pedestrian, Drives Three Miles with Him in Front Seat
A Houston driver has been charged with felony failure to stop and render aid after a deputy constable, making a routine traffic stop, discovered a body on the passenger side that had apparently landed there during a traffic accident 10 minutes earlier, the Houston Chronicle reports.
Despite a shattered front windshield, driver James John Onak, 45, told the deputy he didn’t realize a dead body with a missing leg was in the passenger seat, police tell the newspaper.
"The impact caused the victim to be impaled through the windshield and it was positioned in the floor board of the passenger side," says police Capt. Jason Finnen, KRIV-TVreports.
Man Accused of Beating, Biting and Killing Girlfriend’s 3-Year old Daughter
Boy Locked in Cage and Murdered by Father Wrote Letters about Wanting to Die
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Records of the Indiana Department of Child Services reveal that Christian Choate, a boy who authorities claim lived locked in a cage and died from savage abuse, wrote letters describing his situation and saying that he wanted to die.
According to the Chicago Tribune, DCS visited with the Choate family in Gary, Indiana more than a dozen times starting in 1999, investigating allegations of abuse and neglect. Authorities never discovered what prosecutors claim was the true depth of the misery in which young Christian lived.
Tracy Morgan Says Retarded People are “Strong Like Chimps”–Did He Learn Anything?
Dr. Boyce Watkins: Let Me Explain How BET Has Become the New KKK

Click to listen to Dr. Boyce Watkins explain his assertion that BET has become the new KKK
Chris Brown, I Mean Rihanna, I Mean Drake Wins BET Award During Major Mixup
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Murdering and Dismembering 11 Women
Accused child Murderer Steals Cop Car, on the Run

A manhunt was under way Sunday for an Oklahoma jail inmate who overpowered two deputies and stole one deputy’s car in escaping from custody, authorities said.
Shaun Bosse, 27, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson. He is accused of killing Katrina Griffin, 24, and her two children — Christian, 8, and Chastity, 6 — on July 23, according to CNN affiliate KOCO.
Bosse stole a black 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix in his escape, said McClain County Undersheriff Bill Shobe. The car, which was newly purchased, has a paper tag, he said.
The car was last seen going northbound out of Purcell, Oklahoma, at about 10:25 a.m. (11:25 a.m. ET), Shobe said.
Study: Menthol Cigarettes Targeted to Black Youth
Lydia Cotton: Being Single Has Become the New STD
Braylon Edwards Fined by NFL After Car Crash
Wealthy Woman Leaves $40 million to her African American Nurse
Ron Artest Wants to Change His Name to “Metta World Peace”
PatriceJohnson: Idris Elba Steals a Role from Tom Cruise
Missy Elliot Reveals that She Has Graves Disease
Ayvaunn Penn Performs: I Could Not Survive Without my Blackness
Corporate America Now Has an Official Term for Excluding Black Businesses
Pastor Convicted of Sexually Assaulting an 11-Year Old Girl
Real Housewives Husband May Be Facing Jail Time
Sec. Gates Unlikely To Authorize Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
In a move that is not likely to sit well with an important group of potential voters for President Obama, it has been reported that retiring Defense Secretary Robert Gates is unlikely to authorize the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” prior to leaving office. Read more…
Dr. Boyce and Towanna: Single Mothers Getting Father’s Day Cards? Let’s Really Talk about that One
TSA To Implement Less Intrusive Pat Down Policy for Children, Elderly
After receiving outraged responses for conducting pat downs of small children, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced that it will change the policy it uses for screening young children, and in some cases the elderly. Read more…
Dr. Boyce Watkins: Bishop TD Jakes Speaks Up on Eddie Long–Bad Move
Man in Sagging Pants Kicked off Flight, but White Guy in Panties Allowed to Fly
Two MCs Lead the Pack in Search for Nation’s Top Female Rapper
Texas Executes Possibly Mentally-Disabled Black Man
Milton Mathis, A Black man in Texas convicted of the murder of two people and of critically injuring another, was recently put to death, despite strong indications that he was mentally disabled. Read more…
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PatriceJohnson: Judge Releases Rapist, who then Stabs, Paralyzes His Victim
Possible “Blunder” In Healthcare Bill May Allow Millions of Middle-Class Access To Medicaid
In news that may send many Tea Partiers into cardiac arrest, It was recently discovered that a portion of the recently passed healthcare reform bill would allow millions of middle-class Americans to receive Medicaid by mistake. Read more…
Amy Winehouse Booed Off Stage– Appeared Drunk
by: PatriceJohnson, Your Black World
Amy Winehouse…
Amy Winehouse’s European tour has just been cancelled after she was booed off stage during her performance in Belgrade. Fans said that she appeared to be drunk while performing on stage…
Mother Arrested for Leaving Kids in Car While Giving Blood to get $30
Man Robs a Bank So He Can Get Free Healthcare in Prison
Hallmark Makes Father’s Day Card for Mothers–Racist, Tacky or Visionary?
Racist, Tacky or Visionary? Hallmark Issues a Father’s Day Card for Black Women
More Drama in Detroit: Two Resign From Mayor’s Staff, Allegations of “Chaos”
It would probably be bigger news if a week went by without some type of drama coming out of Detroit, Michigan. Two members of Detroit Mayor Dave Bing’s staff recently resigned. The resignations come just days after a lawsuit was filed by a former mayoral staffer alleging wrongful termination. Read more…
Van Jones Challenges Glenn Bleck To Debate
Van Jones, President Obama’s former “green jobs” czar, has recently produced a television ad sponsored by MoveOn.org in which he challenges soon-to-be leaving Fox News host Glenn Beck to a debate concerning Beck’s attacks on “millions of hardworking Americans who just wanna(sic) give their kids a better life”. Read more…
College Board Study Shows Blacks, Other Minorities, Still Lagging Academically
A recent study by the College Board sheds more light on the massive divide in education achievement between minority males and minority women and white men. Read more…
Years Later, North Carolina Struggles With History of Forced Sterilization
Approximately 35 years after the fact, the state of North Carolina is coming to grips with its dark history of forced sterilization. Although many states in the U.S. had varying forms of eugenics programs during the early 1900′s, most of those programs were abandoned post-World War II, because of the negative associations with Nazi Germany’s efforts at racial purity. However, unlike most states, North Carolina not only continued its program of forced sterilization, it expanded its program until the early 1960′s.








































































