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Happy Birthday Michael Jackson! Tonight’s Quiet Storm Old Skool Love Video Of The Night ” You Are Not Alone “  

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          Virginia State University has cancelled its class schedule for the remainder of this week with classes resuming on Tuesday, September 6th.  The Appomattox Regional Governor’s School in Petersburg will be closed on Tuesday, as well as public schools in Charles City County, Chesterfield County, Dinwiddie County, Colonial Heights City,  Henrico County, Hanover County, Hopewell […]

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Hurricane Irene a category 1 storm left the region with downed trees, powerlines, flooding and fatalities. Approximately 70% of Dominion VA Power customers are without power. To report a power outage call Dominion Virginia Power at 1-866-366-4357; to report a down tree or debris on the road call VDOT at 1-800-367-7623 or get updates on […]

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Nicki Minaj premiered the video for her fourth single off Pink Friday at the 2011 MTV VMAs pre-show last night. The video features Rihanna in a deserted smokey gray world filled with broken down automobiles (minus Nicki’s brand new vehicle) and burnt memories. We don’t love Nicki’s Frankenstein wig but the cheetah print bob is […]

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Fans of the late-great Michael Jackson said they couldn’t resist the opportunity to visit the singer’s childhood home in Gary, Indiana. “We were exploring the area and decided to come here,” Rotoloni said. The local friends, including Joe Dallmann, who now lives in California, were fans as youngsters of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album released in […]

Beyonce is pregnant. After years of wrong rumors, Bey announced that she & Jay-Z are expecting their first child in a very uncoventional way – at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. Though she walked the red carpet cupping her belly, her arrival wasn’t televised, so when she finally hit the stage to perform “Love […]

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As we remember Michael Jackson on his birthday, his sister details her abuse and her theory on her brother’s murder in her book “Starting Over”. She suspects a conspiracy behind his demise, a plot by his business advisers and doctors to work him to death with the “This Is It” concerts and then profit off […]

  Crater Health District is advising residents on private wells that may be impacted by flooding or loss power to boil water from your well or use bottled water for consumption. If your well has been flooded (flood water has overtopped well), then Crater Health District recommends that you disinfect your well before you return […]

“You Heard It First” with Mayor Dwight C. Jones & Miss Community Clovia Discuss the Hull Street Library The city has reopened the newly renovated Hull Street Library at 1400 Hull Street. The library renovation is a signal of the rebirth that is occurring in the Hull Street corridor.  Businesses are moving back into the […]

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Six years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans and its surrounding communities, former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin says he regrets not calling a mandatory evacuation sooner in a candid sit-down interview with BET.com. According to Nagin, his outspokenness made him an easy target and a scapegoat in many situations. “I was […]

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In a new interview on TheRoot.com, Rev. Al Sharpton has responded to the backlash he is receiving from his recent appointment as host on MSNBC’s Politics Nation. Many conservatives have decided to drum up the Tawanna Brawley case from nearly two decades ago, and criticize his relationship with President Obama. Check out an excerpt here: […]

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After years of denying endless pregnancy rumors, Beyoncé finally has some good news to share. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter is pregnant. Beyoncé held her belly as she arrived at the Video Music Awards Sunday wearing a long, red dress, quite the opposite of her normal midriff-baring stage costumes. When addressing photographers on the red carpet, Beyoncé said, […]