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Page 1 of 9Valentine's Day is tomorrow and that means it's time to celebrate love! Here's a look at ten steamy, sexy and romantic films that celebrate black love. Are your favorites on the list?Carmen Jones ...

It’s only officially winter for three months, but it can feel like forever. It’s barely winter when Christmas happens and you’re dreaming of a white Christmas. After that, it’s just Jack Frost nipping nose at your nose and freezing the locks on your car door. The bitter cold, the lack of sunshine…the snow, can make it very hard to stay bubbly until...

It was just one year ago that the music world lost one of it’s most precious gems on the eve of it’s biggest night. Whitney Houston is inarguably one of the larger than life figures to define American culture, and not just its sound. She is part of the pattern that weaves the voice of our time. Many of us will one day look back...

Page 1 of 7 I'm still waiting on music's biggest night, because the 55th Annual Grammy Awards were not it. I wish I could blame it on the newly enforced dress code implemented by CBS, but the Grammys were boring last year too. I'm sure the network and the Grammy "powers that be" will considered the night a success. No wardrobe...

As the infamous Kwame Kilpatrick trail draws to a close, an office specially dedicated to uprooting corruption in Detroit city government is set to open. Detroit’s office of inspector general (OIG)—created as part of the 2012 city charter revision— will open to the public next week after years of research, debate and, ultim...

Who’s the most stressed out generation? The answer given by a recent survey conducted by the American Psychological Association might surprise you.'Stress in America' researchers found that Americans ages 18-33 reported an average stress level of 5.4, placing them unquestionably above the national average of 4.9. Over half of the group even...

In a recent interview, the omnipresent Rihanna once again made it clear that she still loves the hot-tempered Chris Brown, despite being badly roughed up by him a few years ago.“He’s not the monster everyone thinks he is,” she said. “He’s a good person. He has a fantastic heart. He’s fun to be around. He made a mistake and he’s paid his dues. It ma...

One sure sign that a recording star is an icon is that their work is beyond time restrictions. The music, like the overall impact of the artist, is forever.So it is with Marvin Gaye, a giant among giants, and one of the most important artists in the history of music and certainly of Motown.But he was also a “trouble man” and a “stubborn kind of fel...

Highland Park is currently undergoing its own Cinderella transformation. Benefitting from the Obama administration’s stimulus package, Highland Park is wrapping up construction on its Neighborhood Stabilization Program II. The $6 million housing development project is a partnership between the City of Highland Park, MSHDA and HUD. Bank Trivium P...

The proposed ATEC facility, located in Warren, Mich., adjacent to Macomb Community College (MCC), will involve the renovation of an existing structure on the 3.5-acre site at 14601 East 12 Mile Rd. The new ATEC facility will offer students in Macomb County the opportunity to attain four-year degrees in marketable academic...