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Make a suggestion for the Battle of the Best on Soulful Sunday! Each week at 12 noon 2 artist go head to head and YOU pick the winner.

Look out for my girl Toccara, as she looks for her man on the next season of the Ultimate Merger. Hung out with her all week in Vegas at the Trump International and got a chance to check out the handsome bachelors! Wonder who she will pick.  We took photos, but they are too hot […]

At a gas station;  Grab some floor mats, a tire gauge, some Armor All and a gift card for gasoline. In the spirit of the holidays, you might throw in a pine-scented air freshener, too. • Feeling lucky? Pick up a bunch of lottery tickets and give the gift of possibility. At a Drugstore • […]

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The Philadelphia Eagles could go into their opener at home against the Green Bay Packers with 12 rookies and five more new players from the team that earned a wild-card playoff spot last year. “It doesn’t scare me,” coach Andy Reid said Sunday, a day after the Eagles made four trades and reached the 53-man […]

If negotiations work out, Halle Berry will take on the role of a young Aretha Franklin in an upcoming biopic based on the Queen of Soul’s New York Times best-selling autobiography, “Aretha: From These Roots.” Franklin today revealed the all-star lineup she has chosen to take on starring roles in the film, pending signed contracts. […]

A Christian pastor today canceled his controversial plan to burn copies of the Quran, saying that he had received a “sign from God” when a Muslim cleric agreed to move an Islamic center planned for a site near ground zero in New York. There was no immediate confirmation of any such deal. Terry Jones, head […]

Depending on how you look at it, there’s either another reason to feel safe or another reason to hate commuting on public transit. PATCO, the transit agency which has more than 34,000 riders a day, began conducting “random” screenings on Tuesday to help ensure safety and security. The searches will be done several times a […]

Singer/rapper Cee-Lo Green is looking to follow in the footsteps of Celine Dion, Elton John and Cher by becoming the latest artist – and the first with hip hop roots – to have his own Las Vegas show. “I kind of had a vision – it’s a long shot, but I really wanted to do […]

10.  I am in the middle of several projects 9. I have prior committments 8. I thought (INSERT COWORKERS NAME HERE) said they wanted to do that 7. I am not comfortable with that. 6. I would rather decline than do a mediocre job 5. My calender is full 4. not right now, but I can […]

*Rodney King, perhaps the most famous victim of a police beating, is newly-engaged to one of the jurors who awarded him a $3.8 million settlement 16 years ago. King and Cynthia Kelley said they felt sparks after meeting each other in a Newport Beach pizzeria the day after the controversial 1994 jury award, but both […]