Senator Barack Obama, fresh off the heels of a win in Mississippi, on The CBS Early Show.

Bishop Thomas Weeks plead guilty Tuesday to attacking his estranged wife, television evangelist Juanita Bynum, during an August 21 domestic dispute in Atlanta. The Bishop admitted that he grabbed Bynum, threw her to the ground and kicked her during an Aug. 21 altercation in the parking of the Renaissance Concourse Hotel. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s a video of Tavis Smiley’s State of the Black Union Conference in New Orleans.

Barack Obama Wins South Carolina Democratic Primary. Obama’s victory speech, after his victory in the South Carolina Democratic primary. Read the rest of this entry »

Bill Clinton falls asleep during a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in New York City on Monday.

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on The View.

Steroid-shooting Olympic sprinter Marion Jones has been sentenced to serve six months in prison. Read the rest of this entry »

Ike Turner died near San Diego on Wednesday.

A rep for Tina Turner has released the following statement on the death of the musical legend’s one-time abusive husband.

“Tina hasn’t had any contact with Ike in 35 years. No further comment will be made.”

Plans to honor the historically Black recording label Motown with a museum in Detroit, Michigan have been scrapped, due to lack of funding. City officials and Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr spent six years planning the $28 million museum, but they can’t find the funding to launch the Motown Center. Planners are now considering a project on a smaller scale. The museum would house Motown memorabilia and tribute items to the label’s soul legends, including Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, and Stevie Wonder.

Rodney King, the man made famous after receiving a videotaped beating from the LAPD back in 1991, was shot and wounded on a San Bernardino street corner late Wednesday. He was struck in the face and arm by a shotgun.