My Blog My WordPress Blog

WASHINGTON – At the behest of a lobbyist now under criminal investigation, two Indian tribes paid $25,000 each to a conservative tax-exempt group to underwrite an event that scored tribal leaders a private meeting with President Bush. The arrangement in 2001 between the tribes, lobbyist Jack Abramoff (search) and the …

PASADENA, Calif. – Ciara (search), Amerie, Fantasia and Destiny’s Child (search) were up for multiple honors at the Lady of Soul Awards, with special honoree Aretha Franklin (search) set to make a much anticipated appearance. Teen “crunk & B” sensation Ciara, along with R&B stars Toni Braxton and Brian McKnight, …

McLEAN, Va. – An infant born last month to a severely brain-damaged woman died Monday after emergency surgery to repair a perforated intestine. Susan Anne Catherine Torres (search), born prematurely on Aug. 2 after her mother was on life support for three months, died of heart failure at Children’s National …