LONDON (AP) -- The soul diva who had Grammy-winning songs and fans around the world died with empty vodka bottles in her room and lethal amounts of alcohol in her blood - more than five times the British drunk driving limit, a British coroner ruled Wednesday. Read the complete article
Disney on Ice’s “Toy Story 3” is coming to Portland this weekend and your family could be the lucky recipient of free tickets courtesy of The Skanner News! Read the complete article
Banks’ basic thesis is that because Black females are generally better-educated and make more money than brothers, it’s silly for them to restrict themselves to a dating pool of just Black men. Besides, he says Black males tend to take them for granted, and to think nothing of sleeping with more than one woman at once. Read the complete article
Kwei Quartey is a surgeon and mystery author whose sleuth, Ghanaian police inspector Darko Dawson, this year solved his second big mystery in “Children of the Street.” Quartey’s debut novel, a mystery also featuring Dawson, was “The Wife of the Gods.” Read the complete article
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A judge ruled Monday that a man charged with stalking Halle Berry should stand trial on two charges filed after he was repeatedly seen on the actress' property earlier this year. Read the complete article
L PRO will release his new Vertigo CD and Video at Teds Berbatis in downtown Portland Friday Oct. 15. Don't miss this party and the incredible music from this powerful talent. Vertigo features 5th Sequence, DESTRO, Mic Crenshaw, Arkitek ..... Read the complete article
We’ve been a community chorus for 24 years now; we will continue to be. But we will be doing more with respect to music in terms of helping people to understand and connect with it. As we have been a performing group in the past, we will now expand our teaching. Because we believe the spiritual has to endure whatever they’re confronted with in life. That’s demonstrated because of enslaved Africans who – we’re here because they were able to endure. Read the complete article
NEW YORK (AP) -- Rihanna says she resented Chris Brown for a time, but has put that behind her and is happy that her former boyfriend has found success in music again. Read the complete article
A native of Jacksonville, Fla., Ken Bevel is a graduate of the University of Memphis with a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering Technology; he's also a graduate of the Naval Postgraduate School with a MBA in Logistics Management. After 20 years of active service in the United States Marine Corps, Capt. Bevel retired to serve in the ministry on the staff of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga. Read the complete article
Nevertheless the refiguring of this classic prairie love affair – for the first time ever set in an African American town -- has touched a nerve among Portlanders who’ve never heard the history of Black cowboys. Read the complete article
