Mayor Hales is introducing two City Council resolutions that could alter Portlands arts tax. And law professor Jack Bogdanski has filed a legal challenge. So What's the problem with the tax?  

Today, ostensibly in response to the controversy stirred up by that shocking expose, a hair revolution is afoot.  Suddenly "Relaxers are out!" and "Weaves are so yesterday!" have become the rallying cry in black communities all over the country.

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- West Coast rap pioneer Too Short appeared to be too slow Wednesday morning when, police say, he tried to run from an officer in Hollywood.

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Dr. Conrad Murray, who was Michael Jackson's personal physician, is refusing to testify in the wrongful death lawsuit that the singer's mother filed against concert promoter AEG Live.

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Rapper Lil Wayne's "just resting" two days after suffering a seizure that sent him to a Los Angeles hospital and triggered media reports that he was near death.

The spotlight has been on powerful ladies this week thanks to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's book on women in the workplace, and Nicki Minaj is one fiery standout among their ranks.

Watch New Yorkers react to racy Nicki Minaj video Montana Frenchs new release "Excuse My French" features barely dressed Minaj

Halle Berry plays a 911 operator who fights to rescue a young woman from a vicious abductor. Berry shares her real-life 911 moment and tells how she got her controversial movie hairstyle

When Hasan Salaam thinks about the history of Black music, he relates it back to Okinawan martial arts. The style, practiced by the indigenous people on the Japanese colonized Okinawan Islands, was banned so it had to be practiced in secret. They would it look like a dance and fashion their weapons from common household and farming tools. By practicing in secret, indigenous people were preparing themselves for the day when they could rise up against their colonizers.

Michael Jackson's oldest son turned 16 this month, and his birthday wish sheds light on what his future may hold.