Charlyn Marie Marshall, born on January 21, 1972 in Atlanta, Georgia, is an American songwriter and musician best known by her stage names Chan Marshall or Cat Power. As an American singer and songwriter, Marshall has battled depression, addiction, and personal struggles to succeed in recording...
Black History Month is the annual remembrance of the events and individuals in the history of African diaspora beyond their traditional homeland. The United States and Canada have celebrated Black History Month every February since its inception in 1976, with the United Kingdom recognizing Black...
An Amber Alert has been issued for an Iowa girl. The missing girl is named Janakaye Marie Lee. In a description issued by the National Center for Missing and Expoited Children, Janakaye is identified as a fourteen year old, with black hair and brown eyes, who weighs approximately 130 pounds and...
Atheism is generating quite a lot of attention these days. Prominent atheists are getting the word out about their views in increasing numbers and generating lots of public debate on the proper place of religion in governments and societies in the modern world. And now more than ever, atheists...
Here are the official 2011 Oscar nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards. BEST PICTURE127 HOURS (Fox Searchlight Pictures)BLACK SWAN (Fox Searchlight Pictures)INCEPTION (Warner Bros Pictures)THE FIGHTER (Relativity Media/Paramount Pictures)THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (Focus Features)THE KING'S SPEECH...
According to the Associated Press, John Allen Muhammad's execution date is set. Muhammad is better known as the DC Sniper, who partnered with teen accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo and committed terror in the DC region by murdering 10+ innocent people over the course of 3 weeks. "A Virginia judge on...
The 2012 rankings for the 50 Best Colleges & Universities have been released. Coming in at the number 1 spot is Princeton University. According to the rankings publisher: "We set out to create a college ranking that does a better job of measuring the things that prospective students and...
Tennessee is a state with a very rich history and vast resources. Not only is Tennessee home to mountain ranges, lakes and plateaus put it is also often credited as the birthplace of country music and several well known historical figures. Below we've listed ten interesting facts about the state of Tennessee.
