June 3, 2011
Eminem Sues Audi; Claims Company Copied Chrysler 300 Ad
Eminem's 8 Mile Style LLC has filed a lawsuit against Audi AG, claiming the car company is using the hit song "Lose Yourself" illegally in a new commercial. AdWeek reports that Em's company filed a lawsuit in Hamburg Regional Court in Germany,…
June 3, 2011
T-Pain Vows To Never Use Auto-Tune Again
Producer/rapper T-Pain has vowed to never use the Auto-Tune effect again, quite possibly ending a long-running trend in R&B and Hip-Hop music. In an exclusive statement issued to AllHipHop.com today (June 2nd), T-Pain vowed to ditch the…
June 3, 2011
Clinton Discusses Security, Economy Cooperation with Czech FM
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has met with her Czech counterpart in Washington…
June 3, 2011
Death Toll from US Tornado Rises to 138
Officials have updated the death toll to 138 from a powerful tornado that hit the central U.S. city of Joplin, Missouri last month. Missouri public safety officials said Thursday the toll rose after four hospitalized people died from injuries…
June 3, 2011
Top US Lawmakers: US Will Not Default on Debt
Senior U.S. lawmakers say Republicans and Democrats will eventually reach a deal to raise the country's $14 trillion debt limit. The number two Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, Steny Hoyer , says financial markets should know that…
June 3, 2011
WHO: Unknown E. Coli Variant Has Killed 18
The World Health Organization says a deadly outbreak of E. coli bacteria that has killed 18 people in Europe is a unique strain that has never been found in infected patients before. The United Nations agency said Thursday that preliminary genetic…
June 3, 2011
Cholera surges again in parts of Haitian capital
An international aid group says clinics in one section of the…
June 3, 2011
Anguilla – independence within CARICOM dimmed?
The Chief Minister of Anguilla, Hubert Hughes, has repeated a call for his small Caribbean island of 90 sq km and 13,600 people to become independent from Britain whose colony it has been since 1650. He is doing so in the worst of economic times…
June 3, 2011
One Caribbean for high level talks on AIDS
Caribbean delegations have agreed on a common position for the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting (HLM) on AIDS taking place in New York from June 8-10. They will act as a united force on issues such as priorities, financial sustainability,…
June 3, 2011
Bajan faces fraud charges in US
A Barbadian immigrant faces more than two dozen charges of defrauding the U.S. government of at least US$10 million by filing hundreds of false tax returns, U.S. prosecutors said late yesterday. The U.S. Attorney’s office has alleged that…