African American Icon may help solve Columbus need for hotels downtown

Post by Big Yogi via Columbus RetroMetro
What makes this article so interesting to me is that as Part of the great Senator Ray Miller’s Institute for Leadership and Change, I was charged, along with my project team, to develop a plan that would help meet the needs of Columbus. So, what was our project? […]

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WTF? COMFEST GOES DEF with first SILENT party.

Post by big Yogi via ColumbusING.com
Now this takes the cake! For those who live in Columbus, everyone knows that Comfest is a weekend festival where the unexpected is norm and freedom to be yourself is the key. Well this year it looks like there will be another type of expression at Comfest, SILENCE. […]

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YOUR CITY EXCLUSIVE: Umoja “Iddi” Bakari, accused drug kingpin caught

VIA Dayton Daily News
56-day manhunt for ‘Iddi’ Bakari in Yellow Springs case ends near Atlanta; extradition hearing today.
By Christopher Magan
Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
XENIA — A tip to “America’s Most Wanted” ended a 56-day nationwide manhunt for the accused kingpin of a Yellow Springs drug ring.
Umoja “Iddi” Bakari, 28, was captured by the DeKalb […]

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LOOK What People will do for a FREE BURRITO…

COLUMBUS, OH
On My way driving down HIGH STREET got some pics of hungry PEOPLE at CHIPOTLE….or where they just in line because the BURRITO was FREE…People Jump at FREE…lol
I wonder if they will run out of TORTILLA’S like PAPA JOHN’S ran outta DOUGH did…
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2 Brothers in Cincinnati Arrested for the death of T.I.’s associates murder

Post by Big Yogi via SOHH.com
Now this news comes from right here in our back yard. Alot of you remember when the incident between T.I.’s security and some local club goers in Cincinnati. The altercation led to the shooting and death of Philant Johnson,T.I.’s close friend. Well the two Cincinnati brothers have been […]

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VICTORIA’S SECRET sued for faulty THONG?

Post by T Cole
New Albany-based Victoria’s Secret is being sued by a California woman who claimed she was struck in the eye by a decorative metallic object that flew off a thong she was trying on.
Macrida Patterson, 52, claims her cornea was severely damaged by a defective “low-rise v-string” from Victoria’s Secret’s “Sexy Little Thing” […]

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DID COLUMBUS POLICE PLAY A “MENACE TO SOCIETY” PRANK?

Post by Big Yogi via COLUMBUSING
This post comes from another Columbus Blog but is very interesting since the Blog is not known for having bogus wright ups. Anyway check out this story and tell us what you think.
[Before I begin telling this story I want to state that the following events are all hear […]

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Teacher caught on VIDEO fighting A Student…Can It Get Any Worse?

POST by NVus

What can you do when a STUDENT bigger than you is coming after you full speed with their FIST…This TEACHER answers that question by defending HER-SELF the best way she can….by FIGHTING BACK…I mean RIGHT or WRONG but It’s becoming CRAZZY in these schools…Everytime I turn on the T.V. it’s something NEW…I’m really […]

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The 100 Best Places to Raise a Family

POST by K. Moreland
Find out which cities in America are the best—and the worst—for you and your brood.
Research by Sara Vigneri
Television executives seized the idea long ago: American families value where they plant their roots. The Cosbys had Brooklyn. The Cunninghams, Milwaukee. The Simpsons, Springfield.
But fathers face reality when they’re not in prime time. […]

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B Jazz and Rob Riley Add DeZoul Meet to Columbus

As much as Columbus loves its soul music, many people don’t know that one of the city’s own produced one of the hottest songs out right now. If you a fan of Eric Roberson, you know his latest single Head to Toe, has that classic slow-jam tempo that makes the ladies go crazy. Well, Brandon […]

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WEST VIRGINIA SPEAKS ON VOTING FOR BARACK

Post by BIg Yogi
The beautiful people of West Virginia who voted for Hillary Clinton respond to questions of whether they would vote for Barack Obama or Vote for John McCain. It’s not a suprise but it’s still unsettling to see how ignorant people can be and how fast they would go against their political […]

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Papa John’s burned by 23 cent pizza deal

Post by Big Yogi via Columbus Dispatch
Papa John’s burned by pizza deal
23-cent offer to honor Cavs star melts into ‘total chaos’
Friday, May 9, 2008 3:07 AM
By Sherri Williams
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
A deal to sell pizzas for 23 cents ended up as pie in the face for Papa John’s yesterday.
The offer, intended to remedy a […]

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You Can’t Fight No More…Aspiring rapper Killed after Making a Joke

POST by NVus
Seems like everyday more and more people DIE for dumb reasons. LIFE is so important…that’s all you have…but for some people it’s so EASY to take away from someone else. This STORY touched my HEART so I had to POST it…..
SOHH.com –
An 18-year-old aspiring MC was killed Thursday night (May 1), stabbed multiple […]

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A Moment of Silence…

POST by NVus & The FlyPaperBlogStaff
Today, In Israel, We Remember The 6 Million Jews That Had Been Murdered By The Nazis During The Holocaust.
…A Moment of silence
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?uestlove From Roots Wants to RIOT???

POST by NVus
After all that has happend it’s only natural for Black and Minorities to feel angry for the not guilty charge in the Sean Bell case….but wait there’s always CIVIL court….I’m betting that they get what they deserve when that comes up. Ohh Don’t get me wrong I think it’s fu****ed up that they […]

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