Daily Blog Buzz Feed 07.18.08

Obama calls criticism of wife 'infuriating', what gets under Barack Obama's skin? Criticism of his wife Michelle Obama, in an interview with Glamour magazine, Obama said attacks on his wife were "infuriating."..Continue Reading (07-17) 12:20 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Double-digit drops in median home prices hit every Bay Area county in June, even the ones that had seemed Teflon-coated.Across the nine counties, the median price paid for resale homes,new homes and condos in June plunged 27.1 percent from a year ago to $485,000, dipping below the half-million-dollar mark for the first timein four years, DataQuick Information Systems of La Jolla (San Diego County) reported  thursday.Continue Reading... Most television viewers know AMC, if they know it at all, as a repository of old Hollywood movies. But the cable channel made history Thursday morning -- and startled industry observers -- when it received 16 nominations for its acclaimed drama series "Mad Men." Continue Reading... Allhiphop.com has confirmed that Bay Area rapper Keak Da Sneak was arrested on July 10 and charged with four felony counts. Continue Reading... Europe's low birthrates pose a serious threat to its economic security, making immigration crucial to its survival.Continue Reading... Concerns about an economic slowdown pushed oil down yet again, prompting a 2.5 percent jump in the Dow, amid new evidence of rising prices.Continue Reading... Episode 19: Coultrain He's been called a poet, shaman and musical revolutionary.Coultrain uses flow and sublime songwriting skills to tap into our consciousness on multiple levels. Citing cultural influences as wide ranging as James Baldwin, Jack Kerouac and Stevie Wonder, Coultrain is on the verge of a musical breakthrough. Check his interview. Listen Now | Podcast Home from the Military, a third of female veterans are women of color, Read three of their stories... Reaching Puberty Early, "Just after my daughter turned 7, she came to me and nervously announced that she had bumps on her chest. I felt beneath her nipples and, indeed, there were prominent hard lumps...Continue Reading Emmy nominations were announced at the crack of dawn Thursday morning and HBO's critically-acclaimed series "The Wire" was dissed again...Continue Reading Nelson Mandela, the credited with ending apartheid in South Africa, has marked his 90th birthday by calling for the rich to do more for the poor...Continue Reading  I believe Elizabeth Hasselbeck's tears yesterday on "The View" were sincere. I believe she seeks racial harmony in our country and so do I. Further, it's my hunch that hundreds of thousands of people, many of them white, were nodding along as she expressed her passionate belief that the constant use of the 'n-word' in pop culture makes it more difficult to get to a better, more racially understanding society. Continue Reading... Multi-platinum recording artist John Legend previewed his October release, Evolver (Columbia), in true grown man fashion and rightfully so. The album will be his third effort since his 2004 debut, Get Lifted(Columbia). Wearing a black shirt, cargo shorts, and matching Nikes, Legend offered a spread of fruits, wines, and cheeses to go along with the afternoon’s showcase, which is both mature and fun. Continue Reading....The infamous Omar checks out Whoo Kid and Bishop Lamont’s latest…Continue Reading...It's very likely that more people know Leon Ware's music than know than know the artist himself. There's a good reason for that. Ware has made some of the most recognizable and high quality soul and pop music of the last two generations. He co-wrote "I Wanna Be Where You Are," Continue Reading... CeCe Winanscontinues to blaze the trail in the field of inspirational music.  On Sunday, July 20 at 11:30am/ ET  BET will feature the award-winning artist in a 30 minute broadcast of, Real Life Divas Continue Reading...NEW YORK (AP)—The NFL is stepping up its monitoring of on-field player activities to ensure that no one is flashing the hand signals of street gangs.The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that the league had hired experts to look at game tapes and identify players or team officials
who might be using suspected gang signals. Violators would be warned and disciplined if the episodes recurred.Continue Reading... With the most contestants of color we've ever seen in a single episode, Bravo's last season of Runway (season 6 is saying Aufedersein and moving to Lifetime) is one of its most diverse yet. Designers, Jerell Scott, Korto Momolu and Terri Stevens are hoping a stint at "must see tv" can make them must-wear designers. Continue Reading...