iPHONE Daily Blog Buzz 08.22.08

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware is Barack Obama's pick as vice presidential running mate, The Associated Press has learned. DECATUR, Ga. —BEIJING — The climb back to the top is nearly complete. One more win and U.S. basketball is golden again.The Americans ended their streak of final four flops and Argentina's hopes of an Olympic gold-medal repeat, starting fast and finishing strong in a 101-81 semifinal victory Friday.All that's left is what the U.S. players came for: a gold medal. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Celebrities aren't always coy about their love affairs. Jamie Foxx, Fran Drescher, Lucy Liu and Isaiah Washington were among the stars who proclaimed their love for Barack Obama Thursday night at a swanky soiree. Da Brat was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for hitting a hostess in the head with a rum bottle during an altercation at a suburban Atlanta nightclub last fall.The 34-year-old rapper, whose given name is Shawntae Harris, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in DeKalb County. Superior Court Judge Gail Flake sentenced her to three years behind bars and seven on probation, plus 200 hours of community service and completion of substance abuse treatment, mental evaluation and anger management classes. A takeover robbery at a Castro Valley restaurant Thursday night left employees and patrons shaken as police investigate whether the incident is related to a string of takeover robberies in the East Bay. Wells Fargo & Co. is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its African American Business Services program with a pledge to lend another $1 billion to African American business owners by 2018. The San Francisco-based bank (NYSE: WFC) had set a goal to deliver $1 billion by 2010, but met that mark earlier this year, officials said Thursday. As a result, they earmarked another $1 billion for the program. Wells Fargo also will sponsor the National Black MBA Association Entrepreneurial Institute. The institute, scheduled for Sept. 17 at the group’s conference in Washington, offers sessions led by business management experts. (Continue Reading…) Mercifully, the second season of The Two Coreys came to a close this weekend. The Haimster spent all season trying to convince Felddog, his therapist, Nelle, the show's producers and everyone watching the show that he didn't have a drug problem. While it may be true that his addiction to the hard stuff is in the past, the one-car accident that he got into in the season finale certainly shows that prescription drugs still play a significant role in his life. Until next season... [The Two Coreys] Q Tip was one of the first artists/celebs to start using twitter (and actually doing it himself, not sending in his intern), and although his tweet output has been sporadic he's back on it today with a vengeance. Seems he's not too happy with the recent feature about him in Spin magazine To win you need to write about how you’ve seen LeBron show passion for the game. Please write your thoughts on LeBron’s passion in the comments section and include your shoe size. We got three winners from last week’s contest, all of whom have been mailed their shoes, but a lot more than three good entries. Hopefully this version of the shoe gets us some new people participating, but if you feel like what you wrote last week was good, feel free to cut-and-paste your previous entry and do it again. Remember to include your shoe size after telling us how LeBron shows his passion for the game. When this post is no longer on the homepage you can find it (and all our other generous giveaways) in the Slamonline contest archive.