News Stories 2006
By Keith Boykin
Sunday, January 1 2006, 12:52AM
Rape charges dropped in Duke lacrosse case
Taye Diggs likes Tyson Beckford
Rosie O'Donnell slams Trump on The View, Trump fires back
Winter blizzard strands thousands
Britain deports gay Nigerian
Rap lyrics help convict young black man of murder
Ruben Studdard leads statewide weight loss campaign
Bush calls for bigger military
Maryland becomes third state in 1 week to halt executions
Bush approves AIDS bill shifting funds to rural areas and the South
Allen Iverson traded to Denver
White House and military disagree over Iraq policy
Top female officer in Iraq killed while escorting media
Houston rapist preys on teenage men
Two new reports show bad signs for economy
Five nurses, 1 doctor sentenced to death for infecting kids with HIV
Donald Trump lets Miss USA keep her job
Taye Diggs confronts autograph seekers
Will Smith's new movie #1 at box office
NBA hands down stiff suspensions for players in brawl
Will Smith's new movie #1 at box office
Rescuers find dead body of missing climber
Gunmen spring former Iraqi minister from jail
Colin Powell opposed to sending more troops to Iraq
Perez Hilton blog sued for stealing photos
Knicks, Nuggets players fight in NYC on-court brawl
Terrell Owens spits in opponent's face
Newsweek puts Hillary, Barack on the cover
Thousands march down New York's Fifth Avenue to protest Sean Bell shooting
Black woman set to become new Miss USA
Evan Bayh decides not to run for president
Florida and California halt all executions
Pitt. Steelers' Joey Porter fined $10,000 for gay slur
U.S. says Fidel Castro near death
Morgan Stanley CEO gets $40 million bonus
African bishops challenge gay priests
U.S. soldiers teach children to chant anti-Iraq slur
Oprah producing 2 new reality shows on ABC
Miss USA may lose title for underage drinking
Ted Haggard escort to write tell-all book
Wilson Cruz to make DC club appearance
New Jersey approves gay civil unions
Kato Kaelin suggests OJ murdered Nicole Simpson
Democratic senator in critical condition after brain surgery
New UN chief sworn in
Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy get Golden Globe nods
Rangel set to take over Ways & Means Cmte.
Miss USA may be dethroned or resign
Yoko Ono's chauffeur arrested for extortion
New Jersey gay group still hopeful for marriage equality
Tiki Barber as 'Superman'
Democrats win runoff election in Texas, add a seat in Congress
Studies show circumcision greatly reduces HIV risk
Pentagon wants more US troops in Iraq
Goldman to pay $16 billion in bonuses to employees
Jimmy Carter defends controversial book title
Tiger Woods wins player of the year, again
Comedian DL Hughley makes anti-gay comments at Katrina relief concert
Racist rant caught on cell phone camera
Queen Latifah reportedly breaking up with trainer
Rookie Devin Hester sets NFL record as he leads Bears to victory
60 killed in Baghdad suicide truck bombing
Jada Pinkett Smith gives $1 million to her Baltimore high school
New law would ban gay bars, clubs, books, web sites, media, and meetings in Nigeria
Rookie Devin Heser sets NFL record as he leads Bears to victory
60 killed in Baghdad suicide truck bombing
Jada Pinkett Smith gives $1 million to her Baltimore high school
Judge orders police to pay $100,000 to homeless man for false arrests
Nicole Richie 911 tape released after DUI arrest
New law would ban gay bars, clubs, books, web sites, media, and meetings in Nigeria
Kofi Annan takes jab at Bush in farewell address
Gay hero Tyron Garner died penniless
Prince to perform at SuperBowl halftime show
Scandal-plagued Jefferson wins re-election to Congress
OSU QB Troy Smith wins Heisman Trophy
Pittsburgh Steelers player calls Kellen Winslow a fag
Panel faults Speaker Hastert in Foley page scandal
Barack Obama makes first trip to New Hampshire
Bush approval rating sinks to all-time low of 30%
Scandal-plagued Jefferson wins re-election to Congress
OSU QB Troy Smith wins Heisman Trophy
Pittsburgh Steelers player calls Kellen Winslow a fag
Panel faults Speaker Hastert in Foley page scandal
Gospel group Mary Mary says gays like murderers, prostitutes
Wesley Snipes arrested
Former UN Ambassador dies
Black gays target of hate crimes in S. Africa
Beyonce is fine with having gay kids
Bush, Blair meet on Iraq
NASA photos raise possibility of life on Mars
Mayans concerned about new Mel Gibson film
Mary J. Blige leads Grammy nominees
Noah's Arc creator says cast is mostly straight
Controversial white drag performer to appear at Black History Month event
Cheney's lesbian daughter pregnant
Gay serial killer confesses to 23 murders