Troy Davis was convicted nearly two decades ago and sentenced to die for the 1989 slaying of Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail. Several witnesses have since recanted testimony. Unless Georgia intervenes, Davis will be executed Wednesday.

Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that’s happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This week, the President took his American Jobs Act to Richmond, Virginia, Columbus, Ohio, and Raleigh, North Carolina, traveled to all three memorial sites on the 10th anniversary of September 11th, and presented the Medal of Honor to former active duty Marine, Dakota Meyer, for his extraordinary actions in Afghanistan. That’s September 9th to September 15th or “Pass This Bill”

Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. (born March 13, 1972), better known by his stage name Common (previously Common Sense), is an American hip-hop artist and actor.

Common debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar? and maintained a significant underground following into the late 1990s, after which he gained notable mainstream success through his work with the Soulquarians.^{[citation needed]} His first major-label album, Like Water for Chocolate, received widespread critical acclaim and tremendous commercial success.^{[citation needed]} His first Grammyaward was in 2003 for Best R&B Song for “Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)” with Erykah Badu.^[2][3] Its popularity was matched by May 2005′s Be, which was nominated in the 2006 Grammy Awardsfor Best Rap Album. Common was awarded his second Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, for “Southside” (featuring Kanye West), from his July 2007 album Finding Forever. His best-of album, Thisisme Then: The Best of Common, was released on November 27, 2007.

Common has also initiated a burgeoning acting career, starring significant roles in such films as Smokin’ Aces, Street Kings, American Gangster, Wanted, Terminator Salvation, Date Night, and Just Wright.

(feat. Dwele)

Louder, louder, louder, louder, louder, louder
louder, louder, Yeah
[Repeat]

Yeah, it’s for the People

[Verse 1]
This is street ra-dio, for unsung heroes
Ridin in they regal, tryin to stay legal
My daughter found Nemo, I found the new primo
Yeah you know how we do, we do it for the people
And the struggles of the brothas and the folks
With lovers under dope, experiment to discover hopes
Scuffle for notes, the rougher I wrote, times were harder
Went from rocky starter to a voice of a martyr
Why white folks focus on dogs and yoga
While people on the low end tryin to ball and get over
Lyrics are like liquor for the fallen soldiers
From the bounce to the ounce, its all our culture
Everyday we hustlin, tryna get them custom rims
Law we ain’t trustin them, thick broads we lust in them
Sick and tired of bunchin it, I look on the bus at them
When I see them struggling, I think how I’m touchin them
The People

[Chorus]
The day, has come
Now we, are one
Just take, your time
And then, you’ll find

[Verse 2]
This is street ra-dio, for unsung heroes
Ridin in they regal, tryin to stay legal
My daughter found Nemo, I found the new primo
Yeah you know how we do, we do it for the people
The people said that I was sharp on TV
At the Grammy’s, though they tried to India.Arie me
Got back stage, and I bumped into Stevie
He said no matter what, the people gone see me
Can’t leave rap alone the streets need me
Hunger in they eyes, is what seems to feed me
Inside peace mixed with beast seem to breed me
Nobody believe, until I believe me
Now I’m on the rise doin business with my guys
Visions realize, music affected lives
A gift from the skies, to be recognize
I’m keeping my eyes on the people, that’s the prize

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
This is street ra-dio, for unsung heroes
Ridin in they regal, tryin to stay legal
My daughter found Nemo, I found the new primo
Yeah you know how we do, we do it for the people
From Englewood to a single hood in Botswana
I see the I in We my nigga, yours is my drama
Standin in front of the judge with no honor
Barack stick, knight the people like Obama
The karma of the streets is needs and takes
Sometimes we find peace in beats and breaks
Put the bang in the back so the seats can shake
Rebel Cadillac music for the people sake
The People

[Chorus]

Do you want a diet to lower cholesterol? We all know that butter, ice cream, and fatty meats raise cholesterol, but do you know which foods make up a low-cholesterol diet? Find out here.

Here’s some good news. To lower your cholesterol, you can actually eat more of certain foods. A handful of some “functional foods” have been shown to make a big impact on your cholesterol levels. They’re also much tastier than a pill chased with a glass of water.

“These foods may not be magic, but they’re close to it,” says Ruth Frechman, RD, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association.

Researchers have found that some foods — such as fatty fish, walnuts, oatmeal, and oat bran, and foods fortified with plant sterols or stanols — can help control your cholesterol. Some studies have shown that a diet combining these “superfoods” may work as well as some cholesterol-lowering medicines to reduce your “bad” LDL cholesterol levels.

How strong is the evidence? The FDA has reviewed the research on each of these foods, and given them the status of a “health claim” for managing cholesterol.

This is great news for the 105 million adults in the U.S. with high cholesterol. Making good food choices is an easy way of improving your health. It also puts less strain on your pocketbook. A trip to the grocery store is bound to be cheaper than a trip to the pharmacy. Also, many people can’t handle the side effects from cholesterol drugs. Focusing on diet gives us all a new option.

Getting Started on a Low-Cholesterol Diet

Managing high cholesterol isn’t a simple do-it-yourself project. You need to work with your health care provider. And while changing your diet may help a lot, many people still need drugs to reduce their risk of heart disease.

Also, remember that these foods aren’t cure-alls. A handful of walnuts or a bowl of oatmeal won’t make you invincible. It won’t give you a free pass to eat all the high-fat foods you want. To benefit, you still must eat low-fat foods, watch your weight, and get more exercise.

“Eating a healthy diet is not just about eating a few special foods,” says Suzanne Farrell, MS, RD, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. “There’s a bigger picture. You need to practice moderation, eat a variety of foods, and get enough physical activity.”

born May 19, 1925, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.—died February 21, 1965, New York, New York) African American leader and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam, who articulated concepts of race pride and black nationalism in the early 1960s. After his assassination, the widespread distribution of his life story— The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965)—made him an ideological hero, especially among black youth.

Early years and conversion

Born in Nebraska, while an infant Malcolm moved with his family to Lansing, Mich. When Malcolm was six years old, his father, the Rev. Earl Little, a Baptist minister and former supporter of the early black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey, died after being hit by a streetcar, quite possibly the victim of murder by whites. The surviving family was so poor that Malcolm’s mother, Louise Little, resorted to cooking dandelion greens from the street to feed her children. After she was committed to an insane asylum in 1939, Malcolm and his siblings were sent to foster homes or to live with family members.

Malcolm attended school in Lansing, Mich., but dropped out in the eighth grade when one of his teachers told him that he should become a carpenter instead of a lawyer. As a rebellious youngster Malcolm moved from the Michigan State Detention Home, a juvenile home in Mason, Mich., to the Roxbury section of Boston to live with an older half sister from his father’s first marriage. There he became involved in petty criminal activities in his teenage years. Known as “Detroit Red” for the reddish tinge in his hair, he developed into a street hustler, drug dealer, and leader of a gang of thieves in Roxbury and Harlem (in New York City).

While in prison for robbery from 1946 to 1952, he underwent a conversion that eventually led him to join the Nation of Islam, an African American movement that combined elements of Islam with black nationalism. His decision to join the Nation also was influenced by discussions with his brother Reginald, who had become a member in Detroit and who was incarcerated with Malcolm in the Norfolk Prison Colony in Massachusetts in 1948. Malcolm quit smoking and gambling and refused to eat pork in keeping with the Nation’s dietary restrictions. In order to educate himself, he spent long hours reading books in the prison library, even memorizing a dictionary. He also sharpened his forensic skills by participating in debate classes. Following Nation tradition, he replaced his surname, “Little,” with an “X,” a custom among Nation of Islam followers who considered their family names to have originated with white slaveholders.

Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam

After his release from prison Malcolm helped to lead the Nation of Islam during the period of its greatest growth and influence. He met Elijah Muhammad in Chicago in 1952 and then began organizing temples for the Nation in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston and in cities in the South. He founded the Nation’s newspaper, Muhammad Speaks, which he printed in the basement of his home, and initiated the practice of requiring every male member of the Nation to sell an assigned number of newspapers on the street as a recruiting and fund-raising technique. He also articulated the Nation’s racial doctrines on the inherent evil of whites and the natural superiority of blacks.

Malcolm rose rapidly to become the minister of Boston Temple No. 11, which he founded; he was later rewarded with the post of minister of Temple No. 7 in Harlem, the largest and most prestigious temple in the Nation after the Chicago headquarters. Recognizing his talent and ability, Elijah Muhammad, who had a special affection for Malcolm, named him the National Representative of the Nation of Islam, second in rank to Muhammad himself. Under Malcolm’s lieutenancy, the Nation claimed a membership of 500,000. The actual number of members fluctuated, however, and the influence of the organization, refracted through the public persona of Malcolm X, always greatly exceeded its size.

An articulate public speaker, a charismatic personality, and an indefatigable organizer, Malcolm X expressed the pent-up anger, frustration, and bitterness of African Americans during the major phase of the civil rights movement from 1955 to 1965. He preached on the streets of Harlem and spoke at major universities such as Harvard University and the University of Oxford. His keen intellect, incisive wit, and ardent radicalism made him a formidable critic of American society. He also criticized the mainstream civil rights movement, challenging Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s central notions of integration and nonviolence. Malcolm argued that more was at stake than the civil right to sit in a restaurant or even to vote—the most important issues were black identity, integrity, and independence. In contrast to King’s strategy of nonviolence, civil disobedience, and redemptive suffering, Malcolm urged his followers to defend themselves “by any means necessary.” His biting critique of the “so-called Negro” provided the intellectual foundations for the Black Power and black consciousness movements in the United States in the late 1960s and ’70s ( black nationalism). Through the influence of the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X helped to change the terms used to refer to African Americans from “Negro” and “coloured” to “black” and “Afro-American.”

Final years

In 1963 there were deep tensions between Malcolm and Eiljah Muhammad over the political direction of the Nation. Malcolm urged that the Nation become more active in the widespread civil rights protests instead of just being a critic on the sidelines. Muhammad’s violations of the moral code of the Nation further worsened his relations with Malcolm, who was devastated when he learned that Muhammad had fathered children by six of his personal secretaries, two of whom filed paternity suits and made the issue public. Malcolm brought additional bad publicity to the Nation when he declared publicly that Pres. John F. Kennedy‘s assassination was an example of “chickens coming home to roost”—a violent society suffering the consequences of violence. In response to the outrage this statement provoked, Elijah Muhammad ordered Malcolm to observe a 90-day period of silence, and the break between the two leaders became permanent.

Malcolm left the Nation in March 1964 and in the next month founded Muslim Mosque, Inc. During his pilgrimage to Mecca that same year, he experienced a second conversion and embraced Sunni Islam, adopting the Muslim name el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz. Renouncing the separatist beliefs of the Nation, he claimed that the solution to racial problems in the United States lay in orthodox Islam. On the second of two visits to Africa in 1964, he addressed the Organization of African Unity (known as the African Union since 2002), an intergovernmental group established to promote African unity, international cooperation, and economic development. In 1965 he founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity as a secular vehicle to internationalize the plight of black Americans and to make common cause with the people of the developing world—to move from civil rights to human rights.

The growing hostility between Malcolm and the Nation led to death threats and open violence against him. On Feb. 21, 1965, Malcolm was assassinated while delivering a lecture at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem; three members of the Nation of Islam were convicted of the murder. He was survived by his wife, Betty Shabazz, whom he married in 1958, and six daughters. His martyrdom, ideas, and speeches contributed to the development of black nationalist ideology and the Black Power movement and helped to popularize the values of autonomy and independence among African Americans in the 1960s and ’70s.

- Lawrence A. Mamiya

Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes (born May 20, 1972), is an American rapper, producer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the alias Busta Rhymes after NFL wide receiver George “Buster” Rhymes. Early in his career, he was known for his wild style and fashion, and today is best known for his highly skilled rapping technique, which involves rapping at a much faster rate, and to date has received nine Grammy nominations for his musical work.

Arab Money lyrics
Songwriters: Smith, Trevor; Turner, Rondell;

Ron Browz! Yes!
I’m way back in the most amazing way
Well lemme introduce you to the new talk
Let’s get straight to it, c’mon!

La ilaha illa Allah, ha la ili, hay yo
Hili b’Allah, hey, hili bay yo
We getting Arab money
We getting Arab money

Hala sheiki, ha lini falla
Mili ha lan shi inni mala
We getting Arab money
We getting Arab money

Now there ain’t no way that you can kill a beast dead
I got Middle East women and Middle East bread
I got oil well money, in the desert playing golf
Go chase short stack sheiki with a Louis scarf

Chest cold diamonds make a nigga wanna cough
In Dubai 20 million on a villa loft
And then I step up in the club then these other niggas mad as shit
The way I make the people wanna sing the hook in Arabic

La ilaha illa Allah, ha la ili, hay yo
Hili b’Allah, hey, hili bay yo
We getting Arab money
We getting Arab money

Hala sheiki, ha lini falla
Mili ha lan shi inni mala
We getting Arab money
We getting Arab money

Seven star hotels, Maybach, movies
Sick, big ass, knock-kneed, camel toe, Gucci
Pretty women walk around while security on camel-back
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/busta-rhymes-lyrics/arab-money-lyrics.html ]
Club on fire now, niggas don’t know how to act

Sitting in casinos while I’m gambling with Arafat
Money long, watch me purchase pieces of the Almanac
Y’all already know I got the streets bust
While I make ya bow down and make salaat like a Muslim

La ilaha illa Allah, ha la ili, hay yo
Hili b’Allah, hey, hili bay yo
We getting Arab money
We getting Arab money

Hala sheiki, ha lini falla
Mili ha lan shi inni mala
We getting Arab money
We getting Arab money

See now I take trips to Baghdad, dummy wow
Use a stack of chips to count Arab money now
I don’t need to get fresh, about to grow a beard dude
So much cake even the money look weird too

Domestic bread and a broad
I’m tryna eat like Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal Al-Saud
Who might respect the value of my worth
In Maui, Malaysia, Iran and Iraq, Saudi Arabia!

La ilaha illa Allah, ha la ili, hay yo
Hili b’Allah, hey, hili bay yo
We getting Arab money
We getting Arab money

Hala sheiki, ha lini falla
Mili ha lan shi inni mala
We getting Arab money
We getting Arab money

Here’s the latest news for Monday September 12th: 9/11 Memorial opens to the public; Pipeline blast in Kenya; Last surviving hockey player in Russian crash dies; Djokovich faces Nadal in US Open final tonight.

New-York based Marina Franklin is emerging as one of the hottest comedians in the comedy scene today, with such notable appearances as, Craig Ferguson’s Late Late Show, The Jay Leno Show, Awkward Comedy Show, Chapelle’s Show, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, NBC’s Last Comic Standing Season II, VH1’s Black to the Future, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend and Showtime at The Apollo.

She is a favorite in Comedy Festivals across the world, like Melbourne Comedy Festival, Scotland’s Glasgow Comedy Festival, BBC’s World Stand’s Up, Rotterdam’s Comedy Factory, Montreal’s Just For Laughs, Ireland’s Kilkenny Comedy Festival, and Nashville’s Bonnaroo Music Festival. Franklin’s career in entertainment wasn’t always in stand-up comedy; originally from Chicago, she made her acting debut at the Illinois Rep Theatre. She then quickly realized her love for acting and went on to pursue a MFA in acting at Syracuse University. Franklin is viciously likeable, if there is such a thing.

JLS (an initialism of Jack the Lad Swing) are a British boy band, consisting of members Aston Merrygold, Marvin Humes, Oritsé Williams and JB Gill. They originally signed to Tracklacers production company New Track City and then went on to become runners-up of the fifth series of ITV reality talent show The X Factor in 2008, coming second to Alexandra Burke. As of 2011, the band have sold 3.8 Million records.

Following their appearances on The X Factor, JLS signed to Epic Records. and enjoyed continued chart success throughout 2009. Their first two singles “Beat Again” and “Everybody in Love” both went to number one on the UK Singles Chart. “Beat Again” was at the number one spot for two weeks. The band’s self-titled debut album was released on 9 November 2009, and has since sold over one million copies in the UK. JLS won the awards for British Breakthrough and British Single (“Beat Again”) at the 2010 BRIT Awards.They also won several awards at the Mobo awards for Best song for “Beat Again” in 2009 and also Best New Comer in the same year. In 2010 they won the Mobo’s for Best UK act and Best Album.

In 2010, JLS signed an American record deal with Jive Records, and released “Everybody in Love” as their debut US single. “The Club Is Alive“, the lead single from their second studio album, was released in the UK in July 2010, and earned the band their third number-one on the UK Singles Chart. Their single “Love You More“, the official single for Children in Need in 2010, was their 4th UK number-one. Their single She Makes Me Wanna Featuring Dev was their Fifth Number One as of the 31st July 2011.

Here is She Makes Me Wanna Lyrics by JLS

Oh oh oh oh oh oh OK!
Its dev and JLS! JLS!
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Yeah
Oh oh oh oh oh oh

I can’t explain what’s got into me
My sanity is in the passenger seat
I let her drive me she is my guide
We’re flying reckless tonight

[Bridge:]
Direct me to the floor
And turn it up some more
Imma get it on on on on!
Direct me to the floor
And turn it up some more
Imma get it on on on on!

[Chorus:]
She makes me wanna
Oh oh oh oh oh oh ah ah!
Makes me wanna
Oh oh oh oh oh oh!
London to Jamaica,
L.A. to Africa
She makes me wanna
Oh oh oh oh oh oh!
Makes me wanna
Oh oh oh oh oh oh!

I think her eyes are hypnotizing me
Something about her turns me into a wild beast
I mesmerized, down for the ride
We’re flying reckless tonight

[Bridge:]
Direct me to the floor
And turn it up some more
Imma get it on on on on ah ah!
Direct me to the floor
And turn it up some more
Imma get it on on on on!

[Chorus:]
She makes me wanna
Oh oh oh oh oh oh ah ah!
Makes me wanna
Oh oh oh oh oh oh!
London to Jamaica,
L.A. to Africa
She makes me wanna
Oh oh oh oh oh oh!
Makes me wanna
Oh oh oh oh oh oh!

[Dev verses:]
Well that’s kind of funny
I-i was just thinking
How you make me oh-oh-oh
We’re flying over buildings
Sitting under palm trees
drinking bubble gum drinks
We’re counting all our monies
Dancing in ice rinks
Buying icies (it’s nothing)
We’re loving
We’re worthy of this
Look where I come from
Now this world our kingdom!

[Chorus:]
She makes me wanna
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Makes me wanna
Oh oh oh oh oh oh!
She makes me wanna
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Makes me wanna
Oh oh oh oh oh oh!
She makes me wanna
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Makes me wanna
Oh oh oh oh oh oh!
She makes me wanna
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Makes me wanna
Oh oh oh oh oh oh!

London to Jamaica,
L.A. to Africa
She makes me wanna
Oh oh oh oh oh oh!
Makes me wanna
Oh oh oh oh oh oh!

FBI: Ex-NBA player Crittenton arrested in Calif.

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The FBI says former NBA player Javaris Crittenton has been arrested in Southern California to face a murder charge in a deadly Atlanta shooting.

Eimiller says he was arrested without incident by FBI agents with assistance from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

She says he will be held overnight in police custody.

Paul Frappier (May 8, 1977 – February 11, 2011), better known by his stage name Bad News Brown (at times, also as BNB and Briz Brown), was a Montreal-based Canadian entertainer, musician, and hip hop MC of Haitian origin. He was well-known for pairing the sound of his chief instrument, the harmonica, with hip-hop beats and rhymes. Frappier started busking in Montreal taking his signature sound as a teenager to the streets and subway stations of Montreal. He later toured and opened for many well-known hip hop acts or as background musician. He also appeared as an impromptu host in Music for a Blue Train, the 2003 documentary about busker musicians in the Montreal Metro subway train system. In 2004, he signed a management deal with E-Stunt Entertainment Group. In 2009, he established his own record label Trilateral Entertainment Inc and released his debut studio album Born 2 Sin. He was murdered in Montreal, Canada, and his body was found there on February 12, 2011. The long feature film BumRush featuring him in a leading role is premiering on 1 April 2011.

Here’s the latest news for Monday August 29th: Cleanup and assessments begin after Irene blows through; Taiwan slammed by typhoon; Japanese ruling party elects new leader, possible PM; Happy Feet the penguin heading home from New Zealand.