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The multiple Grammy winner addressed recent rumors that she had gotten into a fight with her husband in a nightclub, and that their eight-year marriage was in trouble. "My marriage is not on the rocks," she told host Wendy Williams, a longtime friend of the singer. "But I would be a liar and my fans would hate me if I said to them, oh we're perfect and everything is great." Blige added: "We have situations just like everyone else; it's real. But we love each other, that's it." It's not the first time Blige's reported marital drama has been in the spotlight. In December 2009, the singer allegedly punched Isaacs in the face at her record release party in New York, though her rep vehemently denied the claims. In 2011, rumors emerged that the singer had filed for divorce. The couple met in 2000 and tied the knot in a small ceremony at their New Jersey home in December 2003.

On Wednesday, January 31, 2012, hundreds gathered for the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new Mass Mental Health Building adjacent to the Brighams and Womens Hospital in Boston. The actual entrance on 75 Fenwood Street is the front of the building. Mental health professionals and State Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz were on hand for the ceremony, which was followed by a light reception. The video for the ceremony:

Teachers from the troubled Chester Upland School District in Pennsylvania made the news when they opted to continue teaching for free, after the district revealed that it could no longer to afford to pay its staff. video platform video management video solutions video player Now, the poster teacher for the initiative can bring something home to her school: Ellen Degeneres has presented Columbus Elementary School -- where Ferguson teaches math and literacy -- with a $100,000 check from JCPenney. Ferguson also received a personal gift card while a guest on The Ellen Degeneres Show. Since Ferguson was featured in a Philadelphia Inquirer piece reporting that Chester Upland teachers had resolved to keep working without pay "as long as we are able," the elementary school teacher has represented the local group of educators nationally. She joined Michelle Obama in the First Lady's Box at the State of the Union address, and blogged for HuffPost about her exper...

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Tracy Morgan's mother says she struggled for years to provide the comedian with everything he needed as a child, but now that she's out of work and facing foreclosure he's refusing to help her. Alicia Morgan, in a phone interview with CNN Wednesday, said she called her son last month to say she needed $25,000 to pay off her mortgage, but his assistant called back and told her, "Tracy would do a one shot deal of $2,000." "I was so upset, I told her to tell Tracy 'Thank you, but no thanks. I am not some person on the street asking you for a handout, I am your mother,'" she said. "And that was the end of that." His sister, Asia Morgan, said their mother needs his help soon "so she doesn't end up on the streets." Their mother lost her job last year, reducing her income to $600 a month and causing her to fall behind on her $400 monthly mortgage on her Youngstown, Ohio, home, her daughter ...

U.S. intelligence agencies believe that Iran is prepared to launch terrorist attacks inside the United States in response to perceived threats from America and its allies, the U.S. spy chief said Tuesday. Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. said in prepared testimony that an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington that was uncovered last year reflects an aggressive new willingness within the upper ranks of the Islamist republic to authorize attacks against the United States. That plot “shows that some Iranian officials — probably including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei — have changed their calculus and are now more willing to conduct an attack in the United States in response to real or perceived U.S. actions that threaten the regime,” Clapper said in the testimony, which was submitted to the Senate Intelligence Committee in advance of a threat assessment hearing Tuesday. “We are als...

SALT LAKE CITY -- A new painting of President Barack Obama by a Utah artist is stirring things up politically. The piece, which includes every U.S. president, is titled "The Forgotten Man" and shows Obama stepping on the U.S. Constitution. "I feel like our presidents have really forgotten who put them there," artist Jon McNaughton said. The painting shows conservative presidents on one side and liberals on the other. It also features dollar bills blowing around and depicts the American flag at half-mast. "The flag being at half-mast usually happens when there is a tragedy in the country," McNaughton said. "I have painted the flag at half-mast because I feel that right now our country is experiencing a tragedy at monumental proportions. "The artist said he showed Obama trampling on the Constitution because "he has done things that I believe are unconstitutional since he has been in office." McNaughto...

The national historic treasure will be preserved HYANNIS PORT, Mass., (WPRI) - Keeping with the wishes of the late Senator Ted Kennedy, the family’s property at 50 Marchant Avenue in Hyannis Port has been gifted to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate ( EMK Institute.) The announcement which was made on Monday, fulfills a promise made by Senator Kennedy to his mother Rose that the home be preserved for charitable use. Some of the most memorable events in Kennedy history were held at the Massachusetts location. “Teddy and I dreamed of a place that would encourage public engagement and inspire political leadership in future generations,” said Ted Kennedy's widow Vicki Kennedy “Even though my family still considers Hyannis Port to be our home, we recognize that this house is a unique and historic place that should be preserved, so that future students of history and politics will better understand how this house helped to develop, define and ...