New England Sun-Times

It's been 22 years since the wildly popular, platinum-selling hit song, 'Good Vibrations' broke through the pop charts, even knocking the popular "I Wanna Sex You Up" to the number 2 position.The song was performed by Hollywood actor, Mark Wahlberg who was known to millions of fans across the world as 'Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch'. The song sold a whopping 1 million copies and helped jumpstart the career of the film star. His second single, "Wildside" sold 750,000 copies, just 250,000 copies shy of a million. What a lot of people don't know is the songs were both written by Boston's legendary emcee and Zulu Nation Minister of Information, Quadeer "M.C. Spice" Shakur. Boston's first rapper to sign a major deal (Atlantic Records 1986), MC Spice is now set to release his new CD this January entitled "Grown Folk Hip-Hop". The album features the first song "My Cashawna", a song dedicated to his wife, Cas...

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 When Boston Mayor Tomas Menino announced his decision to retire from politics after a 20-year hold on the mayor seat, a whopping 15 candidates ran for the title. With the race split and down to 12 candidates; 6 color – all eyes are on Charlotte Golar-Richie . With supporters from Harvard professor Charles Ogeltree to Reverend Eugene Rivers, Charlotte’s backing of Boston’s elite continues to grow. On September 24th, only two candidates will remain standing once the smoke settles, and if Boston voters make the historic moves they’ve made the past few years, the mayor’s seat could be filled by a black woman. Boston elected its first Haitian woman as State Senator [ Linda Dorcena Forry ]; and its first woman United States Senator, Elizabeth Murray . In 2009, State Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz made history as the first Latina woman to hold office, and still holds that position. As Boston voters ready for the ballot box, the sitting mayor, Thomas Menino announced on a local radio ...

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry declared Monday that there was ‘‘undeniable’’ evidence of a large-scale chemical weapons attack in Syria, toughening the Obama administration’s criticism of Bashar Assad’s regime and outlining a justification for possible U.S. military action. Kerry, speaking to reporters at the State Department, said last week’s attack was a ‘‘moral obscenity’’ that ‘‘should shock the conscience’’ of the world. ‘‘The indiscriminate slaughter of civilians, the killing of women and children and innocent bystanders by chemical weapons is a moral obscenity. By any standard, it is inexcusable and — despite the excuses and equivocations that some have manufactured — it is undeniable,’’ said Kerry, the highest-ranking U.S. official to confirm the attack in the Damascus suburbs that activists say killed hundreds of people. ‘‘This international norm cannot be violated without consequences,’’ he said. Officials said President Barack Obama has not...