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‘Baby It’s Cold Outisde’ is not a song about rape

By Lisa Lillianstrom | December 17, 2018

“Baby It’s Cold Outside,” the 1944 holiday classic by Frank Loesser, never seemed to be a problem for listeners until recently when radio stations started banning the song because it was deemed controversial even though the song, which has since...

Community Coordinated Child Care to offer baby bonding workshop

By Brooke Shinberg | January 21, 2013

Community Coordinated Child Care (4-C) is offering a free workshop from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays between Feb. 13 and Feb. 27 at Land of Learning Child Care Center, 1645 Bethany Road. According to a Jan. 11 news release, the workshop will show parents...

Usher's "Versus" stands with his best

Usher’s “Versus” stands with his best

By Tony Martin | August 24, 2010

RATING: 4/5 An artist as prolific as Usher deserves all the attention that he gets. It goes without saying that he has some of the hands-down best R&B slow jams ("Nice & Slow", "Burn," et al), club joints ("Yeah", "O.M.G"), and guest verses (R....