For New Jersey Powerball lottery winner Pedro Quezada, the Dominican bodega owner who just collected $215 million, the adage “Mo’ money, mo’ problems” has already…

Rick Ross who recently came under fire for his “Put Molly all in her champagne, she ain’t even know it/I took her home and I…

Brandy Norwood stopped by the Wendy Williams Show to discuss her new acting roles. Norwood plays Melinda in the new Tyler Perry film Temptation and revealed the character who she describes as being dark and troubled, has a really big secret. She went on to address the nervousness she felt when taking on the role. […]

Events, Local

The Sweet 16 has finally made its way to the District! Tonight at the Verizon Center the top four seeds play beginning with Marquette vs. Miami at 7:15, followed by Syracuse vs. Indiana at 9:45. Check out the Post’s predictions and tips here.     —Alexis Holliday

National

Historic activist and politician, Nelson Mandela was admitted to an “undisclosed hospital” last night according to the Atlanta Black Star. The former and first black President of South Africa is currently being treated for a lung infection. Mandela has been in and out of the hospital dating back to 2011. Mandela, who is 94, contracted […]

Robert Zimmerman Jr., brother of George Zimmerman who was convicted in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last February, apologized for his offensive tweets last night during an interview on CNN’s Piers Morgan Live. Zimmerman admits that sending the tweets, which have now been removed, was not the “right thing to do”, but insists […]

After calling it quits with Nelly recently, it looks like Ashanti may have moved on. The singer was spotted having lunch with a mystery man…

Mayor Vincent C. Gray is proposing to spend more than $100 million in the coming years to remake the District’s four-decade-old central library, moving forward with a project that two previous mayors pondered but ultimately did not pursue. Read More

Good cocktails have never been within easier reach in Washington. It helps to have a talent pool where bar stars have achieved the fame accorded top chefs and are widely known by just their first names. Read More

More than 700,000 civilian defense workers will be forced to take 14 days of furloughs instead of 22 between April and the end of the fiscal year, officials said, softening the blow of the automatic spending cuts known as sequestration. Read More

TJMS

Chris Paul jokes with the crew about Roland Martin‘s big win and the difference between Housewives —————- This is Chris Paul from the TJMS running…