Looks like Tiger Woods and EA Sports have broken up. The video-game company and the golfer have agreed to go their separate ways, and the split appears to be mutual, the Huffington Post reports. “We had an incredible run,” Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, told Darren Rovell of ESPN.com. “Outside of Madden, you would be hard…

Black women are less likely than white women to be infected by the most common strains of the human papillomavirus, and as a result, the current HPV vaccine may be ineffective for black women, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. The new findings were discovered by researchers at Duke University School of Medicine and presented at the annual…

Chris Brown isn’t out of the woods yet, but the charges against him have been reduced to a simple assault misdemeanor, CNN reports. The embattled R&B singer and his bodyguard were arrested over the weekend after a scuffle outside the W Hotel in Washington, D.C. While it is unclear whether Brown initiated the altercation or was merely…

Another shopper has come forth with a shopping-while-black claim, making this the fourth such allegation this month, the New York Daily News reports.   Art Palmer, a 56-year-old physical trainer, says that four plain-clothes police stopped him after he purchased several Polo dress shirts and ties from Macy’s store using his Macy’s platinum card and American Express…

Another day, and another racist blackface Halloween incident. This one might have never been discovered had the Utah Jazz not tweeted out the photo, according to USA Today. That’s right, the official Utah Jazz twitter account retweeted a fan photo in which two white guys set out to re-create a vintage Karl Malone and John…

Penn State will pay 26 sexual-abuse victims of Jerry Sandusky, the former assistant football coach, approximately $59.7 million for an end to their claims against the university, the New York Times reports. The settlement is “another step forward in the healing process for those hurt by Mr. Sandusky, and another step forward for Penn State,”…

The New York attorney general wants to know what really happened at Attica some 40 years ago when inmates took over the prison and state troopers and guards took it back, the Associated Press reports. During a five-day standoff at the prison in September 1971, more than 35 prisoners and hostages were killed. Attorney General Eric…

A lifelike hanging man intended to frighten trick-or-treaters has some Riverside, Calif., residents screaming racism, NBC Los Angeles reports. The hanging “man” made from PVC piping and chicken wire not only dangles from a noose but is made to kick and struggle while groans come from an embed stereo. It’s definitely frightening, but is it…

Conrad Murray, the doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of pop star Michael Jackson, has been released from prison after serving only two years of his four-year sentence, ABC News reports. Murray’s lawyer told ABC News that the former cardiologist was being released for credit for time served; he received an additional day of credit…

The Rev. Al Sharpton has put his shopping at Barneys on hold, threatening a boycott against the luxury retail store. He also says that Jay Z is not the enemy, the New York Post reports. Sharpton, who spoke to reporters at his National Action Network headquarters, said that a meeting is planned with Barneys executives and…