• Will more marriages save the black community? [STL]

• Marion Jones and Barry Bonds share something in common besides steroid use. [ATU]

• "A new report from the American Cancer Society finds substantial evidence that lack of adequate health insurance coverage is associated with less access to care and poorer outcomes for cancer patients." This research is blowing my mind; I never would have guessed. [EA]

• The NAACP keeps racking up the defendants in its class action lawsuit against subprime lenders. [ET]

• Florida voters no longer need to have their names and drivers license numbers matched by state databases in order to vote. [FT]

• Thankfully, Epic chose not to replace semi-normal Michael Jackson with freak Michael Jackson on the cover of Thriller's 25th anniversary album.

• Bow Wow was rushed to the ER after a performance! It's rumored that Tyra hauled ass to the hospital as soon as she heard. [MTV]

• These ex-Milwaukee police officers know how to protect and serve…the white race. [MSNBC]

• Remy Ma has legal troubles? Get outta here. [E!]

• Barry Bonds maintains status quo with his plea. [BV]

• Vivica Fox sucked it up and turned herself in to the authorities. [People]

• Karith Foster, Don Imus' new black female sidekick, tries to put sellout accusations to rest. [SB]

• U.S. News & World Report says, "Sometimes Halloween Costumes Aren't Funny; They're Racially Insensitive." There's a more succinct way to put that. [USN]

• On top of everything else Barry Bonds has done, he's now pitting black and white fans against each other. There should be a federal investigation! Oh… [ESPN]

• Banning nooses doesn't ban racism. [LADN]

• As you settle down for Thanksgiving dinner, think of Malinda Russell, who wrote the oldest-known cookbook by a black author in 1866. Incidentally, she didn't include any recipes for fried chicken. [NYT]

• If you're black and Hispanic and even thinking about majoring in computer science, do it. Bill Gates wants you to. [IW]

• New Orleans shifting racial population plays out in the new, majority-white City Council. [NYT]

• Ian Smith, the last white ruler of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), is dead. [LAT]

• Critics are saying that Barry Bonds should have an askerisk next to his home run record because of his steroid use. But where are all the asterisks on the records won by the white old-timers when blacks were surpassing them in the Negro Leagues? [USAT]

I know there are thousands of people who are fond of Barry Bonds. And millions more are fond of baseball. I am not one of those people. So when I heard the news that Bonds had been indicted on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice, I was kind of like, "eh."

If Marion Jones had her medals taken away for taking steroids, it seems unfair for Barry Bonds (and others, yes, I know) to get away with both taking steroids and lying about it and being really obnoxious and surly. The latter two aren't criminal offenses, I just thought I'd add them. So. I guess there goes Barry's career? I wish he had gotten arrested so I could make some sort of "Barry's out on Bond" joke, but, as it is, I've got nothing. These baseball posts kill me.[ESPN]

Why Did I Get Married? It's a question Janet Jackson has asked herself at least two times in her life. It's also the name of the new Tyler Perry film, which premiered in Hollywood last night.

In attendance were the rest of the cast and friends, including Barry Bonds and his pleasant-looking wife, who's probably asking herself that big question right about now, as well.

More pics after the jump.

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• Melanie Brown would now like to be referred to as "Lady Spice." Good luck making that one stick. [SP]

• Would I take a cell phone call from my father's killer on my way out of Costco? The jury's still out on that one. [EUR]

• Seriously, Whoopi? I have a feeling Sherri Shepherd wouldn't even take a part in Homie Spumoni. And she thinks the world is flat. [C&D]

• Evan Ross and Hilary Duff as romantic leads? The tweens will like it, at least. [BV]

• I couldn't care less about Barry Bonds, and this woman lost me at "shriveled balls." [Jossip]

It's fitting that a character like Kanye West would use a divisive sports figure like Barry Bonds as the inspiration for his newest song. He teamed up (ha! get it?) with the ubiquitous Lil Wayne for the new track.

The chorus goes, "Here's another hit, Barry Bonds."

As he's been doing on "Can't Tell Me Nothing," its remix and "Stronger," West uses "Barry Bonds" in part to proclaim his continued evolution as one of the top lyricists in the game.

"You should go 'head and bow so hard that you knees hit your fo'head," he raps over slow synths. "And the flow just hit code red/ Top five MCs, you ain't gotta remind me/ Top five MCs, you gotta rewind me/ I'm high up on the line, you could get in behind me/ But my head's so big, you can't sit behind me."

In regards to the last line — knowing is half the battle.

[MTV]

Barry Bonds took Hank Aaron's home run record last night against the Washington Nationals. Woohoo! Hip Hip Hooray!

Eh. I tried to drum up enthusiasm. The truth is, I'm not a fan of baseball, and I'm not a fan of Barry Bonds, who, as pop culture and sports icon, leaves much to be desired in the way of personality and moral fiber.

Still, even I am not so insulated from the sporting world that I don't get that the home run record is kind of a big deal.

Well, that's that. No more baseball talk until people want to resurrect the "where are all the black players" dialogue again.

At the NAACP Convention's "State of Young Black America" Forum, 1,000 members brainstormed how to fight stereotypes attached to black youths. So it makes total sense that Master "Black Supaman" P would be the youth conventions keynote speaker. [DN]

Blacks shouldn't blindly support rule-breaker Barry Bonds just because of his race, says a (black) columnist. [MSNBC]

A new Web site targets African American Christian women. I guess that means no Remy Ma. [EUR]

Shocking poll results show Americans find offensive language offensive! [D50]

The jeers and boos that greet Barry Bonds at every away baseball game can't all be brought on by his steroid use. [SFGate]

Someone behind Lil Mama had to have known there would be major marketing opportunities in this. [NT]

Lil Wayne is finally taking the step required of all hip hop stars — the clothing line. [URB1]

The Louisiana NAACP thinks the tests standardized testing system in unfair to….guess which students! [TP]

At least one person thinks Kelly Rowland's got a successful serious solo career to look forward to. [ND]

Blacks are charged higher auto loan rates. This sucks even more when you consider the fact that we're usually buying cars — and accessories — that we can't afford in the first place. [KCS]

Black ballet dancers aren't rising in the ranks of any dance company except Alvin Ailey's. One of the ingenious and ridiculous reasons offered for this problem (which is easily a result of equal parts class/access issues and discrimination) is that black women are more "earthy." [IHT]

According to the Village Voice, Jim Jones is to Cam'ron as Chingy is to Ludacris. Ouch. [VV]

American Girl dolls are great because they come in most colors (Asian is conspicuously absent), but why does the one black one have to have the back story of a runaway slave? [RGJ]

Blacks and whites are split over wanting Barry Bonds to break Hank Aaron's homerun record. Ah, the racial turmoil I avoid by ignoring sports. [BET]