Never underestimate the power of hatred. Loathing someone so much, can unite even those who don’t flip over “each other” too much. Hatred motivates you. It propels you. It drives you. There’s a lot of hatred in the Democratic National Convention and it’s focused on one man:George Bush (search). I’ve …

Puff Daddy|Record Biz Puff Daddy: The Real Story Behind ‘Vote or Die’ Sean Combs‘s new “voter awareness” organization, Citizen Change, has poached its executive director from Russell Simmons‘ Hip-Hop Summit Action Network. Alexis McGill recently decamped from the HSAN, whereshe waspolitical director, to run Citizen Change (slogan: “Vote or Die”). …

NEW YORK – Cholly Atkins, the legendary tap dancer who taught all the Motown acts how to move, died Saturday in Las Vegas at age 89. He was surrounded by family, as well as “students” Gladys Knight and Mary Wilson. Atkins had a long and heralded history with Honi Coles …

TEHRAN, Iran – Monday’s report quotes a statement by the Guard’s cyber security division as saying it has tracked “likes” by 8 million Facebook users. It accuses Facebook of trying to attract users to “immoral pages” with “obscene content” through its suggestion system. It says Facebook openly supports pages that …

MONTREUX, Switzerland – Fresh from the latest round of Iran nuclear negotiations, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to Saudi Arabia to ease Gulf Arab concerns about an emerging deal and discuss ways to calm instability in troubled Yemen. Kerry flies later Wednesday to Riyadh where he will …

JERUSALEM – Israel’s premier says he will go “anywhere” he is invited to speak about the country’s stance regarding Iran’s nuclear program. Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments come amid a public spat with the Obama administration over how to counter Iran and a contentious invitation from House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner …

An art display depicting high-heeled shoes on Islamic prayer mats has been yanked from a Paris exhibition after a Muslim group reportedly told authorities that it could provoke “uncontrollable, irresponsible incidents.” The “Silence” exhibit, which has already been featured in museums in Paris, Berlin, New York and Madrid, was scheduled …

“Hormone replacement linked to dementia” dominated health news coverage this week. More than just the most recent scary headline, the story is yet another bizarre attempt to discredithormone replacement therapy (search)(HRT) for post-menopausal women. Women given an estrogen-progestin form of HRT reportedly had twice the rate of “probable dementia”— mostlyAlzheimer’s …

MANAMA, Bahrain – Bahrain is criticizing an Amnesty International report alleging that government reforms have failed to end serious violations of human rights in the Gulf country. The government said in a statement released late Thursday that the report had “significant shortcomings” and did not reflect important clarifications provided by …

WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s leaders have guardedly accepted words of regret from FBI boss James Comey over remarks that seemed to equal Poland’s role in the Holocaust with that of Germany. The remarks last week sparked protests and demands for an apology from Poland’s leaders, who stressed that Poland was …