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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday urged President Donald Trump in a letter to either reschedule his State of the Union address or deliver it in writing to Congress while the government continues to be partially shut down.

Pull 'Em Up! Supporters March To End Saggy Pants CultureUpdated: 10/9/2010 8:06:54 PM Winston-Salem, NC-- Ken and Gwen Rasheed are hitting teens below the belt. The couple, who lives in Winston-Salem, are revitalizing an effort to get the community to take a zero tolerance stand on saggy pants. The Rasheeds told WFMY News 2, earlier this week, that although a fight for an ordinance failed in 2008, they are taking up the issue again and using a different approach. They now believe that to make change, you have to change the culture. The couple has already started the ground work...

Miles Perkins, 20, wears jeans showing his underwear in New York. In many cities, there is a growing movement to make it illegal to wear pants so low that the boxers show. (Photo by Hiroko Masuike / The New York Times) In a Der Speigel interview with Congressman John Lewis: SPIEGEL: Has there been any change in the African-American community brought on by his presidency? Lewis: He has instilled a sense of hope. People need hope. I'll give you an example: I have a Congressional colleague from California who, out on the street one day, saw a young black man,...

It's not often that a court gets to cite "Pants on the Ground" as a precedent. The Minnesota Court of Appeals apparently could not resist referring to the Internet hit rap song when it ruled Tuesday that a police officer did not make a "search" when she pulled up the baggy pants of a man being investigated in a suspected drug deal in St. Paul. As she was hauling up his sagging pants, the officer found a gun. Frank Irving Wiggins, now 24, of Minneapolis was convicted of possession of a firearm by an ineligible person and sentenced to five...

N.J. Councilman Starts Crusade Against Saggy PantsPaterson Politician Is Sick And Tired Of The Look And If He Has It His Way, Indecency Fines Will Soon Follow Reporting Christine Sloan Jul 15, 2008 8:08 pm US/Eastern PATERSON, N.J. (CBS) ― Instead of "stick 'em up," it will be more like "pull 'em up" now that fashion police in New Jersey have started a crackdown on baggy pants. It's happening in Paterson, where city officials want to put the kibosh on this form of fashion. Bart Johnson says wearing his pants low in a fashion statement, but one councilman is saying...

As cousins Travis and Chuckie Jones stroll off the South Broward High campus on school days, they're "gooned out." Wearing oversized T-shirts and low-riding jeans, they mimic the hard core look that gangsta rappers first popularized in the 1990s. The Jones boys' jean shorts, held up by belts, are hanging around their thighs and sag so low that you can't help but see the gym shorts they wear underneath. "I like saggin'," said Travis, a 15-year-old sophomore. For him, wearing baggy, ill-fitting jeans, is cool — and makes a strong statement. It's all about attitude. "It tells everybody to kiss...

Saggy trouser ban hit by race and liberty row By Alex Spillius in Washington Last Updated: 1:49am BST 30/08/2007 Plans to ban low-slung, underwear-exposing trousers have provoked allegations of racism and the restriction of personal freedom after councillors in Atlanta declared it should be the first major city to tackle "offensive dressing". Critics of the planned ban have claimed the measure would allow police to target young black males Officials want to impose a $100 (£50) fine and community service for offensive dressing after complaints not only of indecency but of lowering the image of the black community, where the...

AT the ripe old age of 58, Susan Sarandon is still being pursued to pose for Playboy. "They have been talking to me for years," the star tells "Access Hollywood," adding, "I got a lot of lunches out of Playboy." Sarandon says that even if she decided to pose, her children would definitely have a word or two to say about it. "I can't do it now because my kids would kill me," she says. "My boys are just getting to the age where they are starting to look for Playboy magazine, so I don't think it's going to fly...