Tanisha LaVerne Grant media correspondent and Cheyney University alum interviews legendary director Spike Lee about his kickstarter film the "Da Sweet Blood of Jesus" which was the closing film for the 18th annual American Black Film Festival held in ...
Posted Monday, June 30th 2014 at 5:28PM
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It seems like only yesterday when singer Fantasia had us all doing the “ugly cry” after her epic win during the third season of American Idol in 2004. A decade later, the platinum-selling R&B songstress and actress has a string of hits, tours and awa ...
Posted Monday, June 30th 2014 at 2:20PM
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Bobby Womack, the legendary soul singer whose career was launched by Sam Cooke, has died at the age of 70. The cause of death has not been given, but his death was confirmed by a representative from his label, XL Recordings, to Rolling Stone...
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Posted Monday, June 30th 2014 at 12:48PM
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Sea salt vs table salt — Aren't they all the same? Learn about the health benefits of sea salt here.
A Bit of 'Salty' History
Long before the debate of which is the best salt, there was this wonderful nutrient simply called “salt.” Salt was u ...
Posted Monday, June 30th 2014 at 12:23PM
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The Supreme Court handed down its decision in Harris v. Quinn on Monday, saying partial public employees can't be required to contribute to unions.
According to SCOTUSblog, the 5-4 ruling is a "substantial obstacle to expanding public employee uni ...
Posted Monday, June 30th 2014 at 12:11PM
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The Supreme Court ruled today that the Christian-run Hobby Lobby doesn’t have to obey the HHS mandate that is a part of Obamacare that requires businesses to pay for abortion causing drugs in their employee health care plans.
The Obama administrat ...
Posted Monday, June 30th 2014 at 12:06PM
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YOUR NATIONAL NEWS
DAY 30
JUNE 2014
Las Vegas, NV
According to a recent report and prediction by climate scientist Tim Barrett at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography the next 20 years will see the city of Las Vegas being all dried up when it ...
Posted Monday, June 30th 2014 at 7:40AM
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Angela Bassett said she was never going to cast Bobbi Kristina for the lead in Lifetime’s Whitney Houston biopic! Bobbi publicly stated that she’d be the only logical choice to play her mother in any movie about the music legend’s life. Angela, who ...
Posted Sunday, June 29th 2014 at 3:15PM
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ABC wants to try something new on the daytime round-table, and that means some big changes are in store. “‘The View’ will be moving in an exciting new direction next season and ABC has made decisions to evolve the show creatively,” the network explai ...
Posted Friday, June 27th 2014 at 8:26PM
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We all know Jennifer Hudson can sing. Before the Grammy award-winning artist had albums and accolades she was showing off her power vocals for the masses as a contestant on season three of “American Idol,” where she told judges that she had just come ...
Posted Friday, June 27th 2014 at 8:09PM
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Sanaa Lathan can breathe a little easier now that her stalker has been ordered to stay away from her.
A judge ordered Shawn Naples to seek help after he pled guilty to criminal trespassing, according to TMZ.com. The charge stems from an incident whe ...
Posted Friday, June 27th 2014 at 8:05PM
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by George Johnson Jr., director of integrated marketing and public relations
Twenty-one representatives from Oakwood University consisting of students, and staff, and a few non-Oakwood volunteers, arrived in Kenya on June 11 for the 2014 4HIM Over ...
Posted Friday, June 27th 2014 at 6:47PM
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(Politico) Writing for Politico, Rania Abouzeid explores how international inaction in Syria laid the groundwork for the current crisis in Iraq: “Now, as a result of ISIL’s victories, U.S. President Obama, a man who campaigned on extricating the Uni ...
Posted Friday, June 27th 2014 at 3:03PM
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(Mic) The United States lost 1-0 to Germany in Thursday's group-stage finale, but still progressed to the knockout stage of the World Cup thanks to Portugal's 2-1 victory over Ghana. Thomas Muller's 55th-minute strike from outside the box gave German ...
Posted Friday, June 27th 2014 at 2:57PM
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Beauty trends come and go, and currently one of the most popular fads is wearing eyelash extensions. Whether individual lashes or strip lashes applied by a technician, full, bold lashes is a trend that doesn’t seem to be dying down anytime soon. M ...
Posted Friday, June 27th 2014 at 2:20PM
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