WORLD NEWS
OCTOBER 2011
1ST DAY
Denmark has introduced a world's first tax. It a fat food tax. What exactly is this tax all about? That's exatly what Demark's citizens may have wondered. The whole purpose of the tax is to curb and limit ...
Posted Wednesday, October 12th 2011 at 10:46AM
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MICHAEL Jackson had a child-sized porcelain doll in bed with him on the day he died, it has emerged in the trial of the star's personal doctor. The doll, with
rouged cheeks and blonde curly hair and dressed in green dungarees, was discovered on top ...
Posted Saturday, October 8th 2011 at 6:25AM
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(CNN) -- The funeral for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was set to be held on Friday, the Wall Street Journal was reporting. Quoting an unnamed source, the newspaper said the service would be a small, family affair. The location was not mentioned. The ...
Posted Saturday, October 8th 2011 at 3:26AM
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OCTOBER 2011
A LITTLE SOUTHERN NEWS
ISSUE 60
Here are some highlights:
This month celebrates a be-lated date you'll find out what it is...But it's something also in the pink with a free surprise treat. Cats are around..
Will it be The Pink ...
Posted Friday, October 7th 2011 at 2:20PM
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Wouldn’t you know it!
You make a difference!
Every time you’re reading in
Hometown Memphis Lil’ Extra
This is a different story..
OCCUPY MEMPHIS
10.04.2011
Memphis, TN
A local group organized in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street g ...
Posted Friday, October 7th 2011 at 11:40AM
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NATIONAL NEWS
OCTOBER 2011
5th Day
Honorary member of the Civil Rights era Fred Shuttlesworth has passed away at the age of 89 years old. He departed his life at the Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, AL on Wednesday, October 5, ...
Posted Thursday, October 6th 2011 at 11:30AM
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NATIONAL NEWS
OCTOBER 2011
5TH DAY
News has spread across America and in the news and across the internet..and the world of communications many will hear, read, text, call and twitter that legandary Apple's retiree Steve Jobs has died. Jobs ...
Posted Wednesday, October 5th 2011 at 9:14PM
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The HBCU Network (www.HBCUNetwork.com), a 24hour 365 days-a-year network dedicated to the education, entertainment, sports, and lifestyles of the 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s) across the United States, launches the first i ...
Posted Tuesday, October 4th 2011 at 3:31PM
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OCTOBER 2011
Dear Gardeners:
Brrr..rrr..
Fall is crisp! Fall is brisk! and leaves are signs of fall! In bounty you'll see falling leaves. You'll soon be preparing your gardens and also your yards to be covered with falling leaves. Not ...
Posted Monday, October 3rd 2011 at 11:05AM
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HOMETOWN MEMPHIS LIL EXTRA!
WHERE THE STORIES BOUNCES…
Really!
You’ll bounce your eyes in
reading them too;
Just thought you’d pickup the cue...
Hometown Memphis Lil’ Extra
gives you
these stories with a
bouncing
view..
Let’s Bou ...
Posted Wednesday, September 28th 2011 at 8:50AM
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WORLD SCIENCE NEWS
SEPTEMBER 2011
26TH DAY
Zulima Palacio, Panama
A new world report issued that 40% percent of all the world's frogs are in danger of extinction. This report is according to the Smithsoian Institute. Converationists claim th ...
Posted Monday, September 26th 2011 at 10:57AM
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WORLD NEWS
Congo, AFRICA
SEPTEMBER 2011
26TH DAY
At least 114 inmates have escaped from a prison in South-central Democratic Republic of Congo. Latest breaking news indicated that inmates did a jailbreak o Sunday after much complaining of la ...
Posted Monday, September 26th 2011 at 10:40AM
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Harris-Stowe State University will hold a special naming ceremony for its Midtown campus, Friday, September 30, 2011, at 9 a.m. The university is honoring outgoing president Dr. Henry Givens, Jr. by naming the main campus, located at 3026 Laclede Ave ...
Posted Thursday, September 22nd 2011 at 4:12PM
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Alcorn will honor outstanding students, alumni, faculty and staff at its 2011 Founder’s Day Convocation in the historic Oakland Memorial Chapel at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 27.
Myrlie Evers, a champion for civil rights and the wife of civil ...
Posted Thursday, September 22nd 2011 at 3:07PM
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WORLD NEWS
SEPTEMBER 2011
20TH DAY
Nepal, Himalaya
A powerful 6.9 earthquake targeted the remote Himalyan region on Tuesday which damaged over 100,000 homes and killed at least 63 reported deaths. In addition to heavy monsoon rains, people w ...
Posted Wednesday, September 21st 2011 at 3:14PM
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