Jennifer Hudson has truly traveled the distance of a lifetime in 29 years. From the Chicago churches that nurtured her budding talent, to Hollywood stages, where she picked up award after award culminating in Oscar triumph for “Dreamgirls,” Hudson ha ...
Posted Monday, March 7th 2011 at 11:18PM
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The nation's employers added a net 192,000 jobs in February,
the Labor Department reported on Friday. That was close to
economists' expectations of 196,000 jobs. The change for January was meanwhile revised to a gain of 63,000 from an initially rep ...
Posted Monday, March 7th 2011 at 11:11PM
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You’re probably wondering why you need to know what vitamins are best for you because you already take a multivitamin. Use this list, which includes the top 10 vitamins African American women need and the recommended intake. Vitamin A
The recommend ...
Posted Monday, March 7th 2011 at 11:07PM
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March 4, 2011 — Pregnant women taking topiramate (Topamax, Ortho-McNeil Janssen) to treat epileptic seizures or prevent migraine headaches have an increased risk of bearing children with a cleft lip or palate, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA ...
Posted Monday, March 7th 2011 at 11:03PM
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Motivational Tip: Take the attitude of a student; never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new. There's no limit to how far you can go when you are committed to learning something new every day!!
Health Tip: Drink ...
Posted Monday, March 7th 2011 at 3:07PM
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Watchman Cinema’s 85-minute documentary The Child: America’s Battle for the Next Generation unveils a pervasive attack against the deep bond between parent and child in American law and culture. Parents have traditionally been recognized as having th ...
Posted Monday, March 7th 2011 at 3:04PM
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March 4, 2011 Twenty-seven percent of young men and 29 percent of young women ages 15-24 have never had any kind of sex, according to a study by the National Center for Health Statistics. That’s up from the 2005 report, in which the numbers were 22 ...
Posted Sunday, March 6th 2011 at 9:13PM
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DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Alone with his psychiatrist, the patient confided that his newborn had serious health problems, his distraught wife was screaming at him and he had started drinking again. With his life and second marriage falling apart, the man sai ...
Posted Sunday, March 6th 2011 at 7:10PM
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MIAMI (AP) — The side door to the newly refurbished gym opened, a blast of sunlight splashed into the darkened corner, and 100 children began shrieking in unison. LeBron James was thrilled. "It never gets old," James said. That was the reception Wed ...
Posted Friday, March 4th 2011 at 12:50AM
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Thanks for your concern, Life Always, but there are other places to put your energy. The big billboard in New York City’s Soho District blared the offense: “The most dangerous place for an African-American child is in the womb.” Thus, in one fell sw ...
Posted Friday, March 4th 2011 at 12:34AM
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Britain has just released more of its massive collection of X-Files -- over 8,000 pages of documents detailing UFO investigations, eyewitness testimony and military concerns about possible extraterrestrial visitors. The files are the largest disclosu ...
Posted Friday, March 4th 2011 at 12:23AM
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Britain has just released more of its massive collection of X-Files -- over 8,000 pages of documents detailing UFO investigations, eyewitness testimony and military concerns about possible extraterrestrial visitors. The files are the largest disclos ...
Posted Friday, March 4th 2011 at 12:16AM
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It was a beautifully warm spring day when I drove to the Hiding Place lodge, located about an hour outside of Nashville. The retreat center was tucked at the end of a private, winding, and wooded road. It was spacious yet still felt cozy, with a cent ...
Posted Thursday, March 3rd 2011 at 11:43PM
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Nationwide -- Writing in "Right to Life News", a beautiful document about our right to life, the Rev. Jesse Jackson asked an amazingly salient question which shouts across the decades:
"What happens to the mind of a person, and the moral fabric ...
Posted Thursday, March 3rd 2011 at 12:40PM
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Hours after she dazzled the red carpet at the Vanity Fair Oscars party, Serena Williams was in a Los Angeles hospital receiving emergency treatment for a blood clot in her lungs.
According to People magazine, Serena suffered a pulmonary embolism l ...
Posted Wednesday, March 2nd 2011 at 2:47PM
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(BlackDoctor.org) -- Does skin of color age differently? This is an interesting question, since most people do believe that Black skin "doesn't crack." In general, the process of aging for skin of color is indeed slower, and typical signs of aging, ...
Posted Wednesday, March 2nd 2011 at 1:28PM
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Merrillville, IN -- Darlene M. Washington wakes up one day and decides to create an electronic bookstore for her titles to be bought and read all over the world. Just like that, DMWBooks.com was born! "There used to be a day where getting published m ...
Posted Wednesday, March 2nd 2011 at 12:20PM
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Nationwide -- BlackStudents.com, a popular online resource for African American high school and college students, has published their annual listing of 2011 scholarship opportunities. The scholarships vary in criteria, award amounts, and deadline dat ...
Posted Wednesday, March 2nd 2011 at 10:50AM
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Nationwide -- It's been said that there comes a critical moment in every African-American comedian's career when he's asked to put on a dress. Among those who've succumbed to that subtle pressure over the years are Flip Wilson (TV's Geraldine), Jaime ...
Posted Wednesday, March 2nd 2011 at 10:40AM
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Book Review: "True You" By Janet Jackson
Janet's new book entitled True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself, is an unusually humanizing tome in which she is forthcoming about the host of challenges she's had to face in the public eye over ...
Posted Wednesday, March 2nd 2011 at 10:36AM
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Singer Chris Brown has unveiled the artwork for his fourth studio album called "F.A.M.E." to be released on March 22, 2011. The album will feature appearances from Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne, and more.
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Posted Wednesday, March 2nd 2011 at 10:27AM
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Predicting Risk for Breast Cancer: HALO®
Now there’s a test that may aid doctors in more accurately predicting which women are at higher risk for developing breast cancer. It’s an in-office system, called the HALO® Breast Pap Test. The HALO system ...
Posted Tuesday, March 1st 2011 at 3:04PM
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A whopping 75 percent of those under 30 describe themselves as "not interested" in the royal wedding. Why are so many joining me on the grinch list this year? Allow me to posit a few theories.
There have been nonstop stories about when they met, ...
Posted Tuesday, March 1st 2011 at 2:50PM
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"Inside Job" won the 2011 Academy Award for best documentary on Sunday night. The film's director used his acceptance speech to deliver pointed criticism of Wall Street and the financial industry.
The Oscar buildup featured speculation about wh ...
Posted Tuesday, March 1st 2011 at 2:46PM
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On Thursday, the space shuttle Discovery blasted into space for its final mission. People around the world watched the liftoff, but only a lucky few got to see the shuttle from the skies.
Passengers on a flight from Orlando, Florida to Richmond, V ...
Posted Tuesday, March 1st 2011 at 2:27PM
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