Tiger Woods, worth nearly $1 billion, has reportedly re-tooled his pre-nuptial agreement with wife Elin.
You might say, she's been offered increased incentive compensation.
The Daily Beast (via: The Star) In a statement Wednesday, Tiger said, “ ...
Posted Friday, December 4th 2009 at 6:46AM
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November 30
June Pointer’s birth in 1953 is marked on this date. She was an African-American singer best known for her work with The Pointer Sisters.
Born in Oakland, CA, the youngest of six siblings and the youngest of four daughters to ministe ...
Posted Monday, November 30th 2009 at 5:21PM
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The other night (on Sat) at work a co-worker questioned my professionalism as a nurse saying that I didn't let the doctor know how sick the patient really was. Family that's a No-Go area with me! Tell me something family. Let's say your loved one ...
Posted Tuesday, November 24th 2009 at 9:53AM
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(Circa Early 1900's)
by Nannie Helen Burroughs
1. The Negro Must Learn To Put First Things First. The First Things Are: Education; Development of Character Traits; A Trade and Home Ownership.
The Negro puts too much of his earning in clothes, i ...
Posted Friday, November 20th 2009 at 9:32AM
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In a Web-exclusive story that accompanies the release of this year's roster of the 100 Top heart hospitals produced by Thomson Reuters, Modern Healthcare reporter Jean DerGurahian reports on gains being made in cardiac care, while also noting that si ...
Posted Monday, November 16th 2009 at 2:05PM
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November 16
Chinua Achebe was born on this date in 1930. He is an African author and educator. Born in Ogidi, Nigeria, Albert Chinualumogu Achebe is one of six children of Isaiah Okafo, a Christian churchman, a ...
Posted Monday, November 16th 2009 at 9:41AM
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A southwest Virginia mother of two brought her children to the public health department for an H1N1 vaccination. They told her, “We’re saving the vaccine for public school students.” A northern Virginia mom asked the Alexandria school system if her k ...
Posted Sunday, November 15th 2009 at 1:38PM
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Linguistic profiling is when (persons) are discriminated against on the basis of perceived dialect. The clip briefly discusses the linguistic profiling research of John Baugh and discusses one theory on the origins of African American English. The t ...
Posted Thursday, November 12th 2009 at 4:43PM
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It was the one code the Japanese couldn't crack. Based on the Navajo language, the code helped the US communicate clandestinely during World War II – and ultimately contributed to victory in the Pacific theater. But it wasn't a direct translation o ...
Posted Wednesday, November 11th 2009 at 7:46PM
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New York Times' Media Decoder blog is reporting that CNN anchor Lou Dobbs -- who has been the target of furious protests over his immigration coverage -- is leaving CNN. Times reporter Brian Stelter tweeted on Wednesday evening, "NYT learns that Lou ...
Posted Wednesday, November 11th 2009 at 7:13PM
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WASHINGTON — President Obama suggested Monday that he was not comfortable with abortion restrictions inserted into the House version of major health care legislation, and he prodded Congress to revise them. “There needs to be some more work before w ...
Posted Tuesday, November 10th 2009 at 2:37PM
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Covered by an inadequate health plan, denied insurance or voluntarily without insurance — six men and women share their experiences. Legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system is working its way through Congress, but many of the reforms ...
Posted Tuesday, November 10th 2009 at 2:28PM
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The House floor erupted in one of the loudest cheers the chamber has heard in years when Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), an hour before midnight, cast the 218th and deciding vote on landmark health care reform.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/1 ...
Posted Monday, November 9th 2009 at 6:40PM
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November 8
Alfre Woodard, an African-American actress, was born on this date in 1953. Born in Tulsa, OK, she is the youngest of three children. She was named by her godmother, who claimed she saw a vision of Alfre's name written out in gold letters ...
Posted Monday, November 9th 2009 at 6:11PM
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November 8
Minnie Ripperton
On this date in 1947, Minnie Riperton, African-American singer with one of widest vocal ranges of any singer in the twentieth century, was born in Chicago. She was the daughter of Daniel and Thelma Riperton, the younge ...
Posted Monday, November 9th 2009 at 5:58PM
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Prophesied on October 25, 2009, in Memphis, Tennessee:
"For there has been a scheme and a plan against the President of this nation, to suffocate him." God says, "The enemy has planned in 2010 to bring shame to the first African President. So that ...
Posted Monday, November 9th 2009 at 1:13PM
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The Dow hits 10,170 in intraday trading, its highest level in more than a year...
NEW YORK – Stocks jumped to new highs for the year Monday as the dollar extended its slide, boosting prices for commodities including gold and oil. Energy and material ...
Posted Monday, November 9th 2009 at 12:40PM
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Stress Beyond Belief
The authorities will deal with Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who is accused of bringing the nightmare of mass murder into the sanctuary of a military base on American soil. But the rest of us need to look very close ...
Posted Saturday, November 7th 2009 at 6:02PM
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November 6
This date from 1973 celebrates “Ebonics,” sometimes called Black English. This is a word which combines "ebony" and "phonics," and was intended to describe the language of people of African ancestry, of Black North America, and West Afri ...
Posted Friday, November 6th 2009 at 5:25PM
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I don't know about ya'll, but I'm getting pretty annoyed with some of the brothas feeling the need to try and lecture Black women. It seems that (some not all) brothas have gotten over inflated egos and need to be taken down a notch or two. I read ...
Posted Wednesday, November 4th 2009 at 3:08PM
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--- 'Contests serve as warning to Democrats: It's not 2008 anymore,' by WashPost's Dan Balz: 'Neither gubernatorial election amounted to a referendum on the president, but the changing shape of the electorates in both states and the shifts among key ...
Posted Wednesday, November 4th 2009 at 2:23PM
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Italy Convicts 23 Americans in Renditions Trial
Twenty-three people, all but one of them American officials accused of being C.I.A. agents, were convicted on Wednesday in a landmark case involving the seizure of a Muslim cleric from the streets of ...
Posted Wednesday, November 4th 2009 at 1:30PM
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The word was out on Janet Walters. Someone was telling prospective employers that they shouldn't hire her. It cost her at least twelve top job offers, kept her
unemployed for over a year, and more than $100,000 of her retirement fund. Walters, not h ...
Posted Wednesday, November 4th 2009 at 1:15PM
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The House plans to take up the health-care bill this week, while Senate Democrats await an estimate on their bill from the Congressional Budget Office. Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have called for a vote on the health-care reform b ...
Posted Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 at 4:57PM
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Sony Pictures paid $60 million for film rights to Michael Jackson's final rehearsal footage - an amount I originally thought was ridiculous. Their goal was to create a film that honored him, showcased his last few moments, and generate $100 million d ...
Posted Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 at 4:00PM
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