NEW YORK — She's not even a week old, but Blue Ivy Carter is already making music history. Billboard says that thanks to her dad, Jay-Z, featuring her on his new song, "Glory," Blue becomes the youngest person to ever appear on its chart. Jay-Z rel ...
Posted Sunday, January 15th 2012 at 8:53AM
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(CBS News) "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King sat down for an exclusive, wide-ranging interview in the White house this week with Michelle Obama. In a portion aired on "CBS This Morning: Saturday," the First Lady offers insight into her personali ...
Posted Saturday, January 14th 2012 at 8:59PM
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CBS) FT. WAYNE, Ind. - An Indiana mother forced her son to wear a sign around his neck listing his law-breaking behavior and stand on a Ft. Wayne street corner for two hours earlier this week. The sign read: "I lie, I steal, I sell drugs, I don't fol ...
Posted Saturday, January 14th 2012 at 8:27PM
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(CBS/AP) PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy — Italian media report that the captain of a cruise liner that ran aground with some 4,000 people aboard has been detained for questioning in the case. Sky Italia reported Saturday that investigators based in the ...
Posted Saturday, January 14th 2012 at 8:23PM
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This undated family photo shows Abby Robbins, 7, of Conway Ark. The girl's grandmother, Janice Robbins, who adopted Abby after her son's death in Iraq, stabbed the 7-year-old girl in the chest and then set fire to their home in an apparent murder-s ...
Posted Saturday, January 14th 2012 at 8:16PM
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A Missouri teenager who told authorities that she strangled, cut and stabbed a 9-year-old neighbor because she wanted to know how it felt pleaded guilty Tuesday in the girl's death. Alyssa Bustamante pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and armed ...
Posted Saturday, January 14th 2012 at 8:07PM
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Joran van der Sloot pleaded guilty in Peruvian court Wednesday to the murder of 21-year-old Stephanie Flores. "Yes, I want to plead guilty. I wanted from the first moment to confess sincerely," the Dutch national told the court. "I truly am sorry f ...
Posted Saturday, January 14th 2012 at 7:59PM
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The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground in the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. The luxury cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Tuscany, sending water pouring in through a 160-fo ...
Posted Saturday, January 14th 2012 at 7:57PM
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Giving Second Chances. I'm not saying I am perfect..." That you are right Mr. Barbour because you deliberately didn't fully pardon the Scotts' because the NAACP and other Black organizations like the Color of Change challenged you. You deliberate ...
Posted Saturday, January 14th 2012 at 7:50PM
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Columbia, SC (WXIA)-- WXIA-TV in Atlanta has learned that the mother of a missing toddler was arrested for prostitution and drug possession less than a month before her son's disappearance. According to the police report obtained ...
Posted Saturday, January 14th 2012 at 7:33PM
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(January 2, 2012) --Brooklyn, NY Black Inventors, Crafting Over 200 Years of Success, highlights the work of Black inventors from over seventy countries. The author, Keith C. Holmes, has spent more than twenty years researching Black inventors from ...
Posted Sunday, January 8th 2012 at 1:56AM
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January 7, 2012 Yesterday, President Obama made a decision that should make us all proud. He proposed an immigration rule change that will keep American families together by cutting bureaucratic wait times and relieving undue hardship on U.S. citize ...
Posted Sunday, January 8th 2012 at 12:00AM
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Coaches benched Steelers safety Ryan Clark this week due to fear of the complications that he faced last time he played in Denver, which included life-threatening illness. Four years ago, the combination of Clark's sickle cell trait and Denver's hig ...
Posted Saturday, January 7th 2012 at 11:23PM
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Now that 2011 has faded to black, let's explore some of the major issues President Barack Obama will face in the coming year.
THE ELECTION:
Redistricting, Gerrymandering and Voter ID Laws
On many levels, Republicans have been running a non-s ...
Posted Saturday, January 7th 2012 at 11:08PM
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01/06/2012 Then-White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel offered his resignation to President Barack Obama in the winter of 2010 after a series of columns appeared depicting him as the lone element keeping the Obama presidency intact. According to t ...
Posted Saturday, January 7th 2012 at 10:56PM
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01/06/2012 Herman Cain says he will deliver ' unconventional endorsement ' The one-time Republican candidate, who dropped out last month before any votes were cast, said on MSNBC's Now with Alex Wagner that he would deliver an "unconventional endorse ...
Posted Saturday, January 7th 2012 at 10:14PM
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January 6, 2012 Rocky Clark's mom doesn't want her son to be remembered as a sympathetic figure, even though he spent the last 11-plus years of his life as a quadraplegic. "I want him to be remembered as a fighter," Annette Clark said Thursday eveni ...
Posted Saturday, January 7th 2012 at 10:03PM
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by Ruth Manuel-Logan
Nelson Mandela will not be attending the 100th anniversary of the African National Congress (ANC) due to health issues Voice of America reports.
Party Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe announced Friday that Mandela will miss ...
Posted Saturday, January 7th 2012 at 9:49PM
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In light of the news that an African-American teenager from Dallas Texas was mistakenly deported, President Obama's immigration and deportation policies have come under scrutiny. Jakadrien Turner ran away from her Dallas home at 14 years old. After ...
Posted Saturday, January 7th 2012 at 9:39PM
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The 2012 election has already prompted a treasure trove of parodies, like Michelle Bachmann's Newsweek cover, Rick Santorum's Google problem and um… what was the third one? Election season always brings its fair share of comedy, and this cycle has b ...
Posted Saturday, January 7th 2012 at 1:29AM
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Ever since President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe began to control the diamond mines on the Mozambique border, the nearby towns have become shadows of what they once were. ...
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Posted Saturday, January 7th 2012 at 1:18AM
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CAIRO — Egyptian prosecutors called on Thursday for hanging former President Hosni Mubarak, saying his authority over the security forces made him responsible for the deaths of hundreds of protesters who challenged his rule. ...
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Posted Saturday, January 7th 2012 at 1:03AM
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In Mexico and Latin America, old migratory patterns are changing as migrants move to a wider range of cities and countries, creating regional challenges and opportunities.
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Posted Saturday, January 7th 2012 at 12:39AM
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What exactly is testosterone anyway? Here are some interesting facts about that "man-hormone."
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Posted Friday, January 6th 2012 at 11:56PM
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According to the American Heart Association, cigarette smoking is “the most important preventable cause of premature death in the United States”.
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Posted Friday, January 6th 2012 at 11:51PM
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