THIS WEEK IN IMMIGRATION
Yesterday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas announced a series of policy initiatives designed to “fuel the nat ...
Posted Friday, August 5th 2011 at 3:14PM
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EXCLUSIVE -- The President's private 50th birthday bash, not listed on his public schedule: His gift to the press corps was a travel/photo lid shortly after 4 p.m., prompting what pooler Julie Mason called "general cheering in WH workspace." An hour ...
Posted Friday, August 5th 2011 at 3:09PM
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Posted Friday, August 5th 2011 at 2:47PM
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When Kymberly Wimberly was poised to be valedictorian of her class, the school principal decided it would be a "big mess" and made a White student with a lower GPA co-valedictorian. It's not only an injustice to Kymberly but sends a troubling message ...
Posted Friday, August 5th 2011 at 11:41AM
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Is God your leader today? Do you allow Him to lead you in every area of life? A lot of times, people set out in a direction of life, or they make decisions and then “look around” to see where God is. They try to fit Him into their schedule, but reall ...
Posted Friday, August 5th 2011 at 11:26AM
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Amid signs that the United States economy continued to wobble, employers added 117,000 jobs in July, the Labor Department reported on Friday. That figure, the strongest performance since April, was not high enough to assuage fears of a renewed reces ...
Posted Friday, August 5th 2011 at 11:18AM
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I'm not sure if you guys remember, but I'd posted a blog about being understaffed and overworked that had a picture of this poor nurse sitting on the ground by a fence. ... The same blog photo seen today in this blog>>>> In that blog, I concluded tha ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2011 at 4:35PM
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10 Birthday Gifts We Should Give President Obama>>>>
For most of us, a milestone birthday is a signature moment to stop and reflect on our lives – family, career, children and friends quickly come to mind. Yet, despite Obama's self-proclaimed “dents ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2011 at 3:05PM
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The summer never seems long enough, but it’s always summer in Orlando at the Lakes.
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Must travel by September 30, 2011. Su ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2011 at 1:49AM
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Many state governors and legislatures want to trim Medicaid and other public programs in an effort to balance budgets. But cutting Medicaid to the bone won’t reduce the demand for health care, and it certainly won’t help people be healthy enoug ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2011 at 12:37AM
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A recent Gallup poll showed that most Americans support President Obama’s plan to raise the nation debt ceiling, set to expire Aug. 2, with a mix of spending cuts and tax increases, especially on corporations and the wealthy. Republican leaders ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2011 at 12:32AM
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(Atlanta, GA) Dr. Maya Angelou (sits in a wheel chair as she) cuts the ribbon at the recent opening of The Maya Angelou Teen Center at the Andrew & Walter Young Family YMCA. More than 600 people attended the celebration. The Teen Center has a perform ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2011 at 12:11AM
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Frederick, MD -- People often grieve in silence. It is common for people to feel isolated and alone when they mourn. But there is healing in support. Denise Hall Brown saw a need to promote the power of relationships and resources to aid in the heal ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2011 at 12:05AM
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Actor Derek Luke has joined the cast of TNT’s HawthoRNe, the powerful medical drama starring and executive-produced by Jada Pinkett Smith. In a multi-episode arc that began with the June 14th season premiere, Derek is playing the role of Dr. Miles Bo ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2011 at 12:02AM
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Nationwide -- Over the last several years, I have been involved in various aspects of the solar industry, from funding advanced solar technology research and developing solar systems for schools to funding leasing programs to make solar affordable fo ...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd 2011 at 11:59PM
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LOS ANGELES - Education is the key to breaking black men and youths out of a vicious cycle of crime and unemployment, African-American leaders said Thursday at the close of the annual NAACP convention. The plight of black males, which have above ave ...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd 2011 at 11:54PM
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Six year old Laila Crawley invites girls everwhere to participate in taking the Pretty Brown Girl Pledge.
Nationwide (August 1, 2011) -- This month, one million girls around the country will be invited to take the Pretty Brown Girl pledge to h ...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd 2011 at 11:42PM
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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has walked free from a state prison after serving just over a year for violating probation in a 2008 criminal case. In a statement issued ahead of his release, Kilpatrick thanked all those who prayed for him and ...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd 2011 at 11:39PM
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After dealing with the debt crisis, Senate negotiators tried and failed Tuesday to end a stalemate over temporary funding for the Federal Aviation Administration, leaving 4,000 F.A.A. employees out of work and relying on airport safety inspectors to ...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd 2011 at 11:25PM
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The administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, in a blunt acknowledgment that thousands of young black and Latino men are cut off from New York’s civic, educational and economic life, plans to spend nearly $130 million on far-reaching measures to ...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd 2011 at 11:02PM
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"We had been emailing back and forth all morning," Maria Cutrone, 30, a Baltimore-based web designer recalls. She and a coworker couldn't see eye-to-eye on a project. Should they ask the client to postpone the deadline in order to complete testing or ...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd 2011 at 9:24PM
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Celebrated polygamist and Islamic cleric, Pa Abubakar Masaba, on Monday said he had divorced 21 out of his 86 wives over indiscipline. The NewsPaper the Punch, had three years ago broken the news of the then 84 years old man having 86 wives. But tod ...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd 2011 at 3:52PM
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--The president, who turns 50 tomorrow, will be in Chicago tonight for two DNC birthday fundraisers -- a dinner followed by a larger, low-dollar concert, with presidential remarks, at the Aragon Entertainment Center. All the acts are Chicagoans: OK G ...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd 2011 at 3:31PM
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(BlackDoctor.org) -- Whether they’re slimming down to play a perfectionist ballerina or bulking up to a gladiator-esque stature, celebrities often need to change their shape drastically—and on short notice—to ace roles (or meet the expectations of a ...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd 2011 at 2:39PM
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