(FinalCall.com) - As the world mourned the passing of Nelson Mandela, the great freedom fighter, remembrances poured in from all sides.
Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan, writing for the Jewish Daily Forward, gave a nod to those tributes. “But there is anoth ...
Posted Thursday, December 12th 2013 at 12:13PM
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ST. CLAIR COUNTY • A woman whom prosecutors called the ringleader in the kidnapping and murder of an elderly Belleville woman in 2011 after she left a bingo game was sentenced Tuesday to the maximum penalty of 60 years in prison.
LaTosha Cunningha ...
Posted Wednesday, December 11th 2013 at 3:48PM
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The first time I gave birth, my midwife thoughtfully held up my placenta and asked me: “Jill, do you want me to pack this up for you so that you can take it home?” I looked at her like she had two heads and yelled “Ughhh! Get that thing away from me! ...
Posted Monday, December 9th 2013 at 5:11PM
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(FinalCall.com) - Nelson Mandela is one of the towering figures of our time: A leader in South Africa’s freedom struggle who was banned for his activity, jailed for 27 years for his politics and a man who gained worldwide acclaim.
When the name of ...
Posted Sunday, December 8th 2013 at 7:50PM
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Singer Usher is pictured for the first time as Sugar Ray Leonard on set of the new biographical movie ‘Hands of Stone.’
Usher Raymond stars as Sugar Ray Leonard in the upcoming film "Hands of Stone" and their resemblance ...
Posted Saturday, December 7th 2013 at 5:25PM
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WASHINGTON--A 19-year-old woman will spend 5 years in jail after attempting to steal over $800 in hair weaves.
The woman used a baby as cover and attacked the store clerk.
The incident was caught on tape.
Video surveillance captured an assau ...
Posted Friday, December 6th 2013 at 9:55PM
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"Honey, you're not going to believe this."
That was what Greg Terry told his wife, Stacye, when he opened a bag after returning home from a recent trip to the McDonald's drive-thru in Hermitage, Tenn., with what they thought was their breakfast or ...
Posted Friday, December 6th 2013 at 9:41PM
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By Kirsten West Savali
November 27, 2013
Community activist and revolutionary leader Faya Rose Toure was reportedly arrested during a city council meeting in Selma, Alabama on Nov, 25. after protesting the construction of a monument in honor of K ...
Posted Thursday, November 28th 2013 at 7:37PM
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CNN--A Brooklyn woman was struck in the head by a stranger in an unprovoked attack in East New York Tuesday afternoon, the New York Daily News reports.
The woman, whose name was not disclosed, said she had just left a nail salon and was heading to ...
Posted Thursday, November 28th 2013 at 7:20PM
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INDIANAPOLIS--Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is scheduled to speak Sunday at the Indiana Convention Center in what’s been dubbed a Family Unity Event.
The 80-year-old Farrakhan, who has led the Nation of Islam since the late 1970s and who ...
Posted Thursday, November 28th 2013 at 6:29PM
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Steer clear of this seafood that's bad for you and the environment
By Emily Main, Prevention
One fish, two fish, bad-for-you-fish. Yes fish, no fish, red fish…OK fish? Our oceans have become so depleted of wild fish stocks, and so polluted with i ...
Posted Sunday, November 24th 2013 at 6:01PM
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AFRICANGLOBE – By popular demand, Angolan authorities have taken pre-emptive action and decided to ban the Muslim religion, which they consider a cult, NOT a religion. They see what Muslims are doing to non-Muslims, especially in Africa, and are taki ...
Posted Sunday, November 24th 2013 at 5:57PM
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