WASHINGTON — The nine-year-old Iraq war came to an official end on Thursday, but paying for it will continue for decades until U.S. taxpayers have shelled out an estimated $4 trillion.
The flag is lowered Thursday in Baghdad at a ceremony to mark ...
Posted Friday, December 16th 2011 at 11:11AM
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1. Avatars of Gaia: Escape from Hazard Hollow
Professor Heart (self-published: 2009, 210 pp.)
Website: www.avatarsofgaia.org
Charlotte Purin of Los Angeles decided one of the best ways to save Mother Earth is to get children involved. So she wro ...
Posted Friday, December 16th 2011 at 11:09AM
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New York, NY (PRWEB) December 13, 2011
Reverend Al Sharpton, President and Founder of National Action Network, today expressed concerns over recent actions by Walgreens, noting the retailer’s widely-reported decision to end its relationship with ...
Posted Thursday, December 15th 2011 at 12:23PM
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In a unique celebration of heritage and um, hair, about 40 African-American Barbie dolls are being transformed into curly-top beauties this holiday season.
Although Barbie has been around since 1959 and comes in 50 different nationalities it's rar ...
Posted Thursday, December 15th 2011 at 12:20PM
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Peace,
It has come to my understanding that there are records pertaining to Dr. Martin Luther King's life which are being kept a from the public eye until by the U.S. Governement until a certian point in the future.
It is rumored that it is be ...
Posted Wednesday, December 14th 2011 at 10:21AM
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Hutchinson - A Tea Party group, Hutchinson-based Patriot Freedom Alliance, has defended its depiction of Obama as a skunk on its website. The image drew accusation of racism from the NAACP, but the group said this was not racism but satire.
The Pat ...
Posted Monday, December 12th 2011 at 12:13PM
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BET.com--Karryl “Special One” Smith of the Bay Area hip-hop duo Conscious Daughters was reportedly found dead in her home Saturday.
Smith’s group member Carla “CMG” Green reacted to Smith’s death in a status update on her Facebook page. “Thank you ...
Posted Monday, December 12th 2011 at 11:58AM
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Statement of Cynthia McKinney on the death of State Senator Robert Brown
9 December 2011
"We all are diminished by Robert's irreplaceable absence. And I have lost a dear friend."
It was with shock and disbelief that I received a phone call ...
Posted Saturday, December 10th 2011 at 3:15PM
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Eddie Murphy may soon star in a more serious role, playing former Washington Mayor Marion Barry in a new HBO film project.
Washington journalists Tom Sherwood and Harry Jaffe have optioned the rights for their 1994 book "Dream Ci ...
Posted Saturday, December 10th 2011 at 3:03PM
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Janet Jackson was photo'd yesterday in MIAMI - wearing a MUSLIM burkha.
Word is that she's getting SERIOUS with her Arab Boyfriend.
She's even doing fashion lines in Saudi Arabia, as well as being a cover girl there. ...
Posted Saturday, December 10th 2011 at 3:00PM
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BBCWorld News--James Earl Jones opened up about the "most racist person" he has ever known: his grandmother.
During an interview with BBC News, the actor and famous voice of Darth Vader, shared information about growing up in rural Mississippi wi ...
Posted Thursday, December 8th 2011 at 1:26PM
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It's not exactly your average aerobics class: the teacher is a physiotherapist and the students are asthmatic. And the gym is 130 metres below ground, in the world's oldest working salt mine.
While the idea of a spell in the salt mines might conj ...
Posted Wednesday, December 7th 2011 at 3:08PM
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