By the time Hurricane Katrina passed to the east of New Orleans, it wasn't a once-in-a-lifetime storm; the city probably experienced no more than Category 2 conditions. And many of the levees that failed weren't breached; they gave way because they h ...
Posted Thursday, April 7th 2011 at 1:44PM
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MEXICO CITY – A magnitude-6.5 earthquake shook a wide area of southern and central Mexico on Thursday, sending people fleeing into the streets, but causing only minor reported damage.
The epicenter was located near Las Choapas, a town of about 83, ...
Posted Thursday, April 7th 2011 at 1:34PM
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LOS ANGELES--In recent weeks the controversial urban/ Hip Hop inspired practice of sagging pants has come under fire. Two weeks ago Dallas Cowboy wide receiver Dez Bryant was kicked out of a shopping mall along with several of his friends for wearing ...
Posted Wednesday, April 6th 2011 at 12:19PM
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Naomi Campbell is hoping to arrange a fundraising event through her Fashion for Relief charity to raise money for earthquake-stricken Japan.
The 40-year-old supermodel is hoping to arrange an event with her Fashion for Relief charity - through whi ...
Posted Wednesday, April 6th 2011 at 12:07PM
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One of the most prominent and effective African American members of Congress, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), has long been a fighter against the spread of HIV/AIDS in the African American community and a strong advocate for the rights and care of ind ...
Posted Wednesday, April 6th 2011 at 12:01PM
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New York– The Secret Service is investigating a data heist that is being called the largest data heist in history.
Hackers breached the Epsilon marketing company’s records Friday, stealing millions of email contacts. Fortunately for countless pe ...
Posted Tuesday, April 5th 2011 at 12:30PM
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(Reuters) - Actress and goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie appealed on Tuesday for international support for people fleeing the conflict in Libya and for increased aid for those inside the country.
Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the United Natio ...
Posted Tuesday, April 5th 2011 at 12:27PM
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HARTFORD — Lawmakers are looking to strengthen landmark legislation requiring police to record the race of motorists in traffic stops.
The law, as currently written, directs the African-American Affairs Commission to analyze the data to determine ...
Posted Monday, April 4th 2011 at 8:41PM
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GlobalResearch.com--American fighter jets, submarines and missile ships have officially stopped firing at Gaddafi’s troops.
Ever since Washington handed over command of the military operation to the NATO coalition, the US has been slowly winding d ...
Posted Monday, April 4th 2011 at 7:08PM
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ATLANTA: The first-ever, over-the-air broadcast TV network programmed exclusively for African-American audiences will launch this fall, according to its founders. Bounce TV was announced today by a team of executives that includes former United Natio ...
Posted Monday, April 4th 2011 at 7:05PM
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From The Minnepolis Heart Institute
April 2, 2011
The sickle cell trait could be a cause—albeit rare—of sudden death in young African-American competitive athletes, most commonly during football training, according to a scientific poster that wil ...
Posted Sunday, April 3rd 2011 at 2:46PM
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DAKAR, Senegal — As rebels swept across Ivory Coast in a rapid advance to oust the nation’s strongman, Laurent Gbagbo, hundreds of people were killed in a single town last week, by far the worst episode of violence reported in the four-month politica ...
Posted Saturday, April 2nd 2011 at 7:18PM
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Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April, when publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools and poets around the country band together to celebrate poetry and its vital ...
Posted Saturday, April 2nd 2011 at 3:35PM
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SOUTH CAROLINA--A Lexington woman has been arrested on charges of impersonating a registered nurse and illegally treating patients.
Angela Gray-Jackson, 36, of South Lake Drive, is accused of using someone else's credentials to get jobs at the Co ...
Posted Saturday, April 2nd 2011 at 3:31PM
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The high school boy had had all he could take about grades and studying, so he stormed out of the classroom with a final crack about the teacher’s “Bill Cosby sweater.”
The line was part of a skit Friday at Ruskin High School. Everybody laughed. I ...
Posted Saturday, April 2nd 2011 at 3:26PM
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CHICAGO--Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan continued Thursday in his role as Moammar Gadhafi's only outspoken friend in the United States.
Even Gadhafi's own ambassador to the United Nations has denounced him, comparing the Libyan leader to f ...
Posted Friday, April 1st 2011 at 12:07PM
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(ThyBlackMan.com) The Urban League recently gathered for its State of Black America Conference to discuss issues and concerns that black Americans face across the United States. The conference is both respected and cherished by a community that cont ...
Posted Friday, April 1st 2011 at 11:53AM
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Big polluters are working hard to make deals that would threaten the air we breathe, the water we drink and the public lands we all enjoy. In fact, they are trying to attach these dirty deals to just about every piece of legislation considered by Con ...
Posted Friday, April 1st 2011 at 11:50AM
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Naomi Tutu arrived back in the United States from South Africa on Sunday morning, having spent two weeks leading a group of women through her homeland.
"The trip to South Africa was a wonderful opportunity to bring African-American women into conn ...
Posted Tuesday, March 29th 2011 at 1:35PM
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