Reuter/The New York Times-Militants attacked one of Iraq's largest air bases and seized control of several small oilfields on Wednesday as U.S. military experts arrived to set up an operations center to help Iraqi security forces counter a mounting S ...
Posted Thursday, June 26th 2014 at 8:10AM
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The White House round table yesterday included not only Michelle Obama, but also James M. Perrin, MD, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and President Obama's Senior Adviser for Nutrition, Sam Kass, all against the background of a congr ...
Posted Wednesday, June 25th 2014 at 4:56PM
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Oftentimes, people get stuck in life because they’ve been hurt or betrayed, and they end up settling where they are. They allow the disappointment to keep them from the divine appointment. Don’t let that be you! Don’t let what somebody did or didn’t ...
Posted Tuesday, June 24th 2014 at 1:22PM
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(CNN) -- Women without children like Patrice Grell Yursik, who just celebrated her 12th wedding anniversary, get the same questions all the time. "I can't even tell you how many cab drivers in Chicago, in New York, in L.A., have asked me, 'So any ki ...
Posted Tuesday, June 24th 2014 at 8:51AM
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A perfect stranger pours her heart out to me over the phone. She complains that her six-year-old son is unable to sit still in the classroom. The school wants to test him for ADHD (attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder). This sounds familiar, ...
Posted Sunday, June 22nd 2014 at 9:37PM
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New research is debunking the idea that young black men are falling behind in higher education.
Don’t believe the hype!
The Schott Foundation states that half of the black males in high schools will graduate with their class, and only 20 percent ...
Posted Sunday, June 22nd 2014 at 9:13PM
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(Jun 21 2014). SIBARI Italy (Reuters) - Francis on Saturday issued the strongest attack on organised crime groups by a pontiff in two decades, accusing them of practising the "the adoration of evil" and saying mafiosi are excommunicated. It was the ...
Posted Sunday, June 22nd 2014 at 5:12PM
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We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again…Lupita Nyong’o is just stunning. It has been a year of firsts for Lupita. After snagging her first Academy Award for her role as Patsy in “12 Years A Slave,” the Kenyan actress landed her first Vogue cover ...
Posted Sunday, June 22nd 2014 at 4:29PM
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Denver, CO, and Milford, CT — Outskirts Press, Inc. has published The Dark Side of Child Protection Services: “Are You A Victim?” by Eric Hundley. The author’s most recent book to date is a 6 x 9 paperback in the self-help category and is available ...
Posted Friday, June 20th 2014 at 11:14PM
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June 14, 2014 It is estimated that there are well over 100,000 e-commerce retailers in the U.S. now, but a study completed by Stanford University showed a disturbing fact. Americans are biased against doing business with online black entrepreneurs.
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Posted Friday, June 20th 2014 at 11:01PM
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People who inherit one sickle cell gene and one normal gene have what’s called sickle cell trait. This means the person won’t have the disease, but will be a trait “carrier” and can pass it on to his or her children.
Who is most affected by sickle c ...
Posted Friday, June 20th 2014 at 10:47PM
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Nationwide — Rapper JayAre of the group Cali Swag District has died over the weekend from Sickle Cell Anemia. The 25-year old was reportedly admitted into a hospital on Thursday . The 25-year old was reportedly admitted into a hospital on Thursday ...
Posted Friday, June 20th 2014 at 10:32PM
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Don’t judge us…we’re having a moment. Here we were minding our business and scrolling through our Facebook timeline, when we came across the mugshot of an extremely handsome blue-eyed man that (we’re ashamed to say) had our heads in our pelvic regi ...
Posted Friday, June 20th 2014 at 8:08PM
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When preemie twins Brielle and Kyrie Jackson were born, doctors weren’t sure they’d make it, until a smart nurse placed the girls together in one incubator.
These iconic twins were born 12 weeks premature in 1995. They’re lying on their bellies, a ...
Posted Friday, June 20th 2014 at 8:06PM
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China’s draconian one-child policy has claimed many victims—hundreds of millions of unborn children have lost their lives, tens of thousands of women have died from botched abortions and sterilizations, and tens of thousands more have committed suici ...
Posted Friday, June 20th 2014 at 8:03PM
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Under pressure from Congress, celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz on Tuesday offered to help "drain the swamp" of unscrupulous marketers using his name to peddle so-called miracle pills and cure-alls to millions of Americans desperate to lose w ...
Posted Wednesday, June 18th 2014 at 12:30PM
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The U.S. Patent Office has canceled six trademarks belonging to the Washington Redskins football team, saying they are offensive to Native Americans.
In a decision released today, the office's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled that the "that ...
Posted Wednesday, June 18th 2014 at 12:17PM
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Any thoughts as to why; are people dismayed by the elevator fight and cheating Rumors?
http://t.radaronline.com/v/News/PowerCoupleInCrisis
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Posted Wednesday, June 18th 2014 at 8:45AM
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Explosion hits World Cup viewing area in northeast Nigeria: An explosion tore through a venue in the northeast Nigerian town of Damaturu where fans had gathered to watch a World Cup soccer match on Tuesday. Damaturu is the capital of Yobe state, an a ...
Posted Wednesday, June 18th 2014 at 8:33AM
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At 83 years of age, actress Marla Gibbs is still going strong. She has a career that has included television, movies and live performances. Best known as the feisty, quick-witted Florence Johnston on The Jeffersons and Mary Jenkins on 227, the popula ...
Posted Tuesday, June 17th 2014 at 7:21PM
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Legendary soul singer and O’Jay’s singer, Eddie Levert has had the types of career ups that anybody in the music business would love to have:…
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Posted Tuesday, June 17th 2014 at 7:15PM
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Sooo…when I first read that Disney star Zendaya Coleman was cast as Aaliyah in the biopic “Aaliyah: Princess of R&B,” I went into one of those self-righteous Black power rants about Zendaya not being brown enough to play “Baby Girl.” I thought back t ...
Posted Tuesday, June 17th 2014 at 7:11PM
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Father’s Day was a joyous occasion for many families yesterday, including Bobby Brown who reunited with his daughter Bobbi Kristina. If you haven’t been keeping up with the Houstons (who are we kidding, we’re all in their business), you may not be aw ...
Posted Tuesday, June 17th 2014 at 5:30PM
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shire Plc has agreed to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration request to study its stimulant Vyvanse in preschool children as concern rises over the diagnosis and treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, the drugmak ...
Posted Tuesday, June 17th 2014 at 4:47PM
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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com/AP) — The number of whooping cough cases in the Southland and throughout California has reached epidemic proportions, state health officials said Friday. The California Department of Public Health said in a statement released ...
Posted Tuesday, June 17th 2014 at 1:18PM
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