California lawmakers passed a bill to permit nurse-midwives and others to perform some types of abortions now done only by doctors. The measure by Assembly Majority Leader Toni Atkins, a San Diego Democrat, passed the Senate 25 to 11. If signed by Go ...
Posted Monday, August 26th 2013 at 10:53PM
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The movie "The Butler" saw its weekend box office receipts plummet by nearly a third, from $24.6 million in its opening week to $17 million last week, after a storm of protest from Republican and veterans groups angry over the film’s negative portray ...
Posted Monday, August 26th 2013 at 10:48PM
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Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson running for president? The soft-spoken critic of Obamacare wasn't saying Thursday night on Fox News Channel's "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren," but a super PAC has formed hoping to draft him.
Carson said he ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 6:31PM
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(23 Aug 2013) A federal judge in Georgia has thrown out race discrimination claims by a former Savannah restaurant manager whose lawsuit against Paula Deen ended up causing the celebrity cook to lose a big slice of her culinary empire. Lisa Jackson ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 6:19PM
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The wait is over! Baby North West! (Twitter)
Kanye West may have a reputation for being many things, but it turns out being proud father trumps them all. The 36-year-old new dad joined Kris Jenner for the season finale of her talk show, "Kris," a ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 5:52PM
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(The Sydney Morning Herald) An online drive to raise funds for the family of slain Australian baseballer Chris Lane has skyrocketed past its intended target. The website was started by a close friend of Mr Lane's, Marshall Veal, who lives in Oklahom ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 5:07PM
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President Obama says Antoinette Tuff, a school worker who helped talk down a gunman, made him proud. And I say that what God used her to do was nothing short of a miracle! She allowed herself to be cool when everything else around her was pure chao ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 4:34PM
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Eight months ago my 18-year-old son Sergio was driving to a high school soccer game in Mexico with his friend Julio when police stopped him for a routine vehicle search. Due to a mistake by the U.S. government, both Sergio and Julio have been in pris ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 2:09PM
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2001: Aaliyah (born Aaliyah Haughton) died when the plane she was in crashed in the Caribbean. The young singer/actress had already had sixteen pop chart singles including her #1, “Try Again,” in 2000. She was only twenty-two.
On August 25, 2001, ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 1:49AM
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Janet Jackson may not technically be a billionaire but the fact is that she’s loaded and has managed to do pretty well for herself over the years.
Because of this, the Jackson brothers have turned to her as their new form of income since their ini ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 1:30AM
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In particular over Jesse Jackson, & White House Responses on Lane Murder Spur Race Debate read here; The murder of Australian Christopher Lane by three "bored" Oklahoma teens last week has set off a firestorm of controversy about what role race play ...
Posted Friday, August 23rd 2013 at 9:49PM
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Duncan, Oklahoma: Chris Lane was murdered as a part of a gang initiation, according to James Johnson, the father of a boy who was also allegedly targeted by the three youths accused of killing Mr Lane. Police have not commented on the claim, though ...
Posted Friday, August 23rd 2013 at 9:41PM
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In her book Troubled Minds, Amy Simpson reveals the following highlights from her survey about dealing with mental illness in the church: Nearly half (44.5 Percent) of church leaders are approached two to five times per year for help in dealing with ...
Posted Friday, August 23rd 2013 at 9:08PM
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(BlackDoctor.org) One of the funniest couples on television can undoubtedly be found on Tyler Perry’s hit television series, Meet the Browns. The antics of Leroy Brown and Cora Simmons hits home for a lot of us real folk in many ways. Just like any ...
Posted Thursday, August 22nd 2013 at 7:49PM
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And, ladies, the next time you complain about sitting in a salon for hours, think about Asha Mandela. It takes two days to wash and dry her hair. Mandela of Atlanta can honestly say she carries a heavy load. Holding the title as the world’s longest ...
Posted Thursday, August 22nd 2013 at 7:36PM
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Reports are indicating that a growing number of Iranian Christian women are being incarcerated. The increase has gained momentum since Iran's most recent Persian New Year. While religious minorities are frequently harassed by Iranian police, the most ...
Posted Thursday, August 22nd 2013 at 7:25PM
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — By BEN HUBBARD and HWAIDA SAAD Amateur videos posted online showed images of rooms full of lifeless bodies after Syrian forces pounded areas east of the capital. The government denied the use of chemicals. Scores of men, women and ...
Posted Thursday, August 22nd 2013 at 3:13PM
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Only 27% of young adults said they were aware of the Affordable Care Act's health insurance exchanges that are launching Oct. 1, a survey released Wednesday showed.
Furthermore, those most likely to benefit from the ACA's exchanges and expanded co ...
Posted Thursday, August 22nd 2013 at 1:56PM
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*George Herriman was an African American cartoonist whose comic strip Krazy Kat has been said by many to be America’s greatest cartoon.
Herriman was born in New Orleans, but his Creole family soon moved to California. As a teenager, he contributed ...
Posted Thursday, August 22nd 2013 at 7:55AM
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A traveling hospital technician accused of causing a multistate outbreak of hepatitis C last year has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in New Hampshire under an agreement that calls for him to serve 30 to 40 years in prison.
David Kwiatkowsk ...
Posted Wednesday, August 21st 2013 at 11:34PM
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Unable to attend the 50th Anniversary March on Washington this Saturday? Be a part of our virtual march by sending a message of support through Facebook or Twitter on Saturday. And like those of the civil rights generation who came before us, we mu ...
Posted Wednesday, August 21st 2013 at 11:05PM
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Priests for Life is back in court to fight for religious freedom. On behalf of the national pro-life ministry, the American Freedom Law Center filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Obamacare mandate that ...
Posted Wednesday, August 21st 2013 at 10:00PM
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The pro-life movement has been concerned for a number of years about the ties between the Girl Scouts and the Planned Parenthood abortion business. Now, another web site has been launched to track the Girl Scouts’ ties to the abortion agenda.
Those ...
Posted Wednesday, August 21st 2013 at 9:52PM
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WASHINGTON — The federal government is making progress on developing a surveillance system that would pair computers with video cameras to scan crowds and automatically identify people by their faces, according to newly disclosed documents and interv ...
Posted Wednesday, August 21st 2013 at 10:14AM
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Basketball PlayerReece "Goose" Tatum was an African American multi-sport athlete. Born in El Dorado, Arkansas, Tatum played Negro League Baseball before becoming a star basketball player with the Harlem Globetrotters. Goose and Satchel Paige were tea ...
Posted Wednesday, August 21st 2013 at 1:51AM
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