A Louisiana man is accused of decapitating and dismembering his disabled 7-year-old son and leaving the boy's head near the street so the child's mother would see it -- a killing that brought seasoned police officers to tears, authorities said Monday ...
Posted Tuesday, August 16th 2011 at 1:07PM
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JACKSON, Miss. -- A Hinds County judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Kathryn Stockett, the author of "The Help," by a woman who claims a character in the book was based on her.
Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Tomie Green said during a he ...
Posted Tuesday, August 16th 2011 at 1:01PM
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LOS ANGELES, August 16, 2011, /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new episode of TAVIS SMILEY REPORTS primetime special on PBS will examine one of the most disturbing aspects of the education crisis facing America today -- the increased dropout rate among t ...
Posted Tuesday, August 16th 2011 at 12:57PM
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From Detroit Free Press
August 14, 2011
The tone was optimistic and the interaction spirited today as MSNBC presented a national show about public education live from Detroit.
About 400 local Detroiters gathered at Detroit School of Arts in ...
Posted Sunday, August 14th 2011 at 3:08PM
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Making it the worst plunge since 2008, and the sixth biggest crash in history...
Is it any wonder that the SONS OF A BUSHES are to blame?
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Posted Thursday, August 11th 2011 at 1:23PM
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By Hortense M. Barber
Posted: 08/10/2011
By now, many of us have seen the shocking images online and on television of scores of African children, emaciated and with sunken faces and bloated stomachs—a result of the historically devastating famin ...
Posted Thursday, August 11th 2011 at 12:37PM
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From The Atlanta Post
August 9, 2011
In a recent interview with the German publication Der Spiegel, Jesse Jackson outlined his severe disappointment with President Obama’s service to the African-American community. Noting that black Americans wer ...
Posted Wednesday, August 10th 2011 at 1:06PM
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