Don't forget the sunscreen: It's summer travel time for the female members of the first family - they're headed to southern Africa this month.
First lady Michelle Obama announced Friday she will visit Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa and G ...
Posted Friday, June 3rd 2011 at 2:06PM
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Supermodel Naomi Campbell is reportedly set to take legal action against confectioners Cadbury over a "racist" ad where she was compared to a chocolate bar.
The 40-year-old is considering "every option available" following the chocolate giant's re ...
Posted Thursday, June 2nd 2011 at 1:22PM
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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has proposed, while testifying before the U.S. Sentencing Commission, to correct the disparity in sentencing between convicted powder cocaine and crack cocaine offenders by reducing the sentences of thousands of th ...
Posted Thursday, June 2nd 2011 at 1:18PM
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NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans police have arrested a woman accused of leaving a 3-year-old boy in a parked car in sweltering heat for over eight hours Tuesday.
The woman, Genee' Brumfield, 23, is identified as the godmother of the child. She was boo ...
Posted Wednesday, June 1st 2011 at 10:27AM
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New York, NY--A new study by online auto insurance quote provider 4AutoInsuranceQuote.org finds that African-Americans pay more on average for auto insurance than people of other races. This study, that looked at annual car insurance rates for men in ...
Posted Wednesday, June 1st 2011 at 10:20AM
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USATODAY.com--New US claims for unemployment benefits rose last week by 10,000, climbing to a seasonally adjusted 424,000, as the nation’s job markets continue to stagnate. This marked the seventh straight week in which new claims have topped the 400 ...
Posted Wednesday, June 1st 2011 at 10:16AM
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BET.com--Whether it’s the new car, new handbag, new shoes or new something, there’s no doubt that Black folk will stay sharp, but at what cost is it to keep up with the Jones?
It may not cost anything the moment the purchase is made, but billions ...
Posted Monday, May 30th 2011 at 2:54PM
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Outskirts Press, Inc. has published Inside The Soul of Me: A Journey Through Poetry and Prose by Eric L. Burt. The author's most recent book to date is a 6.14 x 9.21 paperback in the African-American poetry category and is available worldwide on b ...
Posted Sunday, May 29th 2011 at 2:46PM
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NAACP questions library system's hiring practices
By SCOTT DAUGHERTY, Staff Writer
Published 05/29/11
ANNAPOLIS--The county chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People last week publicly asked County Executive John ...
Posted Sunday, May 29th 2011 at 2:32PM
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