CHICAGO--Jet magazine, the digest-sized publication that has been a staple among African-American readers for 63 years, is getting out of the print business.
Johnson Publishing announced Wednesday that Jet, which has a circulation of more than 70 ...
Posted Wednesday, May 7th 2014 at 11:46AM
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BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Office Depot is planning to close at least 400 U.S. stores, as its merger with OfficeMax resulted in an overlap of retail locations that can be consolidated.
The combined company's financial results beat Wall Street estimates ...
Posted Wednesday, May 7th 2014 at 9:43AM
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Muhammad Ali embraces Sedar Chappelle, 3, and his brother Dave, of Silver Spring, Maryland, during a visit Sedar and his parents paid to the champ's hotel room after a training session for his fight Friday night with Jimmy Young for the heavyweight t ...
Posted Tuesday, May 6th 2014 at 10:55AM
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In this audio, Sterling expresses ideas similar to the ones he did in the original: The world will think certain things if you're seen with black people, he tells his mistress, so you should not be seen with them in public, and under no circumsta ...
Posted Sunday, April 27th 2014 at 6:55PM
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Complete transcript of LeBron's response on Donald Sterling. So powerful. So raw. (Read to very last sentence)
What are your thoughts on Donald Sterling’s comments?
“If the reports are true, it’s unacceptable. It’s unacceptable in our league. I ...
Posted Sunday, April 27th 2014 at 6:47PM
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The Jackson State version of "Happy" features more than 100 participants, including JSU President Carolyn W. Meyers and actor Danny Glover. ...
Posted Friday, April 25th 2014 at 1:55PM
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CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Black men locked up in Illinois prisons make up more than half the population and 63 percent of them are fathers with minor children.
Wesley Cooke was one of them. He was just a teenager when he became a father to a baby ...
Posted Friday, April 25th 2014 at 1:19PM
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A male student armed with two knives went on a slashing and stabbing rampage at a high school in Murrysville, Pa., Wednesday, injuring at least 19 students before he was subdued and handcuffed, police said.
At least 8 people were hospitalized with ...
Posted Wednesday, April 9th 2014 at 12:58PM
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CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Students, faculty and community members packed the Bruce Cherry Theater at Olive-Harvey College on the city’s south side to share views on the importance of education, and to hear solutions to the problems of crime and viole ...
Posted Wednesday, April 9th 2014 at 12:54PM
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