WASHINGTON--The U.S. Department of Justice severely watered down an internal report on the conduct of its lawyers responsible for authorizing torture and has failed to comply with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), depriving the public of necessa ...
Posted Friday, October 29th 2010 at 2:05PM
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FinalCall.com - Recent news from Haiti hasn't been good: Rains brought floods and landslides that killed 12 people and left others missing in October in Port-au-Prince and residents said other unreported floods had also cost lives.
A cholera epid ...
Posted Thursday, October 28th 2010 at 2:55PM
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Detroit —Two men were convicted on felonies Tuesday in connection with a Ponzi scheme that defrauded 21 African-American churches in Metro Detroit and elsewhere in Michigan.
A jury convicted Michael J. Morris, of Waldorf, Md., and William T. Perk ...
Posted Wednesday, October 27th 2010 at 2:03PM
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The following article contains excerpts of the message delivered by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan on October 17, 2010 at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla. on the occasion of the 15th Anniversary Commemoration of The Million Man Marc ...
Posted Sunday, October 24th 2010 at 7:09PM
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and according to BlackDoctor.org “African-American females experience higher death rates from breast cancer than any other racial or ethnic group.” This is partially due to African-American women tending to h ...
Posted Saturday, October 23rd 2010 at 7:43PM
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Two children, aged three and five, have reportedly gotten engaged in Syria.
Hala and her fiancee Khalid have exchanged rings and plan to marry in 10 years when she is 12 and he is 15.
Their story has become a national talking point in Syria aft ...
Posted Friday, October 22nd 2010 at 3:37PM
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As The Huffington Post and others have reported, a former Fox News employee -- Harmeen Jones -- is suing the network and several of his former supervisors and colleagues, alleging that after he complained about workplace racism, he was fired.
The ...
Posted Thursday, October 21st 2010 at 2:53PM
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MASSACHUSETTS--While the public may generally believe lawyers have chosen their profession “for the money,” in fact many pick law as a career from a burning desire to help the underdog.
“Just like Superman and Batman they come to the rescue of pe ...
Posted Wednesday, October 20th 2010 at 5:18PM
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Congress would feign admit its own dubious contribution to the suffering of America's children. Rather, these politicians promulgate the myth that they are helping children through federal and state welfare entitlement programs. It is, in fact, these ...
Posted Tuesday, October 19th 2010 at 9:39AM
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BIRMINGHAM--On Friday Oct. 15 at the Sheraton Hotel, renowned poet Maya Angelou spoke at the UAB Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center Inaugural Luncheon. The writer came to Birmingham to give strength to MHDR’s mission, and is best ...
Posted Monday, October 18th 2010 at 2:18PM
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Minister Louis Farrakhan urged black people to take the future into their own hands during his keynote address Sunday at the Nation of Islam's annual day of atonement.
"Ain't nobody going to do something for us; we're going to have to do it for ou ...
Posted Monday, October 18th 2010 at 12:40PM
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