The flu shot has many benefits, and the latest news is that it may reduce the risk of heart attack in middle-aged and older adults. The flu vaccine reduces the risk of a first-time heart attack during the year after the shot. Read more:
Via Chron.com: During show airing Monday afternoon focusing on the urban education crisis, Oprah Winfrey gave $1 million to Houston’s YES Prep Public Schools. Oprah showed a video of YES Prep and invited CEO Chris Barbic and teacher Melanie Singleton on stage, surprising them with a $1 million check from Oprah’s Angel Network. “The $1 […]
JACKSON, Miss. — Actor Morgan Freeman and his wife have finalized their divorce in Mississippi. A Tallahatchie County judge entered the divorce decree on Sept. 15, William R. Wright, an attorney who represented Freeman, told The Association Press. Terms of the divorce are sealed, Wright said. “It […]
Plaxico Burress(notes) has high hopes to play again in the NFL and says that nobody in the league will be more dedicated than him if he gets that chance. The former New York Giants wide receiver recently granted the New York Daily News an exclusive jailhouse interview, his first since going […]
Actor Blair Underwood solved the dilemma of his life with a 2-percent solution. “You decide to follow this path of performing arts and all the odds are stacked against you,” he says, looking distinguished in a beige jacket, cinnamon shirt and Levi’s. “I started in high school in Richmond, Va., and I cannot tell you […]
Hubert Julian, also known as The Black Eagle or The Black Lindbergh, became the first black man to fly coast-to-coast over the U.S. in 1931. At the same time, he broke the world record for flying, with a non-stop non-refueling flight of 84 hours and 33 minutes. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/22119
Mike Henry probably didn’t set out to be a black man, but that’s what he’s become – every week as the creator and voice behind Cleveland Brown of “The Cleveland Show” on Fox. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/entertainment/gossip/22113
The last day to register to vote is Oct. 4, 2010. To vote by mail your application must be received by Oct. 26, 2010. Due to the fire that destroyed the warehouse storing the election equipment for Harris County, you may want to vote early, Oct. 18–29, 2010. Read more:
Legislation offering a spot at any Texas public university to students who graduate in the top 10 percent of their class at public high schools has increased diversity at many college and universities. Read more:
It seems like it will always happen; the interviewer will sit back and mull over your answers to some key questions. Then he looks up and asks you what questions would you like to ask us? The worse thing you can do is say “I have no questions.” Read more:
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LANDOVER, Md.—Their quarterback threw for 497 yards. They overcame a 17-point third-quarter deficit. They’ve beaten Peyton Manning and Donovan McNabb back-to-back. They even won an overtime game for the first time. Needless to say, these are not your older brother’s Houston Texans. Houston won a wild one Sunday, a game […]