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Velma Hart, the chief financial officer for Am Vets, a veteran services organization based in Maryland, said Monday in an interview with CNBC that she was laid off as part of the nonprofit’s effort to cut expenses, reports the Associated Press. “I want to focus on the positive and be optimistic,” said Hart, who lives […]

By MYFOXATLANTA STAFF/myfoxatlanta ATLANTA, Ga. – The first court hearing in the Bishop Eddie Long sexual misconduct case was held Friday, and the case is headed for settlement talks. Lawyers for the bishop and the four young men who have filed suits against him said they want to avoid a trial and resolve the dispute […]

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        Like other freshman lawmakers, newly elected Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson ran for Congress on a vow to change Washington. But her first order of business has nothing to do with health care, education or the usual mix of issues that come up in the early days of a new Congress. Instead, […]

The short clip below shows a shirtless boy receiving a pat-down from a Transportation Security Administration agent. His father watches, hands on his hips, obstructing part of the view. But the words playing in the background are clear. “Are they harassing a kid?” one man asks. “It’s ridiculous,” another voice chimes in. “Unbelievable.” Read more

By Nick Anderson Black male students trail their white counterparts in school by alarming margins and for reasons that are often not well understood, according to a report released Tuesday. The report from the Council of the Great City Schools, an advocacy organization for urban education, suggests that poverty is not the only factor behind […]

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Wal-Mart’s highly awaited Black Friday ad promises hot deals on high-definition TVs, Blu-ray players, laptops and holiday gift favorites such as toys and DVDs, according to a copy of the retailer’s circular obtained by CNNMoney.com on Saturday. The world’s largest retailer promised last month that it would do whatever was necessary […]

*Just one day after an Indonesian minister had expressed reluctance to shake her hand [scroll down to watch], First Lady Michelle Obama visited Southeast Asia’s biggest mosque with her husband on Wednesday as part of the president’s 10-day swing through Asia. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=64334

Former President George W. Bush stood firmly behind many controversial decisions made during his presidency in an interview with Oprah Winfrey today, defending his response to the Sept. 11 attacks and adding that the worst insult he received in his two terms in office came from rapper Kanye West. Appearing on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM WCHBNEWSDETROIT.COM The Gale King Show will be a part of Detroit’s Only Urban News Talk Station Line-Up Detroit – November 10, 2010 Gayle King is Editor-At-Large of O, The Oprah Magazine and she is the host of The Gayle King Show, a national radio talk show launched in 2006 on XM […]

*For President Obama the hits (as in bad things) just keep on coming. Of course we’re all aware of the drubbing that he and the Democrats just took in last week’s mid-term elections. Now comes and article from Forbes magazine touting its ranking of the world’s most powerful persons. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=63718

When Does Daylight Savings End in 2010? For most Americans, daylight saving time ends in 2010 at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 7, when most states fall back to standard time. Time will spring forward again on March 13, 2011, when daylight saving time resumes. The federal government doesn’t require U.S. states or territories to […]

Via Atlanta, Georgia (CNN): — Canadian authorities are investigating an “unbelievable” incident in which a passenger boarded an Air Canada flight disguised as an elderly man, according to a confidential alert obtained by CNN. The incident occurred on October 29 on Air Canada flight AC018 to Vancouver originating in Hong Kong. An intelligence alert from […]