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Are you a fan of LisaRaye? TV’s hottest reality show, LisaRaye: The Real McCoy, will be wrapping up it’s first season with a one-hour season finale starting at 9pm this Thursday. TV One is giving away 16 limited edition DVD box sets of LisaRaye: The Real McCoy season 1 next week and YOU could win! […]
From TheGrio.com: There’s lots of buzz these days about author Wes Moore. His new book, The Other Wes Moore, has reached the top 10 of the New York Times best-seller list. Meanwhile, he’s appeared on Oprah, NBC’s Meet the Press, CBS Sunday Morning, NPR and beyond. Moore’s true-life tome examines the lives of two boys […] The post Meet Wes Moore, Author & Soldier With Fascinating Story appeared first on NewsOne.
A former Marine who neighbors say obsessed over his University Park lawn is being held on $3 million bail, accused of gunning down a neighbor whose puppy urinated on the man’s well-manicured grass. Charles J. Clements, 69, had won the south suburb’s beautification and lawn upkeep award but also was known for threatening people who […]
Via Blackvoices: Mitrice Richardson may have been the victim of California budget cuts. The 24-year-old graduate of Cal State Fullerton has been missing since September, when she had dinner at a Malibu restaurant. When she couldn’t pay the $89 bill, the restaurant called police. Richardson was arrested. Restaurant patrons and other witnesses said she had […]
From NationalJournal.com: If the economy produces jobs over the next eight months at the same pace as it did over the past four months, the nation will have created more jobs in 2010 alone than it did over the entire eight years of George W. Bush’s presidency. That comparison comes with many footnotes and asterisks. […]
From the Jamaica Observer: WASHINGTON, USA — The World Bank says the Haiti Reconstruction Fund (HRF) has gathered momentum after Brazil contributed US$55 million to the multilateral mechanism set up to help the impoverished, French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country rebuild following the January 12 devastating earthquake. Click here to view photos. But the Washington-based financial […]
Via StreamingFaith.com: The recent surge in bully-related suicides among teens has prompted parents, churches and a number of states to tackle the issue before another student takes his or her own life. Youth groups are being encouraged to serve as a place where students can feel accepted and safe to share about any brushes with […]
From NPR.org: The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has announced that it will lead a $75 million initiative aimed at righting some of the disparities that can lead to racism. On May 11 youth organizations from 29 states and the District of Columbia will receive grants through the “Racial Healing Initiative.” Host Michel Martin speaks with Gail […]
From NYDailyNews.com: Backlash from Arizona’s new immigration law could cost the Phoenix area at least $90 million in revenue. Four major events have been canceled and others are on the brink, as calls for a boycott grow louder in protest of a law that lets cops ask people for their citizenship papers. For Phoenix, losing […]
// From the Chicago Tribune: Anthony Kyser didn’t have money for the tubes of toothpaste he stuffed in his jacket before he walked out of a Little Village CVS store Saturday morning. He paid with his life, instead. Chased out of the store and down a litter-strewn alley shortly before 11 a.m., the 35-year-old unemployed […]
Via Huffington Post: When two struggling families appeared as guests on The Oprah Winfrey Show to talk about the home foreclosures they were facing, they had no idea a surprise guest would make their problems disappear. The Eller family and the Allgood family shared their stories with Oprah and explained how the national recession took […]
Via LA Times: A Sunday school teacher was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and killing her daughter’s 8-year-old playmate, Sandra Cantu of Tracy, Calif., after admitting to police that she owned the suitcase in which Sandra’s body was found, authorities said Saturday. Melissa Chantel Huckaby, 28, the granddaughter of a pastor, was taken into custody […]
