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BP has accepted some of the blame for the deadly rig disaster that led to the worst oil spill in United States history, according to a new report. An internal investigation reveals that the oil giant’s own engineers misread data that contributed to the explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon, a source familiar with BP’s probe […]

Construction of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on the National Mall is 45 percent complete and on schedule to be finished by Fall 2011, according to Harry E. Johnson Sr., president and CEO of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc. By: Jackie Jones, BlackAmericaWeb.com

Conservative commentator Glenn Beck and tea party champion Sarah Palin appealed Saturday to a vast, predominantly white crowd on the National Mall to help restore traditional American values and honor Martin Luther King’s message. Civil rights leaders who accused the group of hijacking King’s legacy held their own rally and march. While Beck billed his […]

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NEW ORLEANS — From New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward to the Mississippi coast, people hit hard by Hurricane Katrina were paying homage Sunday to those killed by the storm’s devastation — exactly five years after it hit the Gulf Coast.  Read more:

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Very few things will make my skin crawl more than listening to someone totally misrepresent the famous “I Have A Dream” speech the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave on August 28, 1963. Read more:

  *After a nearly two-week trial, the German girl-band singer accused of having unprotected sex with her ex-boyfriend despite knowing she was infected with HIV has been found guilty. News agency ddp reported the Darmstadt administrative court on Thursday handed 28-year-old Nadja Benaissa a two-year suspended sentence for the charge of causing bodily harm. http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//100826/482/urn_publicid_ap_org24aaa982661f48febb3c2d6e8c7978fe/

Authorities are looking for a man they say forced a 15-year-old girl into prostitution and nearly beat her death. According to police, Christopher “Crazy” Crawford forced a 15-year-old girl into prostitution after befriending her in 2007. During their friendship, the 24-year-old would beat the girl and torment her for hours if she would not follow […]

Via KHOU.com: A three-alarm fire swept through a northeast Houston warehouse early Friday wiping out more than 10,000 pieces of voting equipment.  City officials said they are unsure what will be done when voting begins in the next few months. The Harris County Election Technology Center, located on Canino at Downey, caught fire around 4:20 […]

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In Elmwood Place, Ohio, a police officer stopped a car because it had illegally tinted windows, but did he ever get a serious shock when he looked inside. The officer, Ross Gilbert, said the driver, 36-year-old Colondra Hamilton, was sitting with her pants unzipped enjoying a sex toy, reports the Cincinnati Enquirer. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/21454

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