Jordan Oliver (pictured), 11, was dared by a few classmates to jump off a wooden Bolinbrook, Ill., foot bridge (pictured below), and when she did,…

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According to the AP, boarding an airplane has never been safer. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/35858

via: cnn.com [Updated at 10:23 a.m. ET] A total of 3.3 million customers are still without power due to Hurricane Irene, the Department of Energy said Tuesday. [Updated at 8:59 a.m. ET] Emergency officials report at least 38 people in 11 states have died as a result of Hurricane Irene. North Carolina – 6 Pennsylvania […]

Heavy storms and flooding killed at least 29 people in Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky, damaged thousands of homes and threatened the heart of Nashville’s tourism district. Tennessee was the hardest hit, as muddy waters continued rising in the central and western parts of the state after as much as 18 inches of rain fell over […]