Former child TV star Gary Coleman, who suffered intracranial brain bleeding and was on life support in the intensive care unit of a Utah hospital, passed away at the age of 42 on Friday.
Utah Valley Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Janet Frank ...
Posted Friday, May 28th 2010 at 2:50PM
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Peace To All,
In lieu of the devastating tornadoes, the BP oil spill in Louisiana and the hurricane season right around the corner, how prepared are you (we) in the event of such natural disasters happening in your (our) city and state?
1. Ho ...
Posted Friday, May 28th 2010 at 1:14PM
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With lawmakers giving their final approval today, Gov. Bobby Jindal quickly signed into law an overhaul of public school teacher evaluations to include student test scores, with the state highlighting the new approach as part of its next application ...
Posted Friday, May 28th 2010 at 12:42PM
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Electronic road sign hackers generally like to warn motorists of zombie and raptor attacks, but in South Florida, the signs are apparently being used to fuel the immigration debate.
A highway sign flashing "NO LATINOS NO TACOS" greeted drivers on ...
Posted Wednesday, May 26th 2010 at 7:35AM
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FREDERICK DOUGLASS CHURCH JOINS "AMERICA'S 11 MOST ENDANGERED HISTORIC PLACES" LIST
WASHINGTON — When chunks of plaster began falling from the ceiling of the national cathedral of African Methodism last year, one of Washington's oldest black congr ...
Posted Monday, May 24th 2010 at 2:53PM
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BET, George Foreman Grills and Dark & Lovely No Lye Relaxer have a commonality: They're not as black as you think. For the confused, theBVX ( which like Black Voices is NOT black-owned) has compiled a shocking list of 10 things you thought were black owned but actually aren't.
10. Black Entertainment Television
If black is in the name, it must be black owned, right? The network was founded by an African American, Robert Johnson, in the '80s, but in 2003, BET was sold to Viacom, which ...
Posted Monday, May 24th 2010 at 2:42PM
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Christ's Mother, "The Black Madonna" is worshiped throughout Europe, of all places.
The most sacred icons of the Catholic Church are the Black Madonna and Christ child, which are found in Europe's most venerated shrines and cathedrals. Each year, ...
Posted Sunday, May 23rd 2010 at 4:07PM
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DETROIT — Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton gave a rousing eulogy Saturday for a 7-year-old girl killed in a police raid, challenging the hundreds of mourners to take responsibility and help stop a spiral of violence that has swept the city. ...
Posted Sunday, May 23rd 2010 at 12:54PM
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NOTE FROM SIEBRA:
The following edited text is taken from a message delivered by Minister Farrakhan to a gathering of youth in Tchula, Mississippi on November 3, 2002. He was invited to Tchula by Reverend Eddie Carthan for the dedication of Good Sam ...
Posted Friday, May 21st 2010 at 10:47AM
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CHICAGO – In her police mug shot, the doe-eyed cartoon heroine with the bowl haircut has a black eye, battered lip and bloody nose.
Dora the Explorer’s alleged crime? “Illegal Border Crossing Resisting Arrest.”
The doctored picture, one of seve ...
Posted Friday, May 21st 2010 at 10:30AM
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Betty Kilby was gripped with apprehension. Descendants of the white family that enslaved her kin were coming to dinner.
She scrolled through a mental Rolodex of relatives who might flip out. Her brothers had already asked her: Why would you want ...
Posted Thursday, May 20th 2010 at 10:51AM
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - African-American newborns may be more likely than their white counterparts to be screened for prenatal drug exposure, even in the absence of risk factors for it, a study at one medical center suggests.
Research shows th ...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th 2010 at 8:19AM
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Judges should be able to understand and empathize with just about anyone, because the law is about everyone. With that in mind, is what's good for Harvard and Yale good for America ? If Elena Kagan is confirmed, we will have an entire Supreme Court e ...
Posted Tuesday, May 18th 2010 at 9:06AM
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BP claims to be slowing flow of oil into Mexican GulfSmall tube inserted into fractured pipe is capturing 1,000 barrels a day – but far larger amounts are still pouring into sea
BP has claimed its first success in stemming the flow of oil gushing ...
Posted Monday, May 17th 2010 at 5:15PM
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