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YOUR NATIONAL NEWS JULY 2013 DAY 30 National The price at the pumps this summer on the average is 18 cents more than last year around this time. Gas prices continue to rise even though there i

Life Magazine 1963 CoverStory Title: In this 1963 issue of Life, the writer actually used a form of the N-word but not in the way you think of it today. Back then (which wasn't long ago) ... they us

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) It's a common complaint: You feel like you're working constantly, and there's never enough time to enjoy life. But as a whole, Americans are working far less now than they did a g

The Alcorn family congratulates civil rights icon Myrlie Evers for being honored with the National Urban League Civil Rights Award. Mrs. Evers, who serves as Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at Alco

Reporting for royal diaper duty! Prince William is taking a two-week paternity leave following the birth of son George Alexander Louis, Buckingham Palace has confirmed to Yahoo! Shine. Granted, Prin

(CNN) -- In his first television interview, Ariel Castro's son said Monday that his dad belongs in prison for the rest of his life and he doesn't plan on ever visiting him. Last week, Ariel Castro pl

CAIRO — Among the muddy, crowded tents where tens of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood members have been living for weeks in a vast sit-in protest, men in Islamic dress can still be seen carrying incong

Poor families have few resources to turn to for help in buying diapers, experts say. A study of one city finds nearly 30% don't have enough for their children. There have been days, since her son Eze

Forbes published their list of the top 650 colleges and universities in the U.S. and we have a handful of historically black colleges and universities that made the list. for this list, Forbes looked at factors that directly concern today’s incoming students (and their families) who will be footing

In a recently release report by Forbes Magazine ranking the 650 Top Colleges for 2013, Texas Southern University ranked 649. Texas Southern is the only HBCU in Texas to be listed and one of only two f

HBCU CONNECT once again publishes the most complete listing of Homecoming dates and Football classics for our nation’s 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities. A tradition that has gone back now for over 100 years, Black College homecomings draw thousands of professional African American

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - July 2013 UCC Magazine Redesigned Website Launch The long anticipated launch of UCC Magazine’s web presence has arrived to rave reviews. The redesign of the magazine’s w

Many hospitals have nurses that make up "float pools." These nurses float from unit to unit, based on staffing needs created on units due to medical leave, sick calls, increased patient acuity and su

An appropriate number of nurses and other staff should be available at all times across the continuum of care, with a mix of education, skills and experience to ensure patient care needs are met and w

After weeks of countless shooting-related deaths in Chicago, hundreds gathered at Chicago State University on Friday for the Emergency Summit on Urban Violence, led by the Congressional Black Caucus,