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Utah 7-year-old takes car, goes for joyride to avoid going to Church
PLAIN CITY, Utah - Police in Utah say a 7-year-old boy led officers on a car chase in an effort to avoid going to church. Dispatchers received reports of a child driving recklessly on Sunday morning.
Did Anyone See "Monday Night RAW" wrestling with Shaq?
Shaquille O'Neal hosts 'Monday Night Raw,' gets physical After getting shunned by White House security on Sunday, new Cavaliers center Shaquille O'Neal(notes) made his way over to the Verizon Center
Monthly $10,000 Scholarships For Minority and Female Students
Awards To Be Given Away July, August and September 2009 -- Nationwide - DiversityScholarships.com is giving away a $10,000 scholarship every single month to a high school or college student who i
What a Great Week for Chris Brown: Rehabilitation of his career is due in part to some Newlyweds
The rehabilitation of Brown's career is due in large part to Kevin and Jill Heinz, the Minnesota newlyweds who along with their wedding party danced down the aisle to the singer's 2008 hit, 'Forever.'
Haitian migrant shipwreck kills 15, dozens missing
MIAMI (Reuters) - At least 15 Haitian migrants drowned and more than 65 were missing after their wooden sail boat hit a reef and sank off the Turks and Caicos islands, local police and the U.S. Coast
Toronto Teen gets Life for Murdering 14-year-old Rival
TORONTO - A teenage girl with a "capacity for manipulation" and a "lack of empathy" who waged a relentless campaign to have her 14-year-old perceived romantic rival killed, was sentenced Tuesday to li
Claflin College Is a Private Black College That Is Weathering the Economic Storm
Much of the recent news concerning private black colleges and universities has been depressing. Paul Quinn College in Dallas recently lost its accreditation due to its precarious financial position
HOMETOWN MEMPHIS: HERE ARE A FEW TIPS
HOMETOWN MEMPHIS 07.26.2009 HERE ARE A FEW TIPS! READ "MY NEWS BLOG": a regular feature on my site: http://Godsbloodybride.com/winniespoetry_hometown_memphis_tennessee When was the las
CitizenLink: An Atmospheric Change for President Obama
...Here's what the Christian Conservatives are saying... After months of generally getting whatever he asked for, the president is now facing opposition not only from conservatives, but also from
New Rule: Not Everything in America Has to Make a Profit
...Some things we just didn't do for money. The United States always defined capitalism, but it didn't used to define us. But now it's becoming all that we are. Did you know, for example, that there
Debate Intensifies Over {Immigrant} Deportations
HOUSTON — The Obama administration is vastly expanding a federal effort begun under President George W. Bush to identify and deport illegal immigrants held in local jails. But here in the city where t
In 2 {Israeli} West Bank Settlements, a Sign of Hope for a Deal
MODIIN ILLIT, West Bank — Seen from afar, this fast-growing settlement embodies everything that the Obama administration wants to address through its demand for a freeze on settlement building: it sit
Partisan or Not, a Tough Course on Health Care
WASHINGTON — The decision by Senate Democratic leaders last week to devote more time to winning Republican support for a health care overhaul has allowed President Obama to keep alive the possibility
Unmasking Racism in Nursing
As nurses, we like to believe we rise above attitudes that would harm our patients or ourselves. But a more honest self-examination might find we sometimes harbor racist feelings toward our own collea
American Health Care: Nurse Wages Battle with BlueCrossBlueShields Over Policy Cancellation
Robin Beaton, RN, worked as a nurse for 30 years ... 59, almost didn’t get the double mastectomy she needed when she was diagnosed in June 2008 with HER2 positive breast cancer, an aggressive form o