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A shoplifter at the CVS Pharmacy in the Little Village neighborhood got more than he bargained for after boosting tubes of toothpaste from the store shelves. According to the Sun-Times, Anthony Kyser

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Weeks after the 1-year-old was found in a dumpster, his father showed up. The baby wriggled in his cot, smiled and held up his arms. When the father didn’t touch him, t

Lena Horne, who was the first black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood studio and who went on to achieve international fame as a singer, died on Sunday night at New Yo

OTTAWA (AFP) – A Canadian ecologist has discovered the world's largest beaver dam in a remote area of northern Alberta, an animal-made structure so large it is visible from space. Researcher Jean T

Peace Dear Beloved Family! I thank you all from the depth of my heart for wishing me a Happy Birthday today. It is indeed that! I believe I went through every emotion known to man today. To me

From GlobalResearch.com May 7, 2010 A day after a harrowing plunge in the stock market, federal regulators were still unable on Friday to answer the one question on every investor’s mind: What cau

Peace, I would like to wish all the sisters of this forum a Happy Mother's Day! Often we hear stories about mothers and their children, however rarely about the do good mothers and even rarer stil

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration now says it supports a proposal to audit the Federal Reserve's lending practices that has won broad bipartisan backing in the Senate. Deputy Treasury Sec

During his show Sunday at the New Orleans Jazz Fest, Frankie Beverly said he and Maze had not been invited to this summer’s Essence Music Festival in the Superdome. Today’s release of the nightly Esse

PARIS — Historians and anti-racism campaigners are to urge the countries that oversaw and profited from the Atlantic slave trade to recognise it as a crime against humanity, opening the way for repara

From Newsweek.com May 2, 2010 Despite the fact that we are a nation of immigrants -- or perhaps because of it -- immigration continues to be one of America 's most contentious topics. The new law

Appealing to voters weary of rampant crime, a lagging recovery and a strapped city budget, Mitch Landrieu spent his campaign for mayor of New Orleans hammering home this simple message: "I know what t

After spending 22 years of her life working in mortgage banking, Mollie Jelks admits she never found the sense of fulfillment she longed for. When her Citibank office relocated to St. Louis, Jelks was

One day, when a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river, her thimble fell into the river. When she cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, "My dear child, why are you crying?" The seamstr

Puerto Rican funeral home presents shooting victim on his motorcycle If you thought you'd previously seen it all, well, you're wrong. Case in point: David Morales Colón, a 22-year-old Puerto Rican

NEW YORK – Police found an “amateurish” but potentially powerful bomb that apparently began to detonate but did not explode in a smoking sport utility vehicle in Times Square, authorities said Sunday.

NEW ORLEANS--As state and federal officials displayed increasing displeasure with its response, BP on Friday tried a new approach to protect the Louisiana coast on the 10th day of a massive Gulf of Me

One need only look at the recent introduction of chocolate Cheerios to fully grasp Americans' fondness for the pulp from cacao beans. Savoring chocolate is normal. But, researchers said Monday, ove

From FinalCall.com April 30, 2010 As-Salaam Alaikum (Peace Be Unto You): My beloved brothers and sisters, it is a great honor and privilege for me to have this opportunity once again to come t

This was written by Mr. Tom Aswell, a state worker to Mr. John M. Schroder, one of our Louisiana State Representatives (Republican). Mr. Schroder: You have my heartfelt sympathy for failing to