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1.. Ordered all federal agencies to undertake a study and make recommendations for ways to cut spending 2. Ordered a review of all federal operations to identify and cut wasteful spending and practic

Ray Nagin leaves office as Mayor of New Orleans, and Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu, who takes office May 3, inherits a $25 million budget deficit. To listen to the full interview, you may log on to www.W

NEW YORK -- When laid-off toy company executive Paul Nawrocki hit the streets of Manhattan wearing a sandwich board and handing out his resume, he became the face of the recession. At the end of 20

PALM BEACH--For more and more women in Palm Beach County, the road to economic recovery is paved with garter belts, g-strings and 4-inch plexiglass heels. Take, Stephanie White, for example. She re

PHILADELPHIA — The private boarding school for underprivileged students now led by Autumn Adkins, who describes herself simply as “a black girl from Richmond, Virginia,” would have excluded her in yea

Rush Limbaugh has written an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal titled "Liberals and the Violence Card." The crux of the op-ed is that conservative protests like the tea-party are not driven by hate

YAZOO CITY, Miss. — Tornadoes ripped through four states in the South on Saturday, leaving broken crosses in front of a flattened church, splintering houses and overturning vehicles as they killed 10

From FinalCall.com April 25, 2010 As-Salaam Alaikum (Peace Be Unto You): Allah (God) has ordained opposition for His Prophets, Messengers and Servants in the establishment of Divine Revelation.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A mentally ill convenience store operator took a revolver with him to look for the doctor he believed implanted a tracking device in his body during an appendectomy in 2001. Told t

LOS ANGELES (AP) ¯ Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday he supported a proposed state law that would prevent teacher layoffs based on seniority, a stance that quickly drew the ire of teachers union

A white guy, disguised as a a black guy, managed to rip off four banks and a CVS in Ohio before he was caught. No, we're not kidding. Maybe Conrad Zdzierak was inspired by "Soul Man (1986)," or eve

QUIT SMOKING ... FOR YOUR OWN SAKE! If you do not smoke, then congratulations, keep up the good work. However, You should share this info with a friend of yours who smokes. We all know how ha

A 73-year-old woman admitted today to pimping in New Jersey today after being squealed on her own son. Tecora Brown, pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution between April 2000 and December 2004 i

SALT LAKE CITY – Twelve-year-old Audrey Conner owed about $7 in fines to the Salt Lake City public library system, but the voracious reader was a little short. It didn't matter. Her nearby library

LOS ANGELES -- The phone rang around 2 a.m., waking Teeida Townsend. "My homie got killed," the caller said. Townsend knew how the cycle plays out here in the gang heartland of south Los Angeles: a

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The tape recorder started rolling as two police investigators sat in their car in a hospital parking lot with Deborah Madden on Feb. 26. "You're causing a huge nightmare for the

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Veteran R&B diva Patti LaBelle is getting an honorary degree from Temple University in her hometown of Philadelphia. The university will present LaBelle with the doctorate in hu

From InsideOut.ChicagoPublicRadio.org April 18, 2010 There are many more black and brown young people in our jails and prisons than you’d predict, if you just look at their percentages in the popu

Dear Reverend Sharpton: Congratulations to you and the National Action Network for another year of fighting for the rights of those who have no voice, and lifting up causes that would otherwise go