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News from John Hopkins AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY (TRY THE KEY WORD) AND ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHN HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNA

Homelessness in California is now punishable by a year in jail. By Steven Argue For protesting on the county steps against Santa Cruz laws that make it illegal for the homeless to sleep at nig

June 29, 2011 - The Jerusalem Film Festival foreign office has confirmed that legendary basketball star and actor Kareem Abdul-Jabbar reversed plans to visit Israel due to concerns arising "after the

INDIANA--Rosa Williams was encouraged when she heard a grand jury was meeting about the death of her grandfather, Frank Morris, who burned to death in his Louisiana shoe shop in 1964 in a suspected Ku

Sent: 06/28/2011 10:43:51 P.M. Central Standard Time There was a time not so long ago when Americans, regardless of their political stripes, rallied round their president. Once elected, the man who

After the botched response to Hurricane Katrina, then New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin said he plunged into a state of paranoia. In his new book, Katrina’s Secrets: Storms After the Storm, Nagin writes

June 14, 2011 Brother Leader Muammar Gadhafi Tripoli, Libya Dear Brother Gadhafi, May this letter find you, your family and the faithful people of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in the best of h

--> BUSINESS WIRE--Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins rose to fame as an actress, singer and member of the popular 90s musical group TLC – all while quietly battling sickle cell disease. Now, she is lending

By Dr. Boyce Watkins June 27, 2011 I just spent the week in New Orleans, the powerbase for one of the most talented, powerful and destructive forces in the history of music: Lil Wayne. I’ve admitt

Peace To All: There are some things we cannot recapture, and some things we can. There are times when I wish I could make those happy that are close friends. Some of us here on this forum seem

SAYINGS NOT FOUND IN SCRIPTURE...WHERE DID THEY REALLY COME FROM??? INTERESTING INFO 1. Moderation in all things The phrase, "Moderation in all things," is common extrapolation of Aristotle's

By Ibrahim Abdul-Matin June 26, 2011 When you are a compassionate person, you also fight against injustice. As a Muslim, I have always been taught to be compassionate. When I was about fif

FORT WORTH, Texas--At a glance, people may look at Steve Harvey and his accomplishments and possibly only see him as an entertainer. On television, he is the host of one of the longest airing game sho

ATLANTA (AP)—Nick Charles, a former taxi driver who became CNN’s first sports anchor, died Saturday after a two-year struggle with bladder cancer, the cable network reported. He died peacefully at

The "CIRCLE OF WILLIS" is the vessel shown here. It provides the brain with Oxygen. nutrients, and creates a magnetic charge by the flow of Blood around the Pineal Gland. It was known by the Ancient E

From AliceWalkersGarden.com June 25, 2011 Why am I going on the Freedom Flotilla II to Gaza? I ask myself this, even though the answer is: what else would I do? I am in my 67th year, having lived

SHREVEPORT – Richard Washington was truly surprised when the first anonymous phone call came. The caller was a white man telling him to remove photos and paintings of Black historical figures from his

CHICAGO--Gun rights advocates and other right-wing groups responded harshly on Friday to some strong words on gun control by Chicago's new top cop. Garry McCarthy, brought in as the superintendent

From The Wall Street Journal June 24, 2011 In April 1857, Samuel Green, a free black farmer and preacher living on Maryland's Eastern Shore, was taken from his home and sentenced to 10 years in pr

In recent news, high-profile African-American men have come out of the closet. The latest to announce that they are gay are CNN News anchor Don Lemon and Georgia State Rep. Rashad Taylor, both of whom

LOUISIANA--"From the time I was little I wanted to be a doctor. Back in those days, the thing people would say to a good student was 'Oh, you're going to grow up and be a doctor,'" Lisa Jackson rememb

O.J Simpson has reportedly confessed to Oprah Winfrey that he murdered his former wife, Nicole Simpson Brown. Oprah made headlines recently saying that one of her regrets was never having got the disg

There's no doubt that the black man has the toughest job in America. He has been beaten down, called worthless and strategically cut out of American prosperity. The dropout rate, incarceration rat