Want to be inspired today? Check out this story of a few Black teens who grew weary of constantly seeing negative stereotypes around young Black men, so instead of piling on to a mountain of complaints, they did something about it. Students from Illi ...
Posted Tuesday, April 15th 2014 at 2:20PM
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I am a bully sentence
Edmond Aviv holds a sign in South Euclid, Ohio declaring he's a bully, a requirement of his sentence because he was accused of harassing a neighbor and her disabled children for the past 15 years.
SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio (AP) - ...
Posted Tuesday, April 15th 2014 at 2:06PM
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After a long battle with Lupus, natural hair guru and YouTube vlogger, Domineque Banks, who coined the phrase, “Long Hair Don’t Care2011,” passed away on April 9, 2014. Banks suffered a heart attack and was placed on life support, not being able to b ...
Posted Tuesday, April 15th 2014 at 1:58PM
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In Uganda, a nurse is accused of spreading HIV
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA
Apr 13, 2014 12:43 PM
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Goaded by journalists who wanted a clear view of her face, the Ugandan nurse looked dazed and on the verge of tears. The Ugandan press ...
Posted Tuesday, April 15th 2014 at 1:53PM
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SLOVYANSK, Ukraine — The Ukrainian government on Sunday for the first time sent its security services to confront armed pro-Russian militants in the country’s east, defying warnings from Russia. Commandos engaged in gunfights with men who had set up ...
Posted Monday, April 14th 2014 at 9:12AM
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We can start with the official definition.
Holistic nursing is defined as “all nursing practice that has healing the whole person as its goal” (American Holistic Nurses’ Association, 1998, Description of Holistic Nursing). The AHNA goes on to say ...
Posted Monday, April 14th 2014 at 12:37AM
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Burned out. Drained. Drowning. From the medicine room to the break room, nurses repeatedly echo these sentiments.
How can nurses keep from becoming overwhelmed by the demands of their professional and personal lives? How do they prevent work-relat ...
Posted Monday, April 14th 2014 at 12:30AM
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NIGERIA: More than 100 Killed in Brutal Attacks
Sources: World Watch Monitor, Vanguard, Release International
Damages from the attack
Photo: World Watch Monitor
More than 150 people were killed recently in separate attacks on predominantly ...
Posted Sunday, April 13th 2014 at 11:41PM
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Kyla Pratt has done it again! Just like the birth of her first daughter Lyric, the actress welcomed another child into the world in total secrecy. According to her rep Ernest Dukes, “Kyla gave birth to a healthy baby girl in August 2013 and is curre ...
Posted Sunday, April 13th 2014 at 10:28PM
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The 44-year-old actress appeared on CocoaFab’s new web series, The Organized Home where she linked up with the show’s host, Denise Gordon to throw a party for her girlfriends to announce her pregnancy. “I feel so excited to be able to grow our famil ...
Posted Sunday, April 13th 2014 at 10:19PM
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Beyonce is a woman of many surprises and she pulled a new one out of her bag of tricks for the Coachella crowd last night. Queen Bey took to the stage during Solange’s set for an impromptu, big sister-little sister dance duo! Toward the end of “Losi ...
Posted Sunday, April 13th 2014 at 8:45PM
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We are shocked to report that Karyn Washington, 22, the beautiful creator of the uplifting website, ForBrownGirls.com has died, due to an apparent suicide. Karyen created the site as an “inspiration destination” where Black women with darker skin cou ...
Posted Sunday, April 13th 2014 at 8:09PM
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Drake made a wish come true for a young girl in a serious battle with brain cancer. On Saturday, the rapper made a trip to Houston to visit 15-year-old Kennedy Brown, a high school student and one of his biggest fans.
According to reports, Kennedy’s ...
Posted Sunday, April 13th 2014 at 8:06PM
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The woman who signed on as Mathew Knowles’ home-wrecker is calling on Bey. Know why? Alexsandra Wright says the pop star’s four-year-old half-brother is homeless and heading to a shelter…
“Nixon’s mother says they’re headed to the homeless shelter ...
Posted Sunday, April 13th 2014 at 7:06PM
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Harry Belafonte settled his lawsuit against the estate of Martin Luther King Jr. Friday. According to reports, the singer and activist gained full ownership of historical documents he acquired during his longtime friendship with the late civil rights ...
Posted Saturday, April 12th 2014 at 12:34PM
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Should I be submissive to my man? Not a chance! I’m an independent woman who doesn’t need a man to make me happy… Both of these statements are a bit cliche, but submission continues to be a topic amongst modern women. On the premiere episode of “Marr ...
Posted Saturday, April 12th 2014 at 12:25PM
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Alexsandra Wright broke down into tears in front of her and Matthew Knowles’ love child Nixon after being evicted from her home. Alexsandra and Nixon packed their bags away and will most likely seek temporary housing at a shelter. M ...
Posted Saturday, April 12th 2014 at 12:08PM
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(April 9, 2014) The Russian government withheld from the F.B.I. significant information that it had about one of the Boston marathon bombing suspects two years before the attack, according to an inspector general’s review of how federal agencies coul ...
Posted Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 10:00AM
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(10 March 2014) A previously unknown group calling itself the Chinese Martyrs' Brigade has claimed responsibility for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane. They sent an email to various journalists in China, saying: "You kill one of our clan, we will k ...
Posted Wednesday, April 9th 2014 at 9:15PM
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(16 April 2013) A Maryland high school is now allowing Muslim students with parental permission and good grades to leave class each day for prayer. My immediate reaction was to ask, Would the school grant the same right to Christians? Assuming the ...
Posted Wednesday, April 9th 2014 at 9:11PM
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Every once in a while, you may run into someone who grew up on food stamps and hear them ranting about how they were forced to eat something called Government Cheese. Any cheese with the word government in it can’t be good! Throughout the 1960s-1990s ...
Posted Wednesday, April 9th 2014 at 3:55PM
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“It’s all about getting that sexy look,” comedian Bill Bellamy shares as he workouts. The actor, comedian and producer who gained fame for helping to coin the phrase “Booty Call”, has been keeping his signature slim look for years and at the age o ...
Posted Wednesday, April 9th 2014 at 2:53PM
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The Muslim Brotherhood is launching a political party in America for the purpose of electing Muslims and influencing legislation that is favorable to Islam. This development should come as no surprise: the number of mosques in the United States has ...
Posted Wednesday, April 9th 2014 at 2:35PM
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Billboards in Columbus, Ohio state "Jesus is Muslim," "Mohammed is in the Bible," and "Muslims love Jesus too." They were paid for by a local Muslim group whose website is "dedicated to educating you about Islam."
Their billboards claim nothing n ...
Posted Wednesday, April 9th 2014 at 2:31PM
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Miss Gryce said: 'It can happen anywhere and sometimes I'll have five back to back.
'It's not pleasurable - it has become like torture. I've been living with it since I was six.'
For years, she suffered in silence, too ashamed to tell friends or f ...
Posted Wednesday, April 9th 2014 at 9:46AM
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