Newsweek.com--Pregnancy is the biggest killer of teenage girls worldwide, a charity has said.
Every year one million teenage girls die or are injured because of pregnancy or childbirth, according to Save the Children.
In a new report, the child ...
Posted Thursday, June 28th 2012 at 10:29AM
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From Commentary Magazine
June 26, 2012
At Tablet, Zack Beauchamp wonders whether Democrats are overreacting about former Black Panther Charles Barron’s chance of winning the Brooklyn primary race against the more moderate Hakeem Jeffries:
Th ...
Posted Wednesday, June 27th 2012 at 12:36PM
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TMZ.com--Elmo impersonators roaming New York are nothing new, but one going off on anti-Semitic / racist tirades - ranting maniacally about Jews while harassing tourists - is.
The NYPD was forced to remove a man wearing the familiar furry, red Elm ...
Posted Wednesday, June 27th 2012 at 12:25PM
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Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes were an American singing group, one of the most popular Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s. The group's repertoire included soul, R&B, doo-wop, and disco.
Founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the early 195 ...
Posted Saturday, June 23rd 2012 at 5:36PM
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TMZ.com--Rodney King's fiancée Cynthia Kelley is not invited to his funeral services -- King family sources tell TMZ.
According to sources, the services will be held next Saturday in Hollywood -- but the family hasn't contacted Cynthia since the ...
Posted Saturday, June 23rd 2012 at 4:43PM
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NEW ORLEANS, LA-- After attending the opening ceremony for the 37th Annual National Association of Black Journalists Convention and Career Fair, the family of Trayvon Martin and their legal team held an exclusive news conference to respond to the fir ...
Posted Friday, June 22nd 2012 at 10:47AM
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ABC News--Andrew Kahn was only a social drinker before his weight-loss surgery. He never imagined he would develop problems with alcohol because he had bariatric surgery. But he did.
The 61-year-old from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., who had his gastric ...
Posted Thursday, June 21st 2012 at 11:54AM
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DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince was a hip hop duo from West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rapper Will Smith (The Fresh Prince) met Jeff Townes (DJ Jazzy Jeff) while trying to make a name for himself in West Philadelphia's local hip hop scene. Afte ...
Posted Thursday, June 21st 2012 at 11:44AM
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From TheDaily.com
June 20, 2012
If you’re planning a visit to Chicago soon, don’t forget your sunscreen. The Windy City gets ungodly hot in the summer time, with temperatures peaking above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in early August. And don’t f ...
Posted Thursday, June 21st 2012 at 11:26AM
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Joseph Douglass (1871–1935) was a groundbreaking African-American concert violinist and grandson of abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
During the time following the Civil War, many African-American musicians began to break into the art music genre. Joseph Douglass, a concert violinist, was one of t ...
Posted Tuesday, June 19th 2012 at 1:13PM
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NEW ORLEANS—At Treme's Congo Square African beats and mouthwatering scents engulf the neighborhood as Juneteenth celebrations collide with Father’s Day.
The holiday commemorates the day African-Americans living in the Southern states learned of their freedom, two years after the Emancipation Proc ...
Posted Tuesday, June 19th 2012 at 12:57PM
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The following article contains edited excerpts of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan’s address which he delivered on the occasion of “Father’s Day” (Sunday, June 17, 2007) at Life Center Church of God in Christ in Chicago, Illinois, pasto ...
Posted Sunday, June 17th 2012 at 4:25PM
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Happy Fathers Day
By Sister Siebra Muhammad
This is a day that other than you say its the day to honor you.
Father means first and further
You Blackman have proven to be the Father of all
By taking such a willingly and mighty fall,
Yo ...
Posted Sunday, June 17th 2012 at 2:20PM
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CALIFORNIA--A jury in Oakland has decided that the Jehovah’s Witnesses are partially responsible for the alleged sexual abuse of a young girl by one of its members, forcing the religious organization to pay her $20 million.
After being awarded $ ...
Posted Saturday, June 16th 2012 at 4:16PM
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Peace,
Many of our brothers are fortunate to be able to or have been able to raise their children in one house hold and many have been fortunate enough to have an active role in their children's lives from the result of failed relationships. I hav ...
Posted Saturday, June 16th 2012 at 3:53PM
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SAN DIEGO (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan underscored his consistent message about the necessity for unity, strength and power in a meeting with Black and Native American leaders here at New Assurance Baptist Church.
Fille ...
Posted Friday, June 15th 2012 at 10:46AM
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Helen Folasade Adu OBE (born 16 January 1959); better known as Sade, is a British singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer. She first achieved success in the 1980s as the frontwoman and lead vocalist of the Brit and Grammy Award w ...
Posted Friday, June 15th 2012 at 10:41AM
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The Urban Daily--Yvette Wilson, star of Moesha and The Parkers, has died.
Yvette Wilson succumbed to her bout with Stage 4 Cervical Cancer early this morning. Wilson had sought financial assistance from fans to pay her growing medical bills. She w ...
Posted Friday, June 15th 2012 at 10:31AM
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LONDON, June 13 (TrustLaw) - Policies that promote gender equality, safeguards against violence and exploitation and access to healthcare make Canada the best place to be a woman among the world's biggest economies, a global poll of experts showed on ...
Posted Thursday, June 14th 2012 at 10:55AM
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BATON ROUGE--As expected, Louisiana's largest teachers association, some of its local chapters, and four individual public school teachers have filed two state lawsuits challenging the primary portions of the sweeping education overhaul that Gov. Bob ...
Posted Wednesday, June 13th 2012 at 11:02AM
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AustrianTimes.com--Sometimes, 115 years of togetherness is enough. Bibi and Poldi, two giant tortoises at the Austrian Zoo, are (slowly) going their separate ways after more than a century of companionship.
The straw that broke the turtle's back ...
Posted Wednesday, June 13th 2012 at 10:41AM
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Salt-N-Pepa is an American hip hop trio from Queens and Brooklyn, New York, that was formed in 1985. The group, consisting of Cheryl James ("Salt"), Sandra Denton ("Pepa") and Deidra Roper ("DJ Spinderella"), was the first all-female rap ...
Posted Tuesday, June 12th 2012 at 12:23PM
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