(The Sydney Morning Herald) An online drive to raise funds for the family of slain Australian baseballer Chris Lane has skyrocketed past its intended target. The website was started by a close friend of Mr Lane's, Marshall Veal, who lives in Oklahom ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 5:07PM
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2001: Aaliyah (born Aaliyah Haughton) died when the plane she was in crashed in the Caribbean. The young singer/actress had already had sixteen pop chart singles including her #1, “Try Again,” in 2000. She was only twenty-two.
On August 25, 2001, ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 1:49AM
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Janet Jackson may not technically be a billionaire but the fact is that she’s loaded and has managed to do pretty well for herself over the years.
Because of this, the Jackson brothers have turned to her as their new form of income since their ini ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 1:30AM
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Duncan, Oklahoma: Chris Lane was murdered as a part of a gang initiation, according to James Johnson, the father of a boy who was also allegedly targeted by the three youths accused of killing Mr Lane. Police have not commented on the claim, though ...
Posted Friday, August 23rd 2013 at 9:41PM
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In her book Troubled Minds, Amy Simpson reveals the following highlights from her survey about dealing with mental illness in the church: Nearly half (44.5 Percent) of church leaders are approached two to five times per year for help in dealing with ...
Posted Friday, August 23rd 2013 at 9:08PM
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Hempstead, NY~ August 26, 2013- Youth Empowerment Institute Inc. and the Office of Nassau County Office of Minority Affairs along with Economic Opportunity Commission of Nassau County Inc. will be holding its First Annual Long Island African American ...
Posted Friday, August 23rd 2013 at 6:46PM
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Colorado Republican state senator Vicki Marble is being criticized for her recent remarks on the health issues affecting African-Americans and her reasons for what may contribute to them.
“When you look at life expectancy, there are problems in th ...
Posted Friday, August 23rd 2013 at 9:41AM
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YOUR SCIENCE NEWS
DAY 21
AUGUST 2013
A Coronal Mass Ejection occurred on Tuesday, August 20, and Wednesday, August 21, 2013 which NASA also calls a solar storm. This storm occurs from the sun and releases billions of charged particles. The s ...
Posted Thursday, August 22nd 2013 at 10:16PM
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Only 27% of young adults said they were aware of the Affordable Care Act's health insurance exchanges that are launching Oct. 1, a survey released Wednesday showed.
Furthermore, those most likely to benefit from the ACA's exchanges and expanded co ...
Posted Thursday, August 22nd 2013 at 1:56PM
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A traveling hospital technician accused of causing a multistate outbreak of hepatitis C last year has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in New Hampshire under an agreement that calls for him to serve 30 to 40 years in prison.
David Kwiatkowsk ...
Posted Wednesday, August 21st 2013 at 11:34PM
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The pro-life movement has been concerned for a number of years about the ties between the Girl Scouts and the Planned Parenthood abortion business. Now, another web site has been launched to track the Girl Scouts’ ties to the abortion agenda.
Those ...
Posted Wednesday, August 21st 2013 at 9:52PM
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The National Black MBA Association 35th Annual Conference and Exposition
September 10-14 - Houston, TX
Register Today!
http://www.nbmbaa.org/members/conference/
Events Include:
Institutes Keynote Breakfast - A Master Class with Judy Smith
Co-executive producer of the number one rated dra ...
Posted Wednesday, August 21st 2013 at 8:58PM
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The 9th Annual National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair will be held from November 15-16, 2013 in Houston, TX. This event reaches out to aspiring Black lawyers to provide an unparalleled opportunity for them to gain critical "insider" information, resources and contacts.
HOUSTON -- Thinking ...
Posted Wednesday, August 21st 2013 at 7:51PM
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WASHINGTON — The federal government is making progress on developing a surveillance system that would pair computers with video cameras to scan crowds and automatically identify people by their faces, according to newly disclosed documents and interv ...
Posted Wednesday, August 21st 2013 at 10:14AM
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Three of the seven latest books on African American History in Texas and published by Texas A & M University Press in 2013 were authored by TSU professors and graduates. Merline Pitre, Southern Black Women in the Modern Civil Rights Movement, Karen K ...
Posted Tuesday, August 20th 2013 at 6:38PM
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