She's gone from child actress to starring in some of the most memorable films of the last 20 years. No doubt about it, NAACP Image Award winner Regina King has stood the test of time. Now, she's starring in the cop drama 'Southland,' which got the ax ...
Posted Tuesday, January 12th 2010 at 2:51PM
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Peace everyone. I am asking you all to please follow the link at the end of this message and sign this petition for April. Unfortunately the petition site was closed without my knowledge, and the site was not started by me so i can not reopen it, I w ...
Posted Tuesday, January 12th 2010 at 8:22AM
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Three prominent Democrats announced this week that they were not going to be running for their seats this year. On Tuesday, Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., said he wanted to write books. Today, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., told reporters it was just time fo ...
Posted Thursday, January 7th 2010 at 5:50PM
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Despite requests from the media, Democratic leadership refuses to publicize the reconciliation process. As House and Senate committee members prepare to possibly sit down and reconcile the two versions of health care reform, it appears Democrats will ...
Posted Thursday, January 7th 2010 at 5:45PM
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Dear, Mr. President:
I’ll be honest; I didn’t vote for you. Maybe that’s why you’ll take this epistolary column with a huge grain of salt. You portrayed yourself as a candidate of change. I’ve yet to see any change in at least two areas that most ...
Posted Thursday, January 7th 2010 at 2:40PM
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An article by Craig Blomberg
**PreachingToday.com: What are your favorite parables, and why?
*Craig Blomberg: Simply because certain parables, like the Prodigal Son and the Good Samaritan, are used so often, I have come to appreciate some of t ...
Posted Thursday, January 7th 2010 at 10:52AM
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SAN'A, Yemen – The Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a U.S. passenger plane on Christmas may have met with a radical American-Yemeni cleric linked to al-Qaida and the alleged Fort Hood shooter to prepare for the failed attack, Yemen's deputy prim ...
Posted Thursday, January 7th 2010 at 10:40AM
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'The Challenge Goes Out to All American Muslims': Four Muslim Americans discuss the issues facing Muslims in today's post-9/11 landscape, and see a positive future ahead.
BY: Omar Sacirbey
It’s been five years since 19 Muslim hijackers changed ...
Posted Thursday, January 7th 2010 at 10:29AM
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January 7
Dorothy L. Brown
On this date, Dorothy Lavinia Brown was born in 1919. She was an African-American doctor, legislator, and the first Black female surgeon in the South.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was five-months old when ...
Posted Thursday, January 7th 2010 at 6:36AM
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January 5
Dr. Carver
(making a difference)
On this date in 1943, George Washington Carver Day was established.
This is a rarely acknowledged National Holiday to recognize a great African-American scientist. In 1935, Carver was specially appo ...
Posted Tuesday, January 5th 2010 at 4:59PM
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December 31
*The birth of Odetta is marked on this in 1930. She was an African-American singer, song writer and Civil Rights activist.
Odetta Holmes was born in Birmingham, Ala. Her father, Reuben Holmes, died when she was young, and in 1937 she ...
Posted Thursday, December 31st 2009 at 8:40PM
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December 31
Donna Summer was born on this date in 1948. She is an African-American singer, songwriter, and artist.
Born in the Dorchester community of Boston, she was born LaDonna Adrian Gaines, one of seven children raised by devout Christian p ...
Posted Thursday, December 31st 2009 at 8:20PM
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Posted Thursday, December 31st 2009 at 12:58PM
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As the U.S. experiences its highest unemployment levels in a generation and news reports document the desperation of some native-born workers who are unable to find steady work, we must ask the question whether now is really the best time to implemen ...
Posted Wednesday, December 30th 2009 at 3:08AM
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