NEWBURYPORT, Mass. — When Theresa, a 51-year-old mother of two living near this coastal town, filed for a restraining order against her husband, she thought it would help put an end to the beatings, death threats and stalking that had tormented her f ...
Posted Saturday, May 9th 2009 at 8:55AM
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- As Farrah Fawcett continues her battle against cancer, Access Hollywood has learned the actress' 91-year-old father is flying in from Texas to be at her bedside. In addition, cancer specialists from Germany are also en route t ...
Posted Friday, May 8th 2009 at 8:15PM
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WHAT IS THIS JOB LIKE?
Nurses, also called registered nurses or RNs, take care of sick and injured people. They give people medicine. They treat wounds. And they give emotional support to patients and their families. Nurses ask patients about th ...
Posted Thursday, May 7th 2009 at 10:34AM
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VIBE has confirmed that Nas and Kelis are headed for a divorce. “I can confirm that she has filed for divorce,” a spokesperson for Kelis told VIBE.The bombshell comes amid recent reports that the acclaimed rhymer and influential R&B vixen were expect ...
Posted Thursday, May 7th 2009 at 10:11AM
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Although many women have moved from the backroom to the boardroom, there are still inequities when it comes to their relationships. Along with the employment gains women have made, there are still remarkably high numbers of women, rich or poor who ch ...
Posted Wednesday, May 6th 2009 at 9:26PM
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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's joke wasn't lost in translation — even though he referred to a Cinco de Mayo celebration as "Cinco de Cuatro."
Obama jumbled his words as he welcomed guests to the White House to observe the Mexican holiday, sen ...
Posted Tuesday, May 5th 2009 at 7:00AM
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May 5
On this date of Cinco de Mayo, we look briefly at the history of Africans in Latin (Central and South) America and the Caribbean. In world history these two western regions were the first areas of the Americas to be populated by African immig ...
Posted Tuesday, May 5th 2009 at 6:52AM
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By Robert N. Taylor
President Barack Obama has much of which to be proud after 100 days in office. But I write today not to praise him but to warn him of trouble ahead. That trouble goes by the name “War.”As a man with plenty of gray hair in his hea ...
Posted Saturday, May 2nd 2009 at 12:42PM
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(Taylor Media Services) Former basketball star Jayson Williams was rushed for medical treatment last week after reportedly acting suicidal and being tasered by police when he allegedly resisted their attempts to take him to a hospital. The incident t ...
Posted Saturday, May 2nd 2009 at 12:31PM
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(Taylor Media Services) Popular Rapper Snoop Dogg (real name Calvin Broadus) took the witness stand last week to defend himself against a $22 million lawsuit. Former fan Richard Monroe, Jr. is claiming that Broadus and his bodyguards severely beat ...
Posted Saturday, May 2nd 2009 at 12:28PM
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By Marilyn Kai Jewett (NBNJ Philadelphia Correspondent)
People who feel a major injustice remains uncorrected packed the Church of the Advocate in North Philadelphia recently to celebrate the 55th birthday of Mumia Abu-Jamal and mark the release ...
Posted Saturday, May 2nd 2009 at 12:24PM
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(Taylor Media Services) One of the primary reasons Barack Obama won last November’s presidential election was because of a massive turnout by the nation’s minorities, especially African American women. According to a just-released study by the Pew Re ...
Posted Saturday, May 2nd 2009 at 12:09PM
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(Taylor Media Services) According to a just released 10-year study, Africans have more genetic variation than any other people on Earth. The finding, published Thursday in the online edition of the journal Science, confirms the so-called “Out of Afri ...
Posted Saturday, May 2nd 2009 at 12:08PM
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State and federal officials intensified their response to the swine flu outbreak on Tuesday, with President Obama asking Congress for $1.5 billion in supplemental funding. The global response included more restrictions on travel to and from Mexico, ...
Posted Wednesday, April 29th 2009 at 11:27AM
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A photo tour of the president’s first 100 days in office and a live broadcast of his news conference tonight on NYTimes.com.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/04/29/us/politics/0429OBAMA_index.html?th&emc=th ...
Posted Wednesday, April 29th 2009 at 11:12AM
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