A total of 43 children were directly and indirectly shocked by electric stun guns during simultaneous ”Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day” events gone wrong at three state prisons, according to new information provided Friday by the Florida ...
Posted Sunday, May 17th 2009 at 2:54PM
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THIS WAS AN ARTICLE FORWARDED TO ME TODAY THROUGH MY MYSPACE ACCOUNT. YOUR VIEW?
From TalkingTheTruth.com
May 15, 2009
We are citizens, and Obama is a politician. You might not like that word. But the fact is he’s a politician. He’s other ...
Posted Saturday, May 16th 2009 at 3:49PM
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Ok he didn’t actually say that. But he ain’t too far off:
Transcript:
LIMBAUGH: As the economy performs worse than expected, the deficit for the 2010 budget year beginning in October will worsen by $87 billion to $1.3 trillion. The deterior ...
Posted Friday, May 15th 2009 at 1:53PM
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A high-speed police chase through suburban Los Angeles County on Wednesday ended with a police officer kicking a suspect in the head or neck after the man gave up and laid down.
Video from TV news helicopters showed the driver speed the wrong way ...
Posted Thursday, May 14th 2009 at 4:06PM
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DALLAS - Like most twins, 11-month-old Justin and Jordan have a lot in common. But it’s what they do not have in common that has a lot of people, including their parents, calling them a miracle of science.
“I have twins, but they’re by diffe ...
Posted Wednesday, May 13th 2009 at 5:34PM
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For the past two months, the murder of Lemuel Wallace was another unsolved crime in Baltimore. The blind, mentally disabled man was found shot to death in a bathroom stall in Leakin Park February 5. Now, city police have charged a 32-year-old pastor ...
Posted Wednesday, May 13th 2009 at 5:05PM
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ANOTHER REASON WE MUST SAVE OUR BLACK MALES...
NEW ORLEANS -- A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the death of a 13-year-old boy, who was shot and killed in New Orleans East Monday afternoon as he was standing on the street with ...
Posted Tuesday, May 12th 2009 at 1:17PM
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Who are the rap heroes’ heroes? You can find the answer in their names.
Current hip-hop heavyweight, Rick Ross, is named after a California crack cocaine dealer who partnered with the CIA in a drugs-for-cash scheme that funded an insurgency in N ...
Posted Sunday, May 10th 2009 at 9:24PM
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The groom wore a black tuxedo, a damask-rose pink waistcoat and tie, and an ear-to-ear smile.
He picked out his wedding outfit at a mall in Virginia — his first time ever in one of the sprawling shopping centers that are monuments to consumerism ...
Posted Saturday, May 9th 2009 at 5:55PM
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AT LEAST YOU NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS KID BECOMING A DROPOUT (LOL)...
A 6-year-old Virginia boy who missed his bus tried to drive to school in his family’s sedan — and crashed.
His parents were charged with child endangerment.
The ...
Posted Saturday, May 9th 2009 at 5:48PM
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A TRUE FRIEND
By Sister Siebra Muhammad
Nothing so beautiful and caring as she
The one who brought me to this World
and in the light of day or night
Her smile shines on my heart
So sweet with so much love
Nothing as radiant as she
H ...
Posted Saturday, May 9th 2009 at 10:21AM
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Kudos to the lovely men of LiveSteez! You've officially opened a can of worms that was so on the shelf. But let's be fair and present the perspective of the sistas, namely those with a job! A little healthy debate, if you will. Brothas, please don't ...
Posted Friday, May 8th 2009 at 9:48PM
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To Value A Job Well Done
"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."
Time Travel
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"
Logic
"Because I said so, that's why."
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Posted Friday, May 8th 2009 at 7:14PM
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The Republican Party is in big trouble and needs to find a way to move back to the middle of the country, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday.
Powell said the GOP is “getting smaller and smaller” and “that’s not good for the ...
Posted Friday, May 8th 2009 at 1:27PM
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He had been waiting in the rain for about 10 minutes at the Dudley Street bus stop, clutching an umbrella and staring across the street.
Around 7:20 a.m. yesterday, the unidentified suspect walked across the street and approached 15-year-old Sohei ...
Posted Friday, May 8th 2009 at 1:23PM
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You can drive into this dusty fleck of a town near the Texas-Louisiana border if you’re African-American, but you might not be able to drive out of it—at least not with your car, your cash, your jewelry or other valuables.
That’s because the ...
Posted Friday, May 8th 2009 at 1:17PM
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From The Times Picayune Newspaper
May 7, 2009
The students at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary climbed over each other Thursday, pressing their hands and faces to the classroom windows.
Girls puffed their cheeks and covered their mouths with bo ...
Posted Friday, May 8th 2009 at 1:09PM
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I'M GLAD I WASN'T FITTING ANY OF THESE DESCRIPTIONS BEFORE READING THIS...
There are a lot of successful Brothas out there and during your dating escapades, you may need some help in separating the women who genuinely like you, and those who are j ...
Posted Wednesday, May 6th 2009 at 12:26PM
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Amount of people in the U.S. diagnosed with swine flu: 253
Amount of people in the U.S. diagnosed with AIDS: 468,578
Amount of people who have died from swine flu this year in the U.S.: 1
Amount of people who have died from AIDS this year in th ...
Posted Tuesday, May 5th 2009 at 2:38PM
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The cool thing about being a minority and a Republican is that you’re likely going to get some face-time, your fifteen minutes in the spotlight. The party, during these uncertain times, seems to be uncertain of their core values, their vision for t ...
Posted Sunday, May 3rd 2009 at 3:31PM
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A genetic map of Africa - the continent from which all modern humans originate - has provided information about its huge diversity of language and culture.
It is the result of the largest African genetic study ever undertaken.
The work reveal ...
Posted Saturday, May 2nd 2009 at 11:19AM
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