OXFORD, England — Instead of chasing after wide receivers in the N.F.L., Myron Rolle came here to chase ghosts around the ancient campus of the University of Oxford.
Rolle, 22, established himself as an elite student and athlete at Florida Stat ...
Posted Tuesday, October 27th 2009 at 4:27PM
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October 25, 2009.
MediaTakeOut.com had to struggle hard to determine whether or not we were even gonna talk about this. But after a long internal debate we figured that, instead of burying our heads in the sand, it was better to let you guys know ...
Posted Sunday, October 25th 2009 at 6:13PM
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A cell phone video that shows police officers repeatedly hitting an unarmed university student with batons and a Taser gun has prompted a criminal investigation into the officers’ conduct, a San Jose police spokesman said.
The video, posted by t ...
Posted Sunday, October 25th 2009 at 5:45PM
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MEMPHIS (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan issued blunt warnings Oct. 18—commemorating the 14th anniversary of the Million Man March—to the United States government, to the Black community at large, and to Black clergy and o ...
Posted Sunday, October 25th 2009 at 5:35PM
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A TEMPORARY THANG
I am happy
this emptiness right here
this emptiness right now
is a temporary thang.
Happy people cry too
even if their tears are confused, missed and taken for laughter
Happy people scream too
even though their pa ...
Posted Friday, October 23rd 2009 at 5:37PM
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There once was a man who was on his way to work when suddenly one of the front tires of his car blew out. Remembering he had a spare tire in the trunk, he pulled to the side of the road and changed the tire. While changing the tire, the lube slipped ...
Posted Friday, October 23rd 2009 at 12:15PM
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Fear of an Intelligent Black Man
By Paul Scott
"If I'm not who you say I am then you are not who you think you are."--James Baldwin
I want to extend my sincerest apology to the Right Wing Republicans; the Tea Party people , the Birthers, etc. ...
Posted Thursday, October 22nd 2009 at 9:30AM
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Police are still trying to get a description of the suspects who shot three teenage girls in Clayton County.
The girls were rushed to the hospital Tuesday afternoon after being shot in a drive-by on Plover Road in an unincorporated section of Cla ...
Posted Wednesday, October 21st 2009 at 2:34PM
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Her murder was imminent, Mildred Muhammad knew for sure. After years of psychological abuse and having her ex-husband kidnap their three kids for 18 months, the man she married had become a distant memory. Yet while the local and national news was wh ...
Posted Tuesday, October 20th 2009 at 12:34PM
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From The Times-Picayune Newspaper
October 15, 2009
President Barack Obama, who accused former President George W. Bush of leading a government "that sits on its hands while a major American city drowns," is hearing directly from New Orleans resid ...
Posted Thursday, October 15th 2009 at 1:56PM
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From The Times-Picayune Newspaper
October 13, 2009
President Obama will visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School in the Lower 9th Ward and then hold a town hall meeting at the University of New Orleans Lakefront Campus on Thursday, the Whi ...
Posted Tuesday, October 13th 2009 at 3:15PM
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NOTE FROM SIEBRA:
The following speech was made shortly after the murder of Derrion Albert, a high school student from Chicago, Illinois.
THE HONORABLE MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN:
There is a scripture in the Bible that teaches that Allah (God) ...
Posted Sunday, October 11th 2009 at 5:46PM
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"Kill Obama” was spray painted in purple on campaign signs at two locations in Cave Creek, a suburb of Phoenix, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO).
“This is a complete disgrace and gross act towards our president,” sa ...
Posted Saturday, October 10th 2009 at 2:55PM
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VATICAN CITY – A prominent African cardinal said Monday there was no reason why the next pope couldn't be black, particularly following the election of President Barack Obama.
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson of Ghana is playing an important ...
Posted Friday, October 9th 2009 at 1:26PM
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PHOENIX — A 9-year-old boy charged in the gang-rape of an 8-year-old Liberian girl sobbed in court yesterday as his teacher testified that he rarely did his homework and often got into fights with other students.
Under questioning by the prosec ...
Posted Thursday, October 1st 2009 at 1:42PM
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How to take care of your wife:
In the world, one single rule applies to the men: Make the Woman happy. Do something she likes, and you get points. Do something she dislikes and points are subtracted. You don't get any points for doing something sh ...
Posted Wednesday, September 30th 2009 at 7:33PM
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NEW ORLEANS — Bullet-makers are working around the clock, seven days a week, and still can’t keep up with the nation’s demand for ammunition.
Shooting ranges, gun dealers and bullet manufacturers say they have never seen such shortages. Bul ...
Posted Wednesday, September 30th 2009 at 6:12PM
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