USAToday.com--Former world heavyweight champion Ken Norton is in a 'delicate condition' in hospital after suffering a heart attack in Las Vegas.
The 69-year-old memorably inflicted the second defeat in Muhammad Ali's career in 1973 earning a 12t ...
Posted Monday, October 1st 2012 at 3:17PM
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FLORIDA--A pregnant fourteen-year-old girl secretly delivered her baby with a pair of scissors in the family bathroom before throttling the boy to death and hiding the body in a shoe box.
Cassidy Goodison, 14, has been charged as an adult with fi ...
Posted Sunday, September 30th 2012 at 5:28PM
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MONTANA--An ice cream maker out of Livingston, Montana, is facing boycott threats after the company's president responded insensitively to a Muslim customer's Facebook question about the contents of their product.
Wilcoxson's has been serving its ...
Posted Saturday, September 29th 2012 at 6:00PM
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Invisible Men, Mass Incarceration and the Myth of Black Progress
Becky Pettit
Publication Date June 2012
ISBN-13 / ISBN-10 978-1-61044-778-2
156 pages
For African American men without a high school diploma, being in prison or jail is m ...
Posted Friday, September 28th 2012 at 11:49AM
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(TheGrio.com) Nestled in the Castleberry Hill section of Atlanta is a quaint neighborhood divided between yesteryear and today. Among the new additions to the area is a bright, modern corner store that sells all-natural produce and products for resid ...
Posted Wednesday, September 26th 2012 at 12:29PM
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CHICAGO (FinalCall.com)--Lana Michele “MC Lyte” Moorer burst on the rap scene in the late 1980s, and immediately established herself as one of the best female emcees in the game and one of the most popular. She was the first female rap artist to rele ...
Posted Wednesday, September 26th 2012 at 11:29AM
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The Holy Day of Atonement 2012
17th Anniversary of the Million Man March
Please join The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan on October 14, 2012 at Bojangles Coliseum, Charlotte, NC to celebrate the Holy Day of Atonement 17th Anniversary of the M ...
Posted Wednesday, September 26th 2012 at 11:25AM
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By J. Ted Williams
GreenvilleOnline.com
September 23, 2012
The deaths of Chavis Carter, Trayvon Martin and Billey Joe Johnson were tragic.
Chavis Carter shot in the head in the back of a police car with his hands handcuffed behind him. Trayv ...
Posted Monday, September 24th 2012 at 7:31PM
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BALTIMORE--Howard County school officials are investigating an incident involving an 11-year-old autistic boy who was handcuffed by police officers on a school bus after he allegedly bit several adults and students.
The child, who does not speak ...
Posted Saturday, September 22nd 2012 at 4:41PM
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Amnesty.com
September 21, 2012
On this day one year ago, Georgia killed Troy Davis. Join with us today to remember Troy Davis and how he and his story impacted you. Scroll down to the comments section and share your experience.
Troy asked u ...
Posted Friday, September 21st 2012 at 1:16PM
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What many people don't know is that there is so much more to the Four Gospels than Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. There was also The Gospel of Peter, The Gospel of Thomas, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene and other gospels that were banned from the Bible.
In 325AD the Council of Nicea under Emperor ...
Posted Friday, September 21st 2012 at 12:18PM
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ABCNews.com--An ancient piece of text is reviving an equally ancient debate: Was Jesus Christ married?
Of course, most Christians believe that he wasn't. But today, Harvard Professor of Divinity Karen King presented a scrap of papyrus that dates b ...
Posted Tuesday, September 18th 2012 at 10:32PM
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By Dherbs
September 17, 2012
This article is for anyone who's ever felt different or misunderstood from either your family or from society.
There is nothing wrong with individuality, so don't feel ashamed if you're the family's designated "bla ...
Posted Tuesday, September 18th 2012 at 10:27PM
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Many commercial lotions and creams claim to soften and improve the skin, but they are really full of toxic chemicals and synthetic fragrances that can irritate the body. Finding a skin-softening product that you like which doesn’t contain a laundry l ...
Posted Tuesday, September 18th 2012 at 10:20PM
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From The Louisiana Weekly Newspaper
17th September 2012
Using government documents and direct investigations a group has issued a call to action, citing that in the first six (6) months of 2012 a Black person was killed by a police officer, secu ...
Posted Monday, September 17th 2012 at 9:45PM
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Who do you think deserves more credit for the "killing" of Osama bin Laden?
a.) Barack Obama or
b.) Mitt Romney
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Posted Sunday, September 16th 2012 at 3:58PM
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