CNN--Pepsi will pay $3.13 million to resolve a charge of racial discrimination related to criminal background checks for job screenings, which led to disproportionate exclusion of 'black' applicants.
Pepsi Beverages (Pepsi), formerly known as Peps ...
Posted Thursday, January 12th 2012 at 11:21AM
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INDIANA--Indiana University researchers reportedly found in a recent study that pubic hair removal can cause heart failure, strokes, and birth defects.
Pubic hair removal can cause infection of the heart valves which can lead to heart failure and ...
Posted Thursday, January 12th 2012 at 10:37AM
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NBC New York--Authorities are investigating a spree of burned cars and swastikas in a predominantly Jewish area of Brooklyn as a possible insurance scam, not a hate crime, sources tell NBC New York.
Officials have a person of interest that they're ...
Posted Wednesday, January 11th 2012 at 2:41PM
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Aretha Franklin tops the list of performers slated for the 2012 Essence Fest in the Superdome. The roster also includes perennial Essence favorites Mary J. Blige and Charlie Wilson, Fantasia, Stephanie Mills, Keyshia Cole and New Orleans-born Ledisi. ...
Posted Wednesday, January 11th 2012 at 2:17PM
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's father Joe said Thursday he will begin selling the much-delayed fragrance that honors his pop star son later this month --without using the name Michael.
Joe Jackson, who was left out of the ``Thriller'' s ...
Posted Tuesday, January 10th 2012 at 1:39PM
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Newsweek.com--Pensions and health care plans for US troops will be drastically reduced under a new budget presented by US President Barack Obama on Thursday. Not all aspects of the DoD will be annihilated, however.
The DoD will ditch medical benef ...
Posted Monday, January 9th 2012 at 4:47PM
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Introducing the wireless compact printer for a smartphone that can be used anywhere there's power supply.
Mini-printer works without ink, on the basis of thermal printing.
Small printer prints all the information you need to tape the size of ...
Posted Monday, January 9th 2012 at 4:14PM
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There are certain things through which you can prove a perfect girl friend. So just check these tips out and see if you are already following them and if not then imply them soon!
1. Involve with the things what he l ...
Posted Monday, January 9th 2012 at 3:57PM
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Ted Williams, the former homeless man and radio announcer dubbed “the man with the golden voice,” has reason to celebrate the New Year.
Williams, who for years struggled with drug and alcohol addiction, was discovered as he begged for change in tr ...
Posted Saturday, January 7th 2012 at 7:11PM
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Nearly one month after 18-year-old Tanisha Williams slipped into a coma while in police custody, her family’s attorney was allowed to view the video from the patrol car.
Members of the ...
Posted Friday, January 6th 2012 at 1:17PM
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JERUSALEM--In one of the most blacked-out stories in America right now, the US military is preparing to send thousands of US troops, along with US Naval anti-missile ships and accompanying support personnel, to Israel.
It took forever to find a s ...
Posted Friday, January 6th 2012 at 12:57PM
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NEW ORLEANS — As the City of New Orleans prepares to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the head of the local branch of the NAACP is upset with how the celebrations have been planned.
Danatus King, president of the civil ...
Posted Friday, January 6th 2012 at 12:48PM
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Los Angeles Times--A baldly racist depiction of First Lady Michelle Obama that appeared Tuesday on a right-wing website is based on a 1775 portrait of Marie Antoinette by Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-Dagoty (1740-1786). The full-length painting hangs ...
Posted Thursday, January 5th 2012 at 3:04PM
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Jan 05, 2012 -- In February 2012, "Independent Lens" will lead the celebration of Black History Month on public television with premieres of three new documentaries that shine a unique light on the history of African American activ ...
Posted Thursday, January 5th 2012 at 3:01PM
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Associated Press--Almost two centuries before there was a man named Obama in the White House, there was a man named Obama shackled in the bowels of a slave ship. There is no proof that the unidentified Obama has ties to President Barack Obama. All th ...
Posted Tuesday, January 3rd 2012 at 10:35AM
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BET.com--Soul music legend Aretha Franklin has got engaged to her long-time companion William Willie Wilkerson. The 69-year-old singer and Wilkerson are to marry in the summer and are considering tying the knot on a yacht in Miami Beach, Contactmusic ...
Posted Tuesday, January 3rd 2012 at 10:23AM
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ClutchMagazine.com--On the first day of the New Year, Indiana will receive its first ever African-American woman mayor. Karen Freeman-Wilson, 51, was sworn in on December 31st to lead one of the nation's most depressed cities from the grip of stagnat ...
Posted Monday, January 2nd 2012 at 12:17PM
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NEW YORK--Cops are investigating a rash of Molotov cocktail attacks in Queens late Sunday, including one on an Islamic mosque and another that set off a major house fire.
Police are handling the four bottle-bombings as possible hate crimes, offici ...
Posted Monday, January 2nd 2012 at 12:01PM
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President Barack Obama signed the controversial National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law earlier today in Hawaii.
CNN reports Barack Obama "reluctantly signed a defense authorization bill, saying he was concerned about some in Congress ...
Posted Sunday, January 1st 2012 at 5:17PM
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