Health and Wellness
Study finds some early breast cancer overdiagnosed
NEW YORK (AP) — For years, women have been urged to get screened for breast cancer because the earlier it’s found, the better. Now researchers…
Daily Archive: April 11, 2012
Family
National PTA seeks to reverse drop in membership
When Otha Thornton, president-elect of the National PTA, signed up to help lead the PTA at Maryland’s Meade Senior High School in 2005, the chapter…
Top News
Conn. Boy, 5, Takes 50 Packets of Heroin to School
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A 5-year-old boy found dozens of bags of heroin inside a jacket he had taken to school and showed them to his…
National News
App Helps Make Facebook ‘Enemies’
A new app developed by the University of Texas in Dallas is taking social media to a new level. Now you can make your enemies…
National News
Idaho’s Lone Black Lawmaker Receives KKK Mailing
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s only black lawmaker said she received a direct mailing from the Ku Klux Klan that has bolstered her resolve to…
National News
Trayvon Martin Case Takes Bizarre Turn
Appearing as agitated as they were red-faced, Hal Uhrig and Craig Sonner walked side-by-side to the podium late Tuesday, compelled by obligation and circumstance to…
National News
Calif. Finds Toxins in ‘Nontoxic’ Nail Polishes
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Some nail polishes commonly found in California salons and advertised as free of a so-called “toxic trio” of chemicals actually have…
National News
Teacher Fired for Starting Trayvon Martin Fundraiser
A Michigan teacher is claiming that she was fired because she helped students start a Trayvon Martin fundraiser in her class. The teacher, Brooke Harris,…
National News
National Action Network Heads to the Capitol
Rev. Al Sharpton and National Action Network will convene in Washington, DC for NAN’s annual national convention from April 11-14 at the Walter E. Washington…
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Tulsa Residents Want Death Penalty in Shootings
TULSA, Okla. — Within hours of shootings that terrified Tulsa’s north side and left three people dead, leaders of the predominantly black community declared the…
