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Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice is the first African-American woman to lead a free-standing medical school after she was named the president of Morehouse School of Medicine, reports the Daily Atlanta World. The Harvard-educated obstetrician and gynecologist is a native of Macon, Georgia. She received her undergraduate degree from Georgia Institute of Technology, her medical degree […]
Spirit Airlines is taking aim at Anthony Weiner with a new ad campaign fittingly titled “The Weiner Rises Again.” This is the latest airfare special from Spirit Airlines where they are offering $24 off flights to Los Cabos and Cancun, Mexico by Friday night. What do you think of the ad campaign? (Photo: Spirit Airlines)
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — O.J. Simpson goes before a Nevada parole panel Thursday to plead for leniency in his 2008 kidnapping and robbery case, but even a favorable decision won’t spring the former football star from prison. Simpson was sentenced to consecutive terms on several charges. But some of his sentences were ordered to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan Senate compromise on student loans is heading to House, where lawmakers there already have voted to link interest rates with the financial markets. If lawmakers can iron out the relatively small differences between the House student loan bill and the version the Senate passed Wednesday, students and their parents will […]
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP) — Relatives of victims from a train crash in northwestern Spain sobbed and hugged each other Friday near a makeshift morgue in a sports arena for the victims as the death toll rose to 78 and investigators tried to determine the cause. The train jumped the tracks and at least […]
LONDON (AP) — The little prince was in need of a name, and now, by George, he’s got one. Make that three: George Alexander Louis. The announcement Wednesday that Prince William and his wife, Kate, had selected a moniker steeped in British history came as royal officials said the new parents were seeking quiet family […]
Robin Thicke’s racy, new song, “Blurred Lines”, hit the airwaves a short time ago and has become a favorite to many listeners. It’s even made an impression on the popular YouTube channel, Baracksdubs, a video site full of music covers by our president, including the recent covers of “Popped a Molly” by Trinidad James and […]
The so-called post-racial America is still a work in progress. More than 36,000 people have signed a petition calling on the New York Department of Education to fire a principal, Minerva Zanca, who reportedly made a series of racial remarks, calling black teachers “gorillas,” and “big-lipped” with “nappy hair.” New York educators and parents want […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Hearing the screams of 14-year-old lynching victim Emmett Till from inside a Mississippi barn left a teenage field hand with an unbearable choice. He could tell a courtroom and risk paying for it with his life or keep quiet and let those screams eat away at his conscience. Grisly photos of Till’s […]
REGGIO EMILIA, Italy (AP) — The Italian soccer federation launched an investigation Wednesday after AC Milan midfielder Kevin Constant walked off the field following racist abuse during a friendly match. The incident took place Tuesday during a 2-1 friendly loss to home side Sassuolo in the Trofeo TIM tournament, which also involved Serie A champion […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A husband and wife canceled a news conference in which they had planned to talk about how George Zimmerman reportedly assisted them after their SUV flipped over on a Florida highway. Mark and Dana Gerstle had planned to speak Wednesday afternoon at the Orlando law office of Zimmerman’s attorney, Mark O’Mara. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — About 47 million Americans received food stamps last year, but only a relative few are required to work or look for a job as a condition of receiving the aid. Now, House Republicans are considering whether the work requirement should be strengthened as they seek cuts to the $80 billion-a-year program, which […]
