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Carolyn Lund has seen hesitant boys who believe the harp is a sissy instrument, pluck a string and fall in love with what their hands can do. Under her tutorage boys and girls who have never heard or seen a harp proudly perform to packed auditoriums. As director of the Urban Youth Harp Ensemble, Lund […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Three black former NFL head coaches say the league needs to rethink its Rooney Rule for promoting minority hiring after 15 top vacancies — eight head coaching jobs and seven general manager positions — were all filled by white candidates since the regular season ended a month ago. “I know the […]
In a proclamation released by the White House, President Obama called on the American public to observe and embrace the history and contributions of African Americans in the U.S. Read the proclamation in full below. NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, 2013 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION In America, we […]
Atlanta Public School officials have confirmed that there has been a shooting at Price Middle School in Atlanta. Atlanta police are reporting that two individuals were shot. A 14-year-old student was shot in the back of the neck around 1:50 p.m. EST and was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital. The student’s condition is unknown. A […]
DALLAS (AP) — The 22-year-old son of former NBA player Nick Van Exel is on trial for capital murder in the shooting death of a longtime friend. Nickey Maxwell Van Exel was arrested in December 2010 in the death of Bradley Bassey Eyo. Police said Eyo’s body was found with a gunshot wound at Lake […]
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — A standoff in rural Alabama went into a second full day as police surrounded an underground bunker where authorities said a retired truck driver was holding a 5-year-old hostage he grabbed off a school bus after shooting the driver dead. A normally quiet dirt road was teeming with activity Thursday […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Investigators have confiscated more than $13.6 million worth of phony sports merchandise over the past five months and expect to seize more in New Orleans during Super Bowl week, a federal law-enforcement official said Thursday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said authorities also have shut down more than […]
This trial for the killer of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin could be delayed even further. It’ll be almost a year ago that the black teen was walking home on a dark evening in Stafford, Fla and was fatally shot. George Zimmerman is the gunman, a neighborhood watchman who initially claimed he was defending himself, despite orders […]
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An unidentified Brazilian woman is being sued by her husband for allegedly trying to kill him, reports the UK Mirror. And what was the woman’s weapon…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver apologized Wednesday for anti-gay remarks he made during a Super Bowl media day interview a day earlier. “The derogatory comments I made yesterday were a reflection of thoughts in my head, but they are not how I feel,” he said in a statement released by the […]
The New York Post is reporting that Miami Dolphins legend Dan Marino admits to having a daughter in an extramarital affair back in 2005. Marino had an affair with CBS sports production assistant Donna Savaterre, the two had a daughter named Chloe in June 2005. In order to keep the affair and child a secret, […]
