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Infected romaine lettuce from a single processing facility has been linked to the sickening of at least 23 people in four different states, NY, MI, TN, and OH, says the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
From CNN.com: (CNN) — A white child looks at a picture of a black child and says she’s bad because she’s black. A black child says a white child is ugly because he’s white. A white child says a black child is dumb because she has dark skin. This isn’t a schoolyard fight that takes […]
VIA HUFFINGTON POST: In one of the greatest domestic population shifts in American history, African Americans poured out of the South in the early 20th century. The so-called “Great Migration” brought millions of southern blacks to areas across the country, including hundreds of thousands who came to Chicago. The city’s South Side quickly became the […]
This Brooklyn artist is going to the Met. Amoako Buachie, 18, a gifted autistic artist from Flatbush, first featured in Brooklyn News last December, will have one of his paintings displayed in the world-famous Metropolitan Museum of Art next month.
From the Washington Post: Arizona took another hit Wednesday as Republicans cast a vote for the home of their 2012 convention. Phoenix made the short list but lost out to Tampa. Click here to view photos. It was little surprise to tourism officials in Arizona. Since the state passed the nation’s toughest immigration law three […]
From the New York Times: Blacks and Latinos were nine times as likely as whites to be stopped by the police in New York City in 2009, but no more likely to actually be arrested. Click here to view photos. The more than 575,000 stops of people in the city — a record number of […]
From the Huffington Post: In one of the greatest domestic population shifts in American history, African Americans poured out of the South in the early 20th century. The so-called “Great Migration” brought millions of southern blacks to areas across the country, including hundreds of thousands who came to Chicago. The city’s South Side quickly […]
BET's Sunday Best promised to make Y'anna Crawley a star - and they have. Crawley has been featured on several awards shows and yesterday she released her first single, "Grandma's Hands."
Charlotte twins Darius and Demetrice Gillespie will make an appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" today. The show will feature Justin Bieber and the topic is the power of putting your music on YouTube.
VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Charlotte will host three big events this week: the grand opening of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, the NRA convention and the Ultra-Swim. The Ultra-Swim brings African American Olympic swimmer Cullen Jones back to Charlotte. City officials say despite the slew of events descending upon uptown this week they don’t expect any […]
HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — The last time Camille and Jason Hammond saw President Barack Obama it was on a JumboTron as they shivered in the…
While many say the economy is rebounding, the job market isn't coming along as fast. According to web sources the national unemployment rate inched closer to 10 percent. With that in mind, Good Morning America correspondent Tory Johnson says the answer may be matching your skills with several jobs. She calls this gigonomics.