Government subsidies paid to patients who bought health insurance through the federal exchange are invalid, according to a ruling Tuesday by a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, a federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, upheld ...
Posted Thursday, July 24th 2014 at 1:21PM
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New York, NY — Have you ever seen Black children speaking Chinese? If not, watch the video below (It’s truly amazing!). It’s called the Global Language Project (GLP), and its an after-school language program in New York City that teaches teache ...
Posted Thursday, July 24th 2014 at 11:38AM
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JULY 23, 2014 When Dusty Baker hit his 30th home run for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1977, the first man to greet him at home plate was his friend and teammate, rookie Glenn Burke. Overcome with happiness, Burke did the first thing that came to mind ...
Posted Thursday, July 24th 2014 at 10:16AM
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North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed legislation Tuesday that starts the process of replacing Common Core Standards with a more localized approach. Created in 2010, the program offers a series of guidelines showing what children should know about ...
Posted Wednesday, July 23rd 2014 at 10:19PM
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The opening arguments for the Theodore Wafer, the man who shot and killed Renisha McBride began July 23rd. McBride is the 19-year-old woman who was in a car accident in Dearborn Heights, a mostly white town bordering Detroit, in the early hours of No ...
Posted Wednesday, July 23rd 2014 at 7:33PM
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Bullying in nursing has been an issue of concern for decades. There are different names for bullying, including lateral violence, horizontal hostility, aggression, and incivility. Regardless of the name it still means the same thing, i.e., it is on ...
Posted Wednesday, July 23rd 2014 at 5:19PM
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In a new expose’ video released today, a former Planned Parenthood abortion clinic director says Planned Parenthood put a price on the value of a human life: $313.29. That’s the amount of money Abby Johnson says the Planned Parenthood abortion c ...
Posted Wednesday, July 23rd 2014 at 11:22AM
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Here’s a unique way pregnant women are celebrating life! Women are commissioning an artist in England to paint their swollen bellies with unique and child-based images that are vivid and full of imagination. In addition to doing more typical commissioned paintings, English artist My Little Sweet-pea ...
Posted Wednesday, July 23rd 2014 at 11:17AM
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Please join the Family Research Council on Wednesday, July 30th at 12:00 pm for our forum, "Common Core: Uncommon Dilemma," in which we'll be hosting some of the finest minds in the American education arena as they discuss their concerns about this o ...
Posted Tuesday, July 22nd 2014 at 7:38PM
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19-year-old Matthew Durham is facing possible life in prison after authorities say he admitted to raping several young girls, forcing some boys to perform oral sex on him and even making other kids watch while on an African mission trip. Thankfully, ...
Posted Tuesday, July 22nd 2014 at 7:23PM
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July 22, 2014. Action Needed to Oppose Ratification by Full Senate. Will Estrada has been leading our efforts to defend homeschooling on Capitol Hill since 2006. As the oldest of eight kids, and a homeschool graduate who married a homeschool graduate ...
Posted Tuesday, July 22nd 2014 at 7:13PM
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Registered nurses are staying in their jobs longer and delaying retirement, researchers report this week. The trend has helped push the current workforce to 2.7 million, which is well beyond the previously projected peak of 2.2 million.
However, w ...
Posted Tuesday, July 22nd 2014 at 4:35PM
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A teething baby can be an unhappy baby, and it’s not uncommon for parents and caregivers to try and soothe their little one with over-the-counter oral/”gum numbing” medications. U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) officials now warn that te ...
Posted Friday, July 18th 2014 at 7:45PM
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Actress and former Miss America Vanessa Williams gave a powerful testimony on Oprah’s Master Class about her experience being molested by an 18-year-old girl when she was only 10-years-old and how it affected her psychologically. The traumatic inc ...
Posted Friday, July 18th 2014 at 7:36PM
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A Staten Island man died Thursday after a New York Police Department officer put him in a chokehold. The incident was captured on video by a bystander and obtained by the The New York Daily News. You can hear Eric Garner, 43, shouting, “I can’t ...
Posted Friday, July 18th 2014 at 7:23PM
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The U.S. Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee will vote on the dangerous UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) on Tuesday, July 22.
Now is the time to let the Senate hear loud and clear that Americans are firmly oppos ...
Posted Friday, July 18th 2014 at 1:38PM
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July 16, 2014 - As progressives descend on Detroit this week for the ninth annual Netroots Nation, those who want to tune into local issues can learn about the mass shutoff of water to thousands of local residents or about how the city's bankruptcy i ...
Posted Thursday, July 17th 2014 at 10:33PM
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Introduction- Understanding the supply, distribution, and educational pipeline of nurses is an important tool to inform the programs and policies that will ensure access to care and an effective health care system. This brief analyzes data from a var ...
Posted Wednesday, July 16th 2014 at 10:48PM
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July 9, 2014- When it comes to health, women and men are not equal. Multiple variables, including biological, societal, and economic factors, impact the lifetime health of women. From a biological perspective, there are many conditions and diseases ...
Posted Wednesday, July 16th 2014 at 9:21PM
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Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. was steady trying to start something during the BET Awards weekend. At one of the pre-parties, he ran into his ex-fiancee Miss Jackson and tried to get her attention and speak to her. She wanted no parts of him. T ...
Posted Wednesday, July 16th 2014 at 6:46PM
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HSK Exclusive - We’ve landed an exclusive picture of K Michelle before she had her a** enhanced. Sources tells us the photo was taken back in 2010, on the set of the singer-turned-reality star’s “Fallin” video shoot.
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Posted Wednesday, July 16th 2014 at 6:34PM
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Fans were shocked when they logged on to their Instagram accounts and came across a picture of Bobbi Kristina smoking from a bong. Even more surprisingly, it was posted from her Instagram account. Cue the good ole “I’ve been hacked” excuse…
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Posted Wednesday, July 16th 2014 at 6:20PM
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I am overwhelmed with happiness over the support that Marissa Alexander continues to receive. In 2010, after firing a warning shot to ward off her abusive husband, Alexander is now facing 60 years in prison. Her August 1st trial is drawing near and a ...
Posted Wednesday, July 16th 2014 at 5:47PM
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Tyler Perry sat down with the Queen of Talk Radio, Mildred Gaddis after his keynote speech at Radio One Detroit’s Women’s Empowerment Expo at COBO Center Saturday July 12.
During the conversation Mildred Gaddis asked Tyler Perry if he plans to r ...
Posted Wednesday, July 16th 2014 at 12:50PM
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Best known for his role as Darius Lovehall in the 1997 classic, Love Jones or as the iconic O-Dog in Menace II Society, Larenz Tate has made his Hollywood presence known in timeless films at a young age. His breakout role in the Menace was at the age ...
Posted Wednesday, July 16th 2014 at 12:33PM
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