Usher Robbed; $1 Million In Jewelry Stolen
Singer Usher, who is newly divorced, was robbed in Atlanta. Someone broke into his GMC Yukon while he was in a store, and stole $50,000 in furs, a laptop, and over $1 million in jewelry.
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Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 7:46PM
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LONDON (AFP) - A criminal who taunted police via Facebook while on the run from prison in Britain has been recaptured, four months after his break-out, police said Wednesday. Craig "Lazie" Lynch, 28, became a cult figure thanks to his defiant status ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 7:38PM
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NEW YORK - A Bangladeshi taxi driver in New York City said he returned a lost purse containing more than $21,000 in cash and expensive jewelry because his mother always advised him to be honest. "I'm broke, but I'm honest," 28-year-old Mohammad "Muk ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 7:32PM
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Unassuming people enter the "Cash Cab" as simple passengers taking a normal taxi ride, only to be shocked when they discover that they’re instant contestants on Discovery Channel's innovative game show!
Ben Bailey, the host and driver of Cash Cab, ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 6:26PM
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So today I went to an interview and it went well, but the references that I listed were not supervisor/manager references. So I gave the name of my current manager reluctantly because the interviewing person insisted that the references had to be pr ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 6:06PM
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An NYU professor jumped to his death from the 16th floor of a Greenwich Village high-rise last night after a heated argument with his wife over the care of their kids, cops said.
Investigators said the agitated educator stalked into a back room of ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 5:51PM
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Swedish beauty living in 5-bedroom mansion: report.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/haiti/2010/01/13/2010-01-13_nypd_top_cop_ray_kelly.html#ixzz0cXF82V7w
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Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 5:45PM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after a powerful earthquake crushed thousands of structures, from schools and shacks to the National Palace and the U.N. peacekeeping headquarters. ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 12:17PM
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I recently heard from a friend who visited a barrio {an urban district or quarter in a Spanish-speaking country} in São Paulo, Brazil. He grew nervous as he noticed the foot soldiers of drug lords standing guard holding automatic weapons. They were g ...
Posted Tuesday, January 12th 2010 at 3:58PM
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from DanteLee.com Blog
I wrote this blog post in November 2008, but decided to re-post it since everybody is making their New Year's resolutions. It has some great reminders.
Studies have always shown that exercise is good for your body, but r ...
Posted Tuesday, January 12th 2010 at 3:11PM
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She's gone from child actress to starring in some of the most memorable films of the last 20 years. No doubt about it, NAACP Image Award winner Regina King has stood the test of time. Now, she's starring in the cop drama 'Southland,' which got the ax ...
Posted Tuesday, January 12th 2010 at 2:51PM
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CNN Breaking News
-- Christmas Day airline terror suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab pleads not guilty to six federal charges. Watch live coverage now on http://CNN.com/Live
DETROIT (CBS News) ¯
A plea of not guilty was entered on behalf o ...
Posted Sunday, January 10th 2010 at 10:09AM
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Damage, power outages reported after 6.5-magnitude earthquake off the coast of northern California. Residents are cleaning up the damage caused by a 6.5-magnitude quake that struck Saturday off the coast of Eureka, California.
At the height of qu ...
Posted Sunday, January 10th 2010 at 10:00AM
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Three prominent Democrats announced this week that they were not going to be running for their seats this year. On Tuesday, Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., said he wanted to write books. Today, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., told reporters it was just time fo ...
Posted Thursday, January 7th 2010 at 5:50PM
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Despite requests from the media, Democratic leadership refuses to publicize the reconciliation process. As House and Senate committee members prepare to possibly sit down and reconcile the two versions of health care reform, it appears Democrats will ...
Posted Thursday, January 7th 2010 at 5:45PM
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Dear, Mr. President:
I’ll be honest; I didn’t vote for you. Maybe that’s why you’ll take this epistolary column with a huge grain of salt. You portrayed yourself as a candidate of change. I’ve yet to see any change in at least two areas that most ...
Posted Thursday, January 7th 2010 at 2:40PM
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An article by Craig Blomberg
**PreachingToday.com: What are your favorite parables, and why?
*Craig Blomberg: Simply because certain parables, like the Prodigal Son and the Good Samaritan, are used so often, I have come to appreciate some of t ...
Posted Thursday, January 7th 2010 at 10:52AM
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SAN'A, Yemen – The Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a U.S. passenger plane on Christmas may have met with a radical American-Yemeni cleric linked to al-Qaida and the alleged Fort Hood shooter to prepare for the failed attack, Yemen's deputy prim ...
Posted Thursday, January 7th 2010 at 10:40AM
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'The Challenge Goes Out to All American Muslims': Four Muslim Americans discuss the issues facing Muslims in today's post-9/11 landscape, and see a positive future ahead.
BY: Omar Sacirbey
It’s been five years since 19 Muslim hijackers changed ...
Posted Thursday, January 7th 2010 at 10:29AM
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Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) was an African-American gospel singer. With her powerful, distinct voice, Mahalia Jackson became one of the most influential gospel singers in the world and is the first Queen of Gospel Music. She ...
Posted Thursday, January 7th 2010 at 7:30AM
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January 7
Dorothy L. Brown
On this date, Dorothy Lavinia Brown was born in 1919. She was an African-American doctor, legislator, and the first Black female surgeon in the South.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was five-months old when ...
Posted Thursday, January 7th 2010 at 6:36AM
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What is the Nation of Islam?
Founder: Wallace D. Fard (c. 1877-1934) was a traveling salesman who gathered followers during the Depression among the poverty-stricken African-Americans of Detroit. He mysteriously disappeared in June 1934 and was con ...
Posted Wednesday, January 6th 2010 at 3:31PM
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January 5
Dr. Carver
(making a difference)
On this date in 1943, George Washington Carver Day was established.
This is a rarely acknowledged National Holiday to recognize a great African-American scientist. In 1935, Carver was specially appo ...
Posted Tuesday, January 5th 2010 at 4:59PM
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Sister DeBorah has stated in an email via Black Women Connect that she will not be able to continue to blog due to some personal health challenges. BWC Sisters please join me in prayer by asking God to heal Sister DeBorah of the health challenges th ...
Posted Tuesday, January 5th 2010 at 9:43AM
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