I've always thought that many of us couldn't grow long hair unless we were born of mixed parents. I don't think anyone told me this, but as I child I made observations and came to my own child-like conclusions. It's funny in a way, because I am an ...
Posted Monday, November 2nd 2009 at 11:04AM
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(CNN) -- Grammy-winning singer Angelique Kidjo joined human rights activists to demand courts martial for troops who publicly gang raped women in the streets of the West African country of Guinea last month. It's part of a strong message against rap ...
Posted Sunday, November 1st 2009 at 4:19PM
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Stacey McBride-Irby is a designer/intrapreneur at Mattel. Recently, she received rave reviews from the national media for creating their new "So In Style" line - a new line of black Barbie dolls with fuller lips, a wider nose and more pronounced chee ...
Posted Sunday, November 1st 2009 at 3:36PM
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With H1N1 vaccine reaching the public early this month, it's good to know how this vaccine was developed and how it will protect people from H1N1 to make an educated decision on whether to get the shot or not. Three out of the five vaccine manufactu ...
Posted Sunday, November 1st 2009 at 12:40PM
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Don't bad-mouth your ex. Children don't want to hear bad things about either of their parents, and they especially do not want to take sides. No purpose is served in criticizing the other parent to your children.
Don't use your children as spies. ...
Posted Sunday, November 1st 2009 at 11:27AM
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A record number of women are coming home from war with post-traumatic stress disorder. For Vivienne Pacquette, being a combat veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder means avoiding phone calls to her sons, dinner out with her husband and therapy ...
Posted Sunday, November 1st 2009 at 10:50AM
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November 1
"The Black Church," a brief history.
*This dates Registry from 1758, briefly writes about the history of the Black Church in America. This institution which was the first source of land ownership for slaves in America (with the huma ...
Posted Sunday, November 1st 2009 at 4:42AM
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I saw this blog yesterday and wanted to get your opinion of it. Do men really think women are (always) hitting on them? I'm confused and have been left wondering if Betty Wright was correct when she said, "You can't show your teeth (2:26-2:28) to ...
Posted Thursday, October 29th 2009 at 11:07AM
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Car bomb in marketplace in Peshawar, Pakistan, kills at least 90 people, most of them women, government official says. [Although there's some really bad stuff going on here in the States, I really don't believe it can compare to the suffering and de ...
Posted Wednesday, October 28th 2009 at 9:37AM
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Starfall.com opened in September of 2002 as a free public service to motivate children to read with phonics. Our systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second ...
Posted Wednesday, October 28th 2009 at 2:06AM
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Customs officials in Norway have arrested a man who they say tried to smuggle 24 reptiles into the country by taping them to his body. Fourteen royal pythons rolled up in socks were found taped to the man's torso and 10 geckos held in small boxes we ...
Posted Wednesday, October 28th 2009 at 1:13AM
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Brother of Afghan President Is on C.I.A. Payroll, Officials Say Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president and a suspected player in the country's booming illegal opium trade, gets regular payments from the Central Intelligence Agency, an ...
Posted Wednesday, October 28th 2009 at 12:13AM
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KABUL – Roadside bombs — the biggest killer of U.S. soldiers — claimed eight more American lives Tuesday, driving the U.S. death toll to a record level for the third time in four months as President Barack Obama nears a decision on a new strategy for ...
Posted Tuesday, October 27th 2009 at 10:17PM
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson fans around the world readied for the singer's last bow Tuesday in a film that captures rehearsals for his aborted concert stand last summer. From early evening in Los Angeles to late night in New York City, from t ...
Posted Tuesday, October 27th 2009 at 9:43PM
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Despite nationwide shortfalls in the supply of swine flu vaccine, New York City’s health commissioner said on Monday that the city was going ahead with the first stage of its plan to vaccinate schoolchildren. School nurses will begin giving free vac ...
Posted Tuesday, October 27th 2009 at 6:22PM
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ASHLAND, Ore. — She ran away from her group home in Medford, Ore., and spent weeks sleeping in parks and under bridges. Finally, Nicole Clark, 14 years old, grew so desperate that she accepted a young man’s offer of a place to stay. The price would c ...
Posted Tuesday, October 27th 2009 at 6:11PM
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It is not surprising that public and Congressional support for the public option, always strong, has surged again, just as the insurance industry has ham-handedly tried to manipulate key decision-makers in the Senate. In the crucial weeks to come, ad ...
Posted Tuesday, October 27th 2009 at 6:00PM
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...The United States is described in mainstream media as largely Christian (between 70 and 80 percent, depending on the study, identify themselves as "Christian"), and compared to the rest of the world, this is certainly the case. However, not all wi ...
Posted Tuesday, October 27th 2009 at 4:53PM
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...Authentic friendships are more than superficial, surface-level chit-chat. They involve genuine, heart-to-heart, sometimes gut-level, sharing. These friendships develop when we get honest about who we are and what is happening in our lives. They d ...
Posted Tuesday, October 27th 2009 at 3:26PM
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WASHINGTON – Two Northwest Airlines pilots have told federal investigators that they were going over schedules using their laptop computers in violation of company policy while their plane overflew their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles, the Nati ...
Posted Monday, October 26th 2009 at 5:11PM
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WASHINGTON – Majority Leader Harry Reid says health care legislation headed to the Senate floor will include an option for government-run insurance. Reid says states will have the prerogative of opting out of the program if they choose. Reid noted t ...
Posted Monday, October 26th 2009 at 5:09PM
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Health care Keeps Going Strong
The health care sector should remain one of the sturdiest fields through the decade, with needs for:
1. Personal and Home Health care Aids: Associate's degree. The second-fastest growing professional field in all ca ...
Posted Sunday, October 25th 2009 at 10:03PM
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Sales Representatives
More than ever, big companies are farming out their sales forces. But instead of jobs going overseas, they're going to the suburbs. According to the BLS, one in five sales reps telecommute. The highest paying sales jobs usually ...
Posted Sunday, October 25th 2009 at 9:58PM
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two suicide bombs tore through Baghdad on Sunday, killing 132 people, wounding more than 500 and leaving mangled bodies and cars on the streets in one of Iraq's deadliest days this year. The two blasts shredded buildings and smok ...
Posted Sunday, October 25th 2009 at 9:51PM
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AHIP is the powerful insurance lobby that spends 5 million dollars a week trying to kill health care reform. Billionaires for Wealthcare is a grassroots network looking to stop them - with song.
• AHIP and other insurance and HMO interests spend ...
Posted Sunday, October 25th 2009 at 2:57PM
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