With the Senate Finance Committee set to approve its health care bill this week, Democrats are tantalizingly close to bringing legislation that would make sweeping changes in the nation’s health care system to the floor of both houses of Congress.
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Posted Monday, October 5th 2009 at 5:26PM
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The Canton Spirituals are an award-winning gospel recording group and are regarded as pioneers in the genre of traditional gospel music. Founded in Canton, Mississippi in 1943, the original Canton Spirituals were Eddie Jackson, Theo Thompson, Roscoe ...
Posted Monday, October 5th 2009 at 4:24PM
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Get the Facts
{It's} make-or-break time for health care reform, and the debate is intense. A number of falsehoods, from lawmakers to ordinary citizens, are making it tricky to know what’s true and what’s not. ESSENCE.com combed through some of the m ...
Posted Monday, October 5th 2009 at 3:14PM
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All Praise to Def Jam
Last night VH1 hosted its annual Hip Hop Honors, with this year’s show celebrating the 25th anniversary of Def Jam. Host Tracy Morgan opened the night with a hilarious church bit, bestowing nothing but praise on the greatest ...
Posted Monday, October 5th 2009 at 2:34PM
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NEW YORK — Back from another trip to Europe, this time Germany, where the same dismay as in France prevails over the U.S. health care debate. Europeans don’t get why Americans don’t agree that universal health coverage is a fundamental contract to wh ...
Posted Monday, October 5th 2009 at 2:11PM
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There was what President Obama likes to call a teachable moment last week, when the International Olympic Committee rejected Chicago’s bid to be host of the 2016 Summer Games. “Cheers erupted” at the headquarters of the conservative Weekly Standard, ...
Posted Monday, October 5th 2009 at 1:50PM
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Sometimes it seems there is no better place to become obese than-- church. Church is a place of respite, a place for family and friends whom we value as family. It is a place to give and receive something spiritually. It can also become a place of c ...
Posted Monday, October 5th 2009 at 1:28PM
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(BlackDoctor.org) -- You get upset, you eat. You get depressed, you eat. You go through a breakup, you eat. For years, people have suspected that stress and obesity are linked, and now scientific research has found evidence to support this connection ...
Posted Monday, October 5th 2009 at 1:10PM
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Much of the debate over legalizing gay marriage has focused on God and Scripture, the Constitution and equal protection. But we see the world through the prism of money. And for years, we’ve heard from gay couples about all the extra health, legal a ...
Posted Saturday, October 3rd 2009 at 9:14AM
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A Pasadena, Texas, woman outdid the rabbit scene in "Fatal Attraction" by stealing her ex's pet goldfish, frying them up in a pan, and eating them. The fight that led up to the non-vegetarian revengefest was apparently over some jewelry that the unn ...
Posted Friday, October 2nd 2009 at 6:30PM
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There's a secret being kept in Detroit that may surprise you. Apparently, the Wayne County morgue recently had as much as 67 unclaimed bodies piled up because neither the family nor the county can afford to give them a proper burial, according to CNN ...
Posted Friday, October 2nd 2009 at 5:46PM
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At the National Enquirer rumor station, which pumps out more toxic fumes than Exxon, it was reported that Elizabeth Edwards wants to divorce her husband John Edwards because she now thinks he was a serial cheater vs. just having had an indiscretion w ...
Posted Friday, October 2nd 2009 at 5:15PM
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The mayor of New Jersey's largest city has raised the stakes in his facetious feud with "Tonight Show" host Conan O'Brien, saying the late-night comic is now banned from the state. A video of Newark Mayor Cory Booker posted Thurs ...
Posted Friday, October 2nd 2009 at 4:56PM
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The beating of a 16-year-old honors student in President Barack Obama's Chicago hometown was discussed at the president's morning meeting in the Oval Office on Thursday. By the afternoon, the White House had announced that it would send Attorney Gen ...
Posted Friday, October 2nd 2009 at 4:33PM
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October 2, 2009
Washington D.C. - Newspapers are reporting today that during the official Q&A session following the Chicago bid for the Olympic Games, I.O.C. member, Syed Shahid Ali, from Pakistan, asked President Obama how smooth it would be for f ...
Posted Friday, October 2nd 2009 at 4:22PM
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Jennifer Hudson just can't say enough about her newborn son. "He's the cutest thing in the world!" she told People.com of little David Daniel Otunga Jr., born Aug. 10. "There are no words for it. He's the best. It's just amazing – us discovering ea ...
Posted Friday, October 2nd 2009 at 4:09PM
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Dear Young Warriors fighting the wrong wars! Killing each other is definitely played out. Being hurt from the lost of a love one was never cool.
Dear Young Warriors fighting the wrong war! I know that feeling, that frustration with life and needin ...
Posted Wednesday, September 30th 2009 at 10:49PM
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JAKARTA, Indonesia - A powerful earthquake struck western Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering landslides and trapping thousands under collapsed buildings - including two hospitals, an official said. At least 75 bodies were found, but the toll was expe ...
Posted Wednesday, September 30th 2009 at 10:08PM
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WASHINGTON — After an intense debate that captured the essence of the national struggle over health care, a pivotal Senate committee on Tuesday rejected two Democratic proposals to create a government insurance plan to compete with private insurers. ...
Posted Wednesday, September 30th 2009 at 9:59PM
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A Florida mother of three is on life support after a visit to her local spa last week, her lawyers say. "It's just a matter of time before she's dead," said Michael Freedland, one of the lawyers for 37-year-old Rohie Kah. Freedland and his partner, ...
Posted Wednesday, September 30th 2009 at 7:21PM
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Grayson sticking to his guns...
Rep. Alan Grayson isn't backing down from his claim that Republicans "want you to die quickly." "I stand by what I said," Grayson told reporters on Wednesday. "I didn't violate any House rules. I didn't do anything ...
Posted Wednesday, September 30th 2009 at 6:33PM
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When I saw this I thought this has to be Beyonce's child to come out dancing like this, but no it's not. You have to admit that little Ava is too cute and has some moves on her. She's quite an entertainer at her young age and isn't shy at all. Bey ...
Posted Wednesday, September 30th 2009 at 12:55PM
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Milton Mbele is marrying four women at the same time in South Africa. The marriage - which is legal in Zulu culture - involves this white wedding, followed by a traditional ceremony in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Posted Tuesday, September 29th 2009 at 10:35AM
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Join the Black Alumni Council and the Young Alumni Council on Friday, October 23 at the Carolina Ale House in the Vista beginning at 7 p.m. for drink specials, member gifts and fun. Then get ready for the Homecoming game against the Vanderbilt Commod ...
Posted Monday, September 28th 2009 at 1:07PM
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What refreshing little angelic voices...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vQZcsmYepM&feature=email ...
Posted Monday, September 28th 2009 at 12:31PM
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