The win marks a remarkable political comeback for former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, who was Jamaica's first female leader. ...
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Posted Friday, December 30th 2011 at 3:48PM
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December 30, 2011 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two men died and 61 other people were injured Thursday in a pre-dawn pileup involving about 40 cars, vans and other vehicles on a busy interstate that crosses New Orleans, closing the route for hours both way ...
Posted Friday, December 30th 2011 at 3:37PM
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December 30, 2011
Tired of making New Year resolutions? So are we. So, BlackAmericaWeb.com has comprised a list of resolutions we’d like to see other folks make for 2012.Instead of resolving to be better, kinder, gentler, slimmer people who make ...
Posted Friday, December 30th 2011 at 3:19PM
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Months after filming romantic scenes for their upcoming film “The Words, the tabloids are reporting that actress Zoe Saldana and her co-star Bradley Cooper are a real couple.
A source has claimed the pair have started to tell their friends and f ...
Posted Friday, December 30th 2011 at 2:30PM
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December 30, 2011 Some recent tweets between exes Rihanna and Chris Brown have the Internet buzzing over the prospect the two are communicating despite the violent end to their relationship.
After the highly publicized 2009 assault, the former c ...
Posted Friday, December 30th 2011 at 2:23PM
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EURweb.com Deion Sanders’ daughter Deiondra is putting her dad’s estranged wife on blast. She announced on Twitter that Pilar Sanders is a “gold diggin h*e” who’s been messin’ around on the side. She’s been a pretty bad wife according ...
Posted Friday, December 30th 2011 at 2:01PM
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Halle Berry & Eric Benet Married: 2001, Divorced: 2005
How to lose the most gorgeous woman in the world? Reveal that you cheated on your wife with an old flame, and then blame it on a sex addiction.
After Shock: Halle went on and birthed daughte ...
Posted Thursday, December 29th 2011 at 10:37PM
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Bishop Eddie Long has had a rough 2011, to say the least. After suffering numerous lows, including a gay sex scandal, quitting his church, and a divorce, today we're learning that his school, New Birth Christian Academy, will be closing its doors nex ...
Posted Thursday, December 29th 2011 at 10:27PM
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Essence Atkins, 39, may be having the best holiday season ever. On Christmas Day, she welcomed a healthy baby boy with husband Jamie Mendez.
She took to Twitter this morning to share the news. "Found it... our 1st baby, a beautiful healthy boy, wa ...
Posted Thursday, December 29th 2011 at 10:11PM
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That question crossed my mind over the weekend as I was reading that Robert De Niro and his wife, Grace Hightower, announced that they had a new daughter via surrogate. De Niro, 68, and the singer/actress, 56, have been married since 1997 and have a ...
Posted Thursday, December 29th 2011 at 9:40PM
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According to The YBF, the two wed in a small ceremony on November 27th in Atlanta, Georgia, where Keesha, undeterred by her illness, used a wheelchair to get down the aisle and managed to take a few steps at the end. Although unwell, she looked amazi ...
Posted Thursday, December 29th 2011 at 9:29PM
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Heavy D died from a pulmonary embolism caused by deep leg vein thrombosis according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. TMZ is reporting that a pulmonary embolism which is a blockage of one or more arteries in the lungs, most often caused b ...
Posted Thursday, December 29th 2011 at 9:18PM
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It’s official! Beyonce has gone into labor. Sources are saying that Beyonce has been admitted into St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital in New York.
We reported the rumor that Beyonce checked into the hopsital earlier this week, but last night she of ...
Posted Thursday, December 29th 2011 at 9:04PM
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More than 100 Somali children have been killed in the on-going conflict. We must stop the recruitment and use of children for armed forces and sexual violence of children and women. Read More…
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Posted Tuesday, December 27th 2011 at 4:18PM
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(CNN) -- Representatives of India and Pakistan on Tuesday will hold the second day of two-day talks on conventional and nuclear weapons, Indian officials said.
No major developments were expected from the high-level talks, which are being held in ...
Posted Tuesday, December 27th 2011 at 12:21PM
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I have to say that this little girl has a point in my opinion because I have never liked pink. My son likes pink and I have had to discourage him into choosing colors that society sees as gender friendly. We compromised last year with a bookbag tha ...
Posted Tuesday, December 27th 2011 at 11:52AM
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After Jesus was born, the Bible tells us in Matthew chapter two that Wise Men came from the East to bow before Him and worship Him. They went to great lengths just to get a glimpse of the Child and traveled a long distance for many months, following ...
Posted Tuesday, December 27th 2011 at 8:03AM
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VIEWED superficially, the part of youth that the psychologist Jean Piaget called middle childhood looks tame and uneventful, a quiet patch of road on the otherwise hairpin highway to adulthood. Said to begin around 5 or 6, when toddlerhood has ended ...
Posted Tuesday, December 27th 2011 at 7:52AM
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The answer is yes, but the question makes me a bit nervous since our attitudes toward angels often reflect a sentimental spirituality that isn't biblically accurate.
After church one Sunday, a woman told a group of us a story about her 16-year-old son. He'd been driving on a busy road and another ...
Posted Monday, December 26th 2011 at 10:46PM
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Ana Petty began working as a freelance feature reporter in 2000 for "The Potomac News" and later as a staff features reporter for "The Prince William Journal." Since this time, Petty has added daily government beats and hard news, as well as copyedit ...
Posted Monday, December 26th 2011 at 9:31PM
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Dear Nancy,
Our hospital is requiring nurses to give shift reports at the bedside. Is this a HIPAA violation? Can the nurse be sued for giving the report? They want us to answer all questions asked by family. What are our liabilities?
Nina
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Posted Monday, December 26th 2011 at 9:26PM
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TeachMe: Toddler
School your toddler on six different subjects: letters, letter phonics, numbers, shapes, colors, and counting. You can choose specific questions, customize lessons, and review your child's progress on each subject. Kids earn sticker ...
Posted Monday, December 26th 2011 at 9:10PM
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(BlackDoctor.org) -- Conventional ab exercises get results, but let's face it, they're boring as he—. To help you rock a flat belly, here are some fun ways to tone your belly at your desk, when waiting in line, even while cooking!
Doing movement ...
Posted Monday, December 26th 2011 at 9:01PM
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(BlackDoctor.org) -- In the latest findings to fuel the debate on when to start getting mammograms, suggesting that annual breast X-rays should begin at age 40.
Screening younger women has been controversial, with 2009 guidelines from a U.S. federal ...
Posted Monday, December 26th 2011 at 8:58PM
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