AS-SALAAM ALAIKUM MY BROTHER!!!
London: Pop singer Michael Jackson has converted to Islam and changed his name to Mikaeel.
The 50-year-old star pledged his allegiance to the Koran in a ceremony at a friend's mansion in Los Angeles, the Sun re ...
Posted Saturday, March 7th 2009 at 4:06PM
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The young couple huddled Friday night behind the security bars of their apartment window, their attention fixed on the screams of a desperate young man in a desolate neighborhood.
Garth Kiser and Sarah Handyside said they saw the man knelt on the ...
Posted Friday, March 6th 2009 at 2:03PM
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Peace To All:
The photo to the right was taken in front of a Baptist Church in Glenolden, Pennsylvania. Your thoughts on this please... ...
Posted Friday, March 6th 2009 at 1:30PM
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High-caffeine energy drinks have become increasingly popular, but these drinks don't mix well with exercise. While most sports drinks are non-caffeinated and meant to replenish fluids lost in exercise, energy drinks have a large dose of caffeine and ...
Posted Tuesday, March 3rd 2009 at 9:08PM
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PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE ALONG TO EVERY BLACK WOMAN IN YOUR LIFE. THANK YOU.
Bras sold by Victoria's Secret have been the subject of numerous complaints by women who say they sustained serious and painful rashes, hives and scarring as a result of ...
Posted Monday, March 2nd 2009 at 1:31PM
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If it looks like a lying liar and talks like a lying liar, odds are, it’s a liar.
Remember that story Bobby Jindal told in his big speech Tuesday night — about how during Katrina, he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with a local sheriff who was battling ...
Posted Saturday, February 28th 2009 at 1:24PM
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Looks like you Canadians are doing your thing too!
Canada has someone the US isn't telling us about.
The Governor General of Canada is the vice-regal or viceroy representative in Canada of the Queen of Canada , who is the head of state. A vicer ...
Posted Friday, February 27th 2009 at 9:53PM
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In his editorial in Gotham Magazine Spike Lee asked ¿Was Babe Ruth Black?" A small plethora of African-Americans say yes, based solely on the Yankee Clipper¿s physical appearance. Stocky, with full lips, wide nose and olive complexion, they maintain ...
Posted Friday, February 27th 2009 at 11:48AM
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Annie Turnbo Malone (1869-1957) was an African American entrepreneur and philanthropist during the early 20th century. She manufactured a line of beauty products for black women and created a unique distribution system that helped thousands of black ...
Posted Wednesday, February 25th 2009 at 2:02PM
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Many millions more people than previously thought might have been given polio vaccine contaminated with a monkey virus linked to cancer.
It has been known since 1960 that early doses of polio vaccine were widely contaminated with simian virus 40, ...
Posted Wednesday, February 25th 2009 at 1:52PM
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POINTE-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe (AP) - Protests that have nearly shut down the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique are not just about demands for lower prices and higher wages: For demonstrators they are no less than a battle against the ...
Posted Sunday, February 22nd 2009 at 8:16PM
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Peace To All:
The following is a four part video sent to me by a friend on my Myspace page. Brothers and Sisters please make copies of this video and pass it on. It is important to keep at least one copy for yourself. We as a people must prepare ...
Posted Thursday, February 19th 2009 at 2:35PM
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R & B artist Chris Brown is, in some ways, an unlikely person to be accused of domestic violence by his girlfriend Rihanna.
He's spoken openly about his alleged experiences with abuse as a child at the hands of his stepfather.
In 2007, Brown a ...
Posted Friday, February 13th 2009 at 3:16PM
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Peace To All:
Okay, gang, call me jaded, but after watching the octuplets' mom interview on Dateline last night with Ann Curry I came to the conclusion that no female of sound mind would raise 8 children (14 total) into the world without the agenc ...
Posted Wednesday, February 11th 2009 at 3:11PM
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Remember a few months ago when Etta James had some nice things to say about Beyoncé's portrayal of her in "Cadillac Records"? Well, apparently the good vibes have dissipated. James unleashed a verbal beat-down on B last week during a concert in whi ...
Posted Friday, February 6th 2009 at 2:04PM
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Biblical Battered Wife Syndrome: Christian Women and Domestic Violence
By Kathryn Joyce, Religion Dispatches
Posted on February 2, 2009, Printed on February 2, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/story/124174/
What is a good enough reason for divorce? W ...
Posted Wednesday, February 4th 2009 at 2:31PM
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The Book
Slavery by Another Name:
The Re-Enslavement of Black People in America from the Civil War to World War II
Author: Douglas A. Blackmon
Publisher: Doubleday, $29.95 (512p) ISBN 978-0-385-50625-0
On Sale: March 25, 2008
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Posted Tuesday, February 3rd 2009 at 4:55PM
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In search of our minds
By: Edmund W. Lewis, Editor
Posted: Monday, December 29, 2008 2:09 pm by The Lousiana Weekly Newspaper
The signs are everywhere. Dennis Rodman. Michael Jackson. O.J. Simpson. Flava Flav. Snoop. I Love New York. Bobby ...
Posted Tuesday, February 3rd 2009 at 4:53PM
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