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November 8 Minnie Ripperton On this date in 1947, Minnie Riperton, African-American singer with one of widest vocal ranges of any singer in the twentieth century, was born in Chicago. She was the

Prophesied on October 25, 2009, in Memphis, Tennessee: "For there has been a scheme and a plan against the President of this nation, to suffocate him." God says, "The enemy has planned in 2010 to b

Stress Beyond Belief The authorities will deal with Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who is accused of bringing the nightmare of mass murder into the sanctuary of a military base on America

The word was out on Janet Walters. Someone was telling prospective employers that they shouldn't hire her. It cost her at least twelve top job offers, kept her unemployed for over a year, and more th

Sony Pictures paid $60 million for film rights to Michael Jackson's final rehearsal footage - an amount I originally thought was ridiculous. Their goal was to create a film that honored him, showcased

Six badly decomposed bodies found at a Cleveland home were all females and all were homicide victims. All are believed to believed to have been killed at the hands of Anthony Sowell a convicted rapist

(CNN) -- Rape has turned into a weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the number of attacks on women having grown threefold over the past few years, human rights activists said in Oc

November 2 On this date in 1903, the Saint Luke Penny Savings Bank opened it doors. Started by Maggie Walker in Richmond, Virginia, this was one of the first Black owned banks in America. The Saint

(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

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

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 sho

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 yo

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

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