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There are many reasons to dislike the census but Black Americans need to know that many benefits can accrue for their participation in the 2010 Census. In addition to a federal requirement, Census

Jacksonville, FL- When the creator of “Noni Jones in Harlem”, a fictional web-journal, noticed that Black female ensemble casts had become obsolete from television airwaves practically over night, s

(BlackDoctor.org) -- In today’s day and age, your doctor’s appointment shouldn’t consist of a one-sided Q&A. You should be asking the doctor just as many questions as he or she asks you. The next time

NEW YORK (AP) -- A hacker attack Thursday shut down the fast-growing messaging service Twitter, and Facebook also said it was looking into possible site problems. Twitter said in its status blog Thur

John Hughes has died of a heart attack. Hughes suffered the heart attack while taking a morning walk during a trip to NYC to visit family. He directed such '80s hit films as "The Breakfast Club,

ATLANTA (AP) — A man believed to be the getaway driver in the robbery and shooting death of former boxing champion Vernon Forrest has been arrested, Atlanta police said Wednesday. Jquante Crews, 25,

PHOENIX (AP) — The two youngest boys charged in the rape last month of an eight-year-old Liberian girl were ordered Wednesday to remain in juvenile detention with restricted visitors, as Liberia's dep

What country illegally kidnapped and then imprisoned a former member of Congress and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate? The rogue nation in question is Israel, the beneficiary of largesse forced from the p

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japan marked 64 years Thursday since Hiroshima was hit in the world's first atomic bomb attack with a call for a nuclear-weapons-free world, a goal backed by U.S. President Barack O

WASHINGTON — Pressed by industry lobbyists, White House officials on Wednesday assured drug makers that the administration stood by a behind-the-scenes deal to block any Congressional effort to extrac

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has pledged to "expand and extend" American support for Somalia's weak interim government as it struggles against Islamist extremists believed linked to

(CNN) -- A pregnant British woman, who was jailed in Laos on drug charges, will leave from the capital, Vientiane, on Thursday for Britain, said an official from the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

(CNN) -- Divorce causes more than bitterness and broken hearts. The trauma of a split can leave long-lasting effects on mental and physical health that remarriage might not repair, according to resear

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The minister known as Reverend Ike, who preached the gospel of material prosperity to millions nationwide, died Tuesday. He was 74. Family spokesman Bishop E. Bernard Jordan told T

Senators discuss Judge Sonia Sotomayor's qualifications one final time before taking a vote http://www.citizenlink.org/videofeatures/A000010666.cfm