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I've always thought that many of us couldn't grow long hair unless we were born of mixed parents. I don't think anyone told me this, but as I child I made observations and came to my own child-like c

(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

November 1 "The Black Church," a brief history. *This dates Registry from 1758, briefly writes about the history of the Black Church in America. This institution which was the first source of l

I saw this blog yesterday and wanted to get your opinion of it. Do men really think women are (always) hitting on them? I'm confused and have been left wondering if Betty Wright was correct when she

Car bomb in marketplace in Peshawar, Pakistan, kills at least 90 people, most of them women, government official says. [Although there's some really bad stuff going on here in the States, I really do

Starfall.com opened in September of 2002 as a free public service to motivate children to read with phonics. Our systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice is perfect

Customs officials in Norway have arrested a man who they say tried to smuggle 24 reptiles into the country by taping them to his body. Fourteen royal pythons rolled up in socks were found taped to th

Brother of Afghan President Is on C.I.A. Payroll, Officials Say Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president and a suspected player in the country's booming illegal opium trade, gets regular

KABUL – Roadside bombs — the biggest killer of U.S. soldiers — claimed eight more American lives Tuesday, driving the U.S. death toll to a record level for the third time in four months as President B

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson fans around the world readied for the singer's last bow Tuesday in a film that captures rehearsals for his aborted concert stand last summer. From early evening in

Despite nationwide shortfalls in the supply of swine flu vaccine, New York City’s health commissioner said on Monday that the city was going ahead with the first stage of its plan to vaccinate schoolc

ASHLAND, Ore. — She ran away from her group home in Medford, Ore., and spent weeks sleeping in parks and under bridges. Finally, Nicole Clark, 14 years old, grew so desperate that she accepted a young

It is not surprising that public and Congressional support for the public option, always strong, has surged again, just as the insurance industry has ham-handedly tried to manipulate key decision-make

...The United States is described in mainstream media as largely Christian (between 70 and 80 percent, depending on the study, identify themselves as "Christian"), and compared to the rest of the worl

...Authentic friendships are more than superficial, surface-level chit-chat. They involve genuine, heart-to-heart, sometimes gut-level, sharing. These friendships develop when we get honest about who

WASHINGTON – Two Northwest Airlines pilots have told federal investigators that they were going over schedules using their laptop computers in violation of company policy while their plane overflew th

WASHINGTON – Majority Leader Harry Reid says health care legislation headed to the Senate floor will include an option for government-run insurance. Reid says states will have the prerogative of optin

Health care Keeps Going Strong The health care sector should remain one of the sturdiest fields through the decade, with needs for: 1. Personal and Home Health care Aids: Associate's degree. The s

Sales Representatives More than ever, big companies are farming out their sales forces. But instead of jobs going overseas, they're going to the suburbs. According to the BLS, one in five sales reps

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two suicide bombs tore through Baghdad on Sunday, killing 132 people, wounding more than 500 and leaving mangled bodies and cars on the streets in one of Iraq's deadliest days this

AHIP is the powerful insurance lobby that spends 5 million dollars a week trying to kill health care reform. Billionaires for Wealthcare is a grassroots network looking to stop them - with song. •