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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. � Jefferson Thomas, who as a teenager was among nine black students to integrate a Little Rock high school in the nation's first major battle over school segregation, has died. He wa

A homeless Bellevue, Wash., couple, who prosecutors say starved their infant daughter because they feared the baby would become too fat, were given a suspended sentence Friday that will allow them to

The Los Angeles County sheriff has escalated his war of words against California medical marijuana dispensaries, saying as many as 97 percent operate as criminal enterprises. Some of the pot shops

Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Thursday an Islamic community center and mosque planned near ground zero should be built because Muslims were among those of many faiths who died in the S

As-Salaam Alaikum (Peace Be Unto You): THROUGHOUT THE EARTH the female has and continues to suffer the abuse of men and the abuse of societies that have not clearly understood the extreme importa

NEW ORLEANS (AP) � Unlike the blast that led to the massive BP spill, the latest oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico killed no one and sent no crude gushing into the water. The Mariner Energy-o

As the month of September brings ovarian cancer into focus, it�fs time to increase public understanding about the disease, including its prevalence, approaches to screening and prevention, treatment o

Is eighth grade class president white? Check. Is the vice president black? Check. Is the seventh grade president white? Check. Is the treasury secretary black? Check. Feel like you're in a time ma

People who wrongly believe President Obama is Muslim are "psychopaths", according to a sermon from Rev. Jeremiah Wright on Sunday in Little Rock, Ark. The president's controversial former pastor to

This sign was posted outside a club in New Orleans where a lot of college students hang out. Is this DISCRIMINATION or what? (Click on photo to enlarge and check out the hair rule)...

There are times when quoting rap verses are apropos, then there are times when they are not. Dr. Tyrone Hayes, a biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, opted for the latter, finding hims

NEW ORLEANS (AP) � A startling number of Gulf coast area children displaced by Hurricane Katrina still have serious emotional or behavioral problems five years later, a new study found. More than o

Harold Dow has died unexpectedly, according to CBS. The veteran CBS News correspondent died Saturday. He was 62. Dow leaves behind a wife, Kathy, and three children, Danica, Joelle, and David.

The ESSENCE Music Festival is here, well on TV One that is. Star-studded, two-hour special produced in conjunction with ESSENCE includes performances by Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, LL Cool J, Earth,

A Louisville family filed a lawsuit Monday against Wal-Mart, claiming they found a dead mouse in a milk container they had been drinking from for three days. The lawsuit, filed in Jefferson Circui

From TheHuffingtonPost August 16, 2010 In the trigger-happy post-9/11 world, the favoured way to instigate a war is to demand that the designated �evildoer� prove a negative. Iraq was invaded

From The Huffington Post August 16, 2010 Where can the Muslim Community Center be built in NYC? To me, the answer is the same as if you asked me where a church, a synagogue, a Sikh temple or an