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Joyner Venture Helps Black Colleges with Online Programs

*Tom Joyner, one of the country’s most-visible philanthropic supporters of historically black colleges and universities, has founded a company to help those institutions develop distance-education programs-with a particular focus on allowing them to compete against for-profit colleges in enrolling minority students.Mr. Joyner regularly highlights black colleges on his nationally syndicated radio broadcast, The Tom Joyner [...]

Coast Guard Retracts Mile-Long Oil Sheen Claim After Platform Explosion

*The Coast Guard is backing off its earlier report that an oil sheen about a mile long was spreading following a platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.Coast Guard Cmdr. Cheri Ben-Iesau said Thursday afternoon that crews were unable to confirm the oil sheen. The Coast Guard says platform owner Mariner Energy reported a sheen [...]

Might Bloomberg Join Obama’s Economic Team?

*After a four-hour long golf session with President Obama at Martha’s Vinyard, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told reporters that the two talked mostly about the economy and golf, of course. But there have been a few whispers suggesting that Obama may be considering replacing his current economic treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner. Insiders say multibillionaire [...]

Chicago Police Chief Criticized for Gang Pow-Wow

  *Chicago police Superintendent Jody Weis is facing mounting criticism for holding a so-called “gang summit” last month, even though several police departments across the country have used this method for decades in an attempt to curb crime. The three biggest complaints are that Weis himself was at the meeting, the department should instead be [...]

Apple’s New Lineup: iPods and Apple TV

*Apple’s got some new thingys for ya. Their announcement, by CEO Steve Jobs (above), on Wednesday included a revamped Apple TV, iTunes, iPods, updated iOS 4.1 and 4.2 and new features for the iPad. Here. The highlights:_ Apple TV. The device for streaming movies and television shows over the Internet and into the living room [...]

Why You Should Welcome Adversity

*I am a family doctor dedicated to helping people take charge of their lives. I have for that reason, been empowering people to become instruments of positive influence and to lead their best lives. I have often wondered why some people to do not live their dreams. Through my experience as a life coach and [...]

Black Teen to Sue Pittsburgh Police for Beatdown

*In Pittsburgh, a black teen who attended the city’s performing arts high school claims three white Pittsburgh police officers wrongfully assumed he was involved with drugs when they beat him, then allegedly conspired to file false charges against him and concoct a cover story for their actions, according to a federal lawsuit filed Monday.Jordan Miles [...]

New Poll Says Palin Can’t Be President

*Sarah Palin and her supporters may think she’s hot stuff, but reality says different.According to a new 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll, 59 percent of Americans think Sarah Palin is not fit to be president of the United StatesMeanwhile, 26 percent say they think she would be an effective commander-in-chief. The poll also shows Republicans splitting [...]

The Hutchinson Report: Beck Speaks for the White Majority

*The Reverend Al Sharpton was right when he thundered at his Reclaim the Dream rally that he had the message but talk show exhibitionist Glenn Beck had the mall. The Mall of course was the Lincoln Mall. But Beck owns more than the Mall. He now speaks for the majority of whites in America. White [...]

J. R. Perry’s ‘Love Drops’ Moves to Las Vegas’ KLAV 1230 AM

*Las Vegas based radio presenter J. R. Perry’s “Love Drops” program moves to a new broadcast home starting September 3 Perry, known for his trademark deep, warm, super sexy voice and magnetic charm and unique voicing delivery will be on the air from 8pm to 9pm on Friday nights on KLAV 1230 AM.Perry’s “Love Drops” [...]

Katrina’s Back of the Bus Recovery Approach for Blacks

*Here we go again. The Hurricane Katrina nightmare continues. A story at the Washington Post tells the tale of how New Orleans’ recovery diverges for affluent whites and low-income blacks. “For people who were well-off before the storm, they are more likely to be back in their homes, back in their jobs and to have [...]

Nielsen: Blacks Text/Talk More than Any Other Race

*New data from Nielsen shows that African Americans average more than 1,300 minutes a month texting and talking, followed by Hispanics at 826 minutes, Asian/Pacific Islanders at 692 minutes, and whites at 647 minutes each month. African Americans, Women, and Southerners were found to talk and text the most in the United States across the [...]

Eugenia Wright to Receive ‘Best Journalist’ Award for her ‘Kleopatra Girl’s Ringside Report’ Column

*Eugenia Wright, highly respected veteran publicist and entertainment columnist will receive “Best Journalist” of the year award by R&B artist/humanitarian/philanthropist and entrepreneur Norwood Young aka “King of Hancock Park,” in conjunction with his birthday celebration and upcoming release of his memoir, “Getting Back to Me,” tonight, Thursday, August 26th to be held at his opulent [...]

Driver was Using Sex Toy When Stopped for Tinted Windows

*In Elmwood Place, Ohio a police officer who stopped a car because it had illegally tinted windows, but did he ever get a serious shock when he looked inside.The officer, Ross Gilbert, said the driver, 36-year-old Colondra Hamilton, was sitting with her pants unzipped enjoying a sex toy, reports the Cincinnati Enquirer.Yes, you read right. [...]

New York City Cabbie Stabbed for Being Muslim

*A New York City cab driver named Ahmed Sharif was stabbed by a passenger who allegedly asked “Are you a Muslim?” before carrying out the attack. When the cab driver said yes, the passenger allegedly pulled out a Leatherman tool and slashed his throat, arm, and lip. Sharif was able to lock the passenger in [...]

Bad News for Troy Davis: Judge Rules He Failed to Show Innocence

*In Savannah, Georgia, a  federal judge ruled Tuesday that a death row inmate whose case attracted international support failed to prove his innocence after the U.S. Supreme Court gave him a rare chance to clear his name.Troy Anthony Davis has spent nearly 20 years on Georgia’s death row for the 1989 slaying of an off-duty [...]

African Horror: Rebels Gang-Rape Almost 200 Women in Congo Attack

*Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo gang-raped almost 200 women during a four-day seizure of a town, aid groups said.Rwandan Hutu FDLR insurgents and Mai Mai militia haunt eastern Congo, terrorizing civilians and raping thousands of women each year, despite a U.N.-backed campaign by the Congolese army aimed at neutralizing the armed gangs.On July [...]

Tests Say it’s All Good, But Public Doesn’t Believe Gulf Seafood Safe to Eat

*Seafood from the Gulf of Mexico is perfectly clean-just as immaculate as seafood from the Atlantic Ocean-according to independent lab tests commissioned by The Daily Beast. Red grouper, jumbo shrimp, and crabmeat were checked for both oil and chemical dispersants, and either undetectable or incredibly minute (well below everyday federal thresholds) levels were found. The [...]

Sharpton Wants Feds Involved in Mitrice Richardson Case

*Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton vowed this week to file a federal inquiry into the death of Mitrice Richardson, a missing 25-year-old woman thought to be mentally ill whose remains were found last week. She had been allowed to leave a sheriff’s station nearly a year ago against the wishes of her parents.“The [...]

New Orleans Becoming Less ‘Chocolate’ and More Latino

*The trend is irrefutable. The racial makeup of New Orleans is changing, as more Latinos move into the city due to the city’s post-Katrina rebuilding efforts. New Orleans is a traditionally insular town, with 75 percent of city dwellers having been born in Louisiana, a high percentage in an era when people are increasingly mobile. [...]