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*Childhood obesity is a problem that doesn’t have an easy fix with the sedentary lifestyle that children have these days. A lot of children’s only exercise is derived from the Wii and Kinect gaming systems. Earlene Johnson is desperately seeking answers for her daughter, Falicia, who weighs in at 400 pounds at only 11 years [...]
*It’s a wonder that many of the speeches given by the president and other government officials go over without a hitch. Remember when the journalist threw the shoe at Bush’s head over in Iraq? Well, Kansas City’s mayor, Sly James, didn’t get a shoe to the head, but during his state of the city speech, [...]
*When reading the news these days, we feel like the world has sunk into some sort of morality and/or integrity vacuum that is also sucking the hope out of us. That’s why when even the smallest moments of courageous love is extended from one to another, we applaud and we applaud loud! Billy Ray Harris [...]
*And they’re off. The custody battle over late Jovan Belcher’s daughter is on. Cheryl Shepard, mother of the Kansas City Chief’s linebacker, is seeking custody of four-month-old Zoey, as well as full control of her dead son’s rich estate. Last week, the court gave her the green light as the estate’s administrator, pending her obtaining [...]
*The only child of late Kansas City Chief’s linebacker, Jovan Belcher, is now entitled to receive her dad’s million-dollar fortune. She’s four-months old and in the care of her grandparents. But the family of Kasandra Perkins, the girlfriend the football player killed, is seeking full custody of the child. It’s about to get sticky. “Personally, [...]
*It’s always horrible to hear about crimes against children and this is one of the more horrendous. What is going through the heads of parents today that have kids, but don’t really want them? There are so many options available to them, yet they still choose to keep the children and unleash horrific abuse on [...]
*A lot of friends argue over sports, but how many actually take it to the extreme of murder? The story sounds like something that might have happened harmlessly. But anytime you pick up a knife and throw it there’s an opportunity for mayhem. Right? What was he thinking? (more…)
*Gayle is gone … well, almost. That’s right, Gayle King will is exiting her Harpo Radio program to concentrate on TV. Affiliates are being told that the final show will air on April 6. The two-hour daily talk program launched in July of 2010 on Sirius XM. —————- *Fans of late rapper/singer Nate Dogg will [...]
*The New Year, just like birthdays and anniversaries, makes people survey the past and contemplate the future. For the past three generations some people who claimed to want more affordable healthcare in America got what they asked for in 2010. But they were not willing to accept affordable healthcare in America if it came from [...]
*This time of year is always difficult for a lot of families trying to make their Christmas quotas with their children, but this year of economic downturn and mass unemployment is especially troublesome. But Kansas City, Mo., is getting a little help from its Secret Santa. According to the Associated Press, he’s already started overwhelming [...]
*My hat is tipped off to our young Black geniuses today. A group of high school students at De LaSalle High School in Kansas City, Miss. have taken part in a project that will go into history books. When compared with the amount of energy needed to run a regular car powered by gasoline, the electric car [...]
*Leaders of the country’s largest civil rights organization accused tea party activists on Tuesday of tolerating bigotry and approved a resolution condemning racism within the political movement. The resolution was adopted during the annual convention in KansasCity of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,spokesman Chris Fleming said. Tea party organizers disputed claims [...]
*Since Brown vs. the Board of Education was passed in 1954, people have argued whether a school board can successfully educate its student body without combining classrooms and resources. The Kansas City Board of Education has learned the hard way; Last week board members voted to shut down half of the schools in its district [...]
*The recession has not been confined to groceries and mortgages anymore. The cities are now seeing their budgets affected and cuts have to be made everywhere. Kansas City just decided to make their cuts in education. They will close nearly half of their schools. According to the AP, they will be closing 29 of their 61 [...]
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