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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Wal-Mart’s highly awaited Black Friday ad promises hot deals on high-definition TVs, Blu-ray players, laptops and holiday gift favorites such as toys and DVDs, according to a copy of the retailer’s circular obtained by CNNMoney.com on Saturday.

Kentucky (PittPostGazette)– Several veterans and historians gathered in Alleghany, Kentucky to honor the 180,000 African Americans who fought in the Civil War. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports: Local African-American veterans and officials from the History Center gathered at the cemetery Sunday to honor more than 100 Civil War-era African-American soldiers who are buried there. Mr. Masich […]

South Carolina (Huffington Post)—Alvin Greene, the quirky former South Carolina Senate candidate, added additional hype to his potential bid for president earlier this week when he upped the likelihood of a run from “I’ll have to see,” to “I’m seriously considering.”

Chicago (HuffPost)– As early as 10 a.m. Sunday, candidates and campaign workers filing petitions for the City of Chicago elections began lining up at 69 W. Washington, hoping to make it onto the ballot.

Comedian and YouTube sensation, was shot dead in New Orleans on Sunday after attending a baby shower for one of his friends. Onlookers took pictures of Messy Mya’s dead body and circulated the pictures on Twitter. Mya was very well known in New Orleans gay community and several of his online rants have gone viral. […]

New York (NYPost)– A Brooklyn girl celebrating her 16th birthday was hit by a bullet fired from a cop’s gun and will never walk again, a new lawsuit against the city charges.

I was watching the local news Sunday morning in Atlanta and I came across a story which I found frustrating and inspirational. The story dealt with children turning to weight loss surgery to lose excessive amounts of weight.  The story mentioned that Georgia is ranked second in the country to Mississippi for child obesity.

Today is World Diabetes Day(Sun. November 14).  Diabetes affects millions of people all over the world. The African-American community has been plagued by this condition in large numbers.  The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists have produced an in-depth video that gives the African-American community a guide to prevention and control of diabetes. Please check out […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A married pair of top officials in a Maryland county is accused of tampering with evidence after FBI agents said they recorded the husband telling his wife to flush a $100,000 check from a real estate developer down the toilet and to stuff almost $80,000 in cash in her underwear.

I’ve been told smoking is a bad habit to break but I know many people who’ve done it.  The more I study, research and write about various topics pertaining to smoking and cancer, I wonder why people still smoke and know the effects that are harmful to your body because of it.