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Incoming Chancellor Cathie Black made her first foray into public schools Tuesday, meeting and greeting parents, students and teachers at Public School 109 in the Bronx.
New Jersey — They arrived in the United States from West Africa, young girls held against their will and forced to work for hours on end. But this time, it didn’t happen hundreds of years ago.
Via: http://www.sports.espn.go.com LeBron James was greeted with boos and all kinds of obscene gestures from salty Cleveland. LeBron came with nothing short of his A-Game and reminded Cleveland of what they missed. Mo Williams said: “It’s almost like your ex-girlfriend coming to your wedding.” Returning to his native state and the city he scorned this […]
Washington– Rep. Steve King, a Republican from Iowa, referred to President Obama as “very, very urban,” while charging that as a senator he gave special favor to African American farmers who were victims of government discrimination. In case anybody missed his meaning in a speech on the House floor Monday evening, King emphasized the word […]
World AIDS Day was yesterday and the Q was throughout the Q-munity stressing the importance of HIV testing. Well Chase-Brexton Health Services in Mt. Vernon, located at 10 W. Eager St., offers HIV testing every day of the week for FREE, and you can remain anonymous. Plus you will have the results in only 20 […]
Cleveland — There is a case in Cleveland where two men posing as women are being charged with rape and sexual assault for tricking an underage boy into having sex with them. WOIO.com reports: Quinton Harris is charged with rape and Frederick Lamar has been charged with unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. According to […]
Via: Associated Press A community prayer vigil has been held in Detroit for Aretha Franklin, a day before the singing legend is to undergo a medical procedure. City Councilwoman JoAnn Watson and others gathered downtown Wednesday to pray for Franklin. Last month, the 68-year-old singer announced she was canceling all concert dates and personal appearances […]
Brooklyn — Men in Brooklyn have started a group “We Make Us Better” that is escorting people home from the train station after a bunch of recent robberies in their Bed-Stuy neighborhood. The New York Daily News reports: After a spate of recent muggings and robberies, a group of 20 Bedford-Stuyvesant men started escorting people […]
New York — A Daily News review of the latest NYPD crime statistics shows drugs are a factor in at least half of city homicides – and two out of three victims are black.
Oklahoma — Justin Walker is serving a 30-year sentence for the killing of an Oklahoma Sheriff. “Jus N” has a Facebook page. Also, apparently, a Blackberry, a bong, a stash of weed, knives, some booze and other goodies inside his jail cell.