National

RALEIGH, N.C. — Protesters and police scuffled Tuesday at a school board meeting in North Carolina over claims that a new busing system would resegregate schools, roiling racial tensions reminiscent of the 1960s.

From HuffingtonPost.com: Shirley Sherrod has accomplished a number of things in her career, but she had never planned on uniting Glenn Beck and the NAACP.

From news4jax.com: Expectant parents shopping for a home are not the only ones concerned about the date of the baby’s arrival.

From CNN.com: “Lift Every Voice and Sing” is an uplifting spiritual, one that’s often heard in churches and popularly recognized as the black national anthem. Timothy Askew grew up with its rhythms, but now the song holds a contentious place in his mind.

From NYDailyNews.com: He’s got a fondness for green – both flowers and cash – and he’s still on the loose.

FROM NPR.com: Bone marrow transplants are often the only treatment for blood-related cancers. The treatment, however, is dependent on the patient finding a donor who shares a similar genetic makeup. In most cases, that means the match is found in someone of the same race. But the black community has a particularly tough time attracting […]

NEW YORK — Fox News Channel’s Glenn Beck says he’s been diagnosed with an eye disease that could eventually blind him. The conservative commentator told an audience attending his “American Revival” tour over the weekend in Salt Lake City that a doctor told him he has the degenerative disease macular dystrophy.

FROM NYDailyNews.com: One strike and she was out.