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Gerald Levert would have been 44 years old today on his birthday.

From the Chicago Sun-Times: The president and chief operating officer of Johnson Publishing Co., the publisher of Ebony and JET magazines, has resigned.

A new study released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention highlights how teenage Black girls are leading the way in smoking cessation. The study, which was published earlier this month, focuses on the overall decline in teen smoking since 1991. But since 2003,  amongst different ethnic and racial groups of both genders, African-American […]

From NYPost.com: Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor has pleaded not guilty to charges that he had sex with a 16-year-old girl.

From ABCnews.com: The Obama administration plans to announce its national strategy Tuesday to reduce the annual number of HIV infections in the United States and improve health care for those currently living with HIV.

From MinnesotaIndependent.com: Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., was “giddy” on policy and heavy on appropriating comments from conservative pundits in her key note speech to the Western Conservative Summit in Denver Friday night.

From ABCnews.com: The Obama administration plans to announce its national strategy Tuesday to reduce the annual number of HIV infections in the United States and improve health care for those currently living with HIV.

From MinnesotaIndependent.com: Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., was “giddy” on policy and heavy on appropriating comments from conservative pundits in her key note speech to the Western Conservative Summit in Denver Friday night.

Famed New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner died around 6:30 A.M. after suffering a massive heart attack. Steinbrenner, who relinquished his duties as the Yankees day-to-day chief operator due to poor health, was rushed to a hospital according to WABC-TV late last night in Tampa, Florida. “The Boss,” as the press coined him for his […]