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mg class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-515442″ src=”http://newsone.com/files/2010/05/kagan.jpg” alt=”Obama Kagan Supreme Court” width=”512″ height=”372″ /> WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the U.S.Supreme Court, declaring she would demonstrate the same independence, integrity and passion for the law exhibited by retiring Justice John Paul Stevens.

DALLAS (AP) — Kwame Kilpatrick, the disgraced former mayor of Detroit, has a message for the city he used to lead: Let’s move on.

Lawrence Taylor has had a long history of drug use and trouble in his life but, this latest charge takes the cake.

WASHINGTON — More confident U.S. employers stepped up job creation in April, expanding payrolls by 290,000, the most in four years. The jobless rate rose to 9.9 percent as Americans streamed back into the market looking for work.

From VIBE.com: By Regina King Of all groups of people, Black women are the least likely group of women that will date outside of their race.

From BlackVoices.com: Terrence Howard has been tapped to play opposite Jennifer Hudson as South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela in the movie titled ‘‘Winnie.’

From ChicagoBreakingNews.com: About 700 students gathered in front of Chicago Public Schools headquarters this morning to protest drastic budget cuts which they say they are already starting to feel.

mg class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-511972″ src=”http://newsone.com/files/2010/05/president.jpg” alt=”NIGERIA PRESIDENT” width=”512″ height=”337″ /> LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria’s acting leader Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in Thursday as president of Africa’s most populous country, as the body of his predecessor was flown north for a traditional Muslim burial hours after he died following a lengthy illness.

img class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-510862″ src=”http://newsone.com/files/2010/05/holder.jpg” alt=”Times Square Probe” width=”512″ height=”362″ /> From the Washington Post: When Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. stepped up to the lectern at 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, it was more than an unusual middle-of-the-night appearance trumpeting the swift arrest of an alleged terrorist. It also marked a rare moment of […]