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From CNN: Six months after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, most governments that promised money to help rebuild the country have not delivered any funds at all, a CNN investigation has found.
Via: WJZ-TV 16-year-old Emily Kerstetter was on a mission to help those in need in Uganda when she was injured in a vicious attack. Family said that the teen is currently in South Africa recovering from surgery to repair a shattered leg. She is expected to have a long road to recovery. She has another […]
Via: WJZ-TV Officer William Anderson, 37, was killed in a motorcycle accident, he was driving at the time, that occurred Sunday on Maryland 165. Police say the Harley Davidson crashed into a pickup truck that stopped to make a turn. The driver of the truck suffered non-life threatening injuries.
Via: WJZ-TV Just before rush hour Wednesday a car veered off the the road, goes airborne and crashed into a business in Hickory, Md. The driver was flown to Shock Trauma. Police are alleging that the driver was driving drunk at the time of the accident. The vehicle hit three parked cars before crashing. A […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton sought Wednesday to steer attention away from an NAACP resolution condemning racism within the tea party movement, saying focus should remain on jobs and an upcoming march in Washington.
From The Huffington Post Break out the champagne, the 2010 National Black Arts Festival (NBAF) begins now. Happening in Atlanta from July 14th through the 18th, the event bills itself is one of the America’s “pre-eminent presenters of the art and culture of the African Diaspora.” With a beautiful new website that was funded by […]
From TheGrio.com: Kids are finding new and more creative ways to get high these days. There has been a growing trend of drug abuse using concoctions made from everyday items found in refrigerators and household medicine cabinets.
HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. – Police in the small Detroit enclave of Highland Park are investigating what a neighbor described as the bloody ax slaying of a 26-year-old Detroit woman in her boyfriend’s home. Mila Perry’s body was found Monday inside the two-story wood-frame house not long after police arrested a woman described by witnesses as […]
From TheRoot.com: Back when I was a young college brother, my frat and I took delight in going to parties and chanting clever little ditties against other fraternities. For the most part, the back-and-forth chants were good-natured, usually about how much more cool my organization was compared to another organization. Or how we pledged so […]