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January 6, 2010
The treasure hunter who discovered remains on Folly Island 23 years ago is working to have a historical marker put…
January 6, 2010
VIDEO - She helps unlock the secrets to success in school with teenagers other teachers might write-off. To know Tonya…
January 6, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The heart-wrenching story of an illiterate and abused Harlem teen who finds hope in a classroom…
January 6, 2010
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Investigators say Johnny Lee Wicks was on a suicide mission the day he walked three miles…
January 6, 2010
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) -- In 2006, Abraham Shakespeare -- a truck driver's assistant who lived with his mother -- won…
January 6, 2010
While most of us were ringing in the New Year - one heartland family was falling apart. Six children were…
January 6, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The fur is flying over a new ad campaign by an animal rights group the White House…
January 6, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The National Security Council's chief of staff says the Obama administration will "follow through" on all intelligence…
January 6, 2010
When employees at a McDonald's in Kansas City, Missouri reportedly messed up this woman's order, she wasn't going to take…
January 6, 2010
After 10 years, Tavis Smiley is ending his annual State of the Black Union conference, which spawned best-selling books and…
January 6, 2010
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A ex-Richmond city councilman is among those asking that Virginia officials excavate part of a university…
January 6, 2010
From LATimes.com When Keymarian Washington was in eighth grade, he was shot at while hanging out with gang members on
January 5, 2010
VIDEO - Chicago Police arrested the man who fatally shot a 16-year-old standing outside of a store on the 300…
January 5, 2010
DENVER (AP) -- Black and Latino children in Colorado schools are more likely than whites to face harsh punishments such…
January 5, 2010
For nearly a century, Harlem has been synonymous with black urban America. But the neighborhood is in the midst of…
January 5, 2010
From BlackNews.com Nobel Peace Prize honoree Mother Teresa, legendary actress Katharine Hepburn, Negro Leagues Baseball and Cowboys of the Silver
January 5, 2010
From NYDailynews.com Showing off his guns and abs and glaring at the camera, Tiger Woods looks nothing like the good
January 5, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Electronic Arts Inc. said Monday it will stand behind Tiger Woods - at least for the…
January 5, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) -- Eunice Johnson, the widow of Ebony magazine founder John Johnson and a fashion maven who ran thousands…
January 5, 2010
While the term "Negro" has appeared in previous census forms, some young or first-time African-American census participants may find it…