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July 1, 2009
An official at Duke University in North Carolina has been arrested and charged with offering a five-year-old boy for sex.…
July 1, 2009
Many Michigan prisons sit empty these days, a product of budget cuts and thousands upon thousands of paroled prisoners. Governor…
July 1, 2009
It's been less than a week since Michael Jackson died yet those seeking to profit from his life, and indeed…
July 1, 2009
Do you remember Ty’Sheoma Bethea? She was the eighth grader in the Sunday dress sitting next to first lady, Michelle
July 1, 2009
Last Friday, the American Climate and Energy Security [ACES] Act sponsored by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Edward Markey…
July 1, 2009
Rumors continue to swirl about a massive public memorial service being planned for Michael Jackson this, as the pop-star's will…
July 1, 2009
LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Mississippi’s still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward
June 30, 2009
Thousands of Michael Jackson fans converged on Harlem's famed Apollo Theater Tuesday for a public tribute to the performer, clutching…
June 30, 2009
Michael Jackson performed at the Apollo Theater several times in his career - first, in 1969 when he was just…
June 30, 2009
The Israeli navy intercepted a ship carrying foreign peace activists trying to break a blockade of Gaza on Tuesday and…
June 30, 2009
If you follow basketball, you know the Miami Heat’s Daequan Cook. But there’s another Daequan in Dayton. A 12 year
June 30, 2009
“At each juncture, twist, and turn, as Black people were transformed, so was their characteristic music.” —Amiri Baraka Baraka wrote
June 30, 2009
ARI ODZER A Fort Lauderdale man is being called a hero today for prying open the jaws of a pit
June 30, 2009
President Barack Obama reiterated his support for gay rights on Monday. He spoke at a White House reception for lesbian,
June 30, 2009
As the reaction to the death of Michael Jackson continues across the country, one dynamic is emerging: how people remember…
June 30, 2009
In the 1960's New York mayor Robert Wagner launched a campaign to "clean up the city" to help...
June 29, 2009
A California teen tries to make history by reaching for the skies. Fifteen-year-old pilot Kimberly Anyadike (on-ya-DEE-kay) left Compton, California…
June 29, 2009
Michael Jackson's mother asked a Superior Court judge on Monday to name her administrator of her late son's estate so…
June 29, 2009
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race,…
June 29, 2009
"To you, Michael is an icon," a somber Janet Jackson told the crowd at the end of Sunday's show. "To…