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Etta James’ Husband Artis Mills Retains Conservatorship of Wife in Agreement Reached with James’ Sons

• December 21, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Etta James, Health, Leukemia, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, People of Color, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Blues Singer, Conservator, Conservatorship, Donto James, Estate, Etta James, Health Care, Legend, Medicine, Mills, Riverside, Riverside County California, Sametto James, Terminal Illness

“The Way of All Flesh,” A Documentary About Henrietta Lacks, HeLa, The Immortal

• June 5, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Books, Cancer, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Health, Henrietta Lacks/HeLa, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Oprah", "Shadow and Act", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Cancer, Cell, Cell Line, Consent, Death, Disease, Exploitation, Feature Film, Harpo Productions, HBO, HeLa, Henrietta Lack, Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Informed Consent, Life, Medicine, Oprah Winfrey, Racism, Rebecca Skloot, Stealing, The Fifties, The Lack Family, United States

Since I’ve Been Gone…

• January 22, 2011 • 2 Comments

Posted in Health, Memoir, The Heart, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Who I Am
Tags: African Americans, Artery, Badger Care, Black Women, Blacks, Blocked Arteries, Computer Keyboard, Computer Repair, Conditions and Diseases, Crumbs, Eating, eBay, Health, Heart Attack, Heart Disease, Hospital, Laptop, Laptop Computer, Medicine, Occlusion, Prescription Drugs, Women

Gimme Shelter: An 8.8 Earthquake Jars Chile, But the Rains Are Closing In on Haiti

• March 1, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Black People, Class, Haiti, History, Hurricanes, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, The Clintons, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Aristide, Chile, Chileans, Concepcion, Fanmi Lavalas, Flooding, Free Trade, General Augusto Pinochet, Haiti, Hunger, Hurricanes, Infectious Diseases, Infrastructure, Interim Cooperation Framework, Large Shelters, Medicine, Neo-Colonialism, Occupation, Pétionville, Pinochet, Port au Prince, President Bill Clinton, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, President Michelle Bachelet, President Sebastian Piñera, Preval, Rainy Season, Santiago, Scavenging, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Terrorism, Sweatshop, Tourism, U.N. Secretary Ban Ki Moon, U.S. Geological Survey, USAID, World Bank

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The Madison WI Capitol Times

Tony Finch Hold Clinton and Feingold to their opposition to TPP October 1, 2016
Dear Editor: I loved the photo of Elizabeth Warren strongly proclaiming "No Fast Track," presumably for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
David Giffey: Molly Ivins, please tell us if Donald Trump is a populist October 1, 2016
Molly Ivins reports in from heaven about what she sees on earth.
Mindy Portmann: Trump is right about stop-and-frisk October 1, 2016
Dear Editor: Reading the Opinion and Commentary about Paul Ryan, Trump was right.
Police: 4-yaer-old boy fatally shot in Milwaukee home October 1, 2016
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police say a 4-year-old boy has died after he was shot in a home on the city's north side.
Karl Curtis: Awareness of traumatic brain injuries could prevent tragedies like N.C. shooting October 1, 2016
We don’t know if Keith Scott’s TBI played a role in the shooting, but in any case we must train our first responders to understand and recognize TBI.
Bill Peche: Is Donald Trump really under audit? October 1, 2016
Dear Editor: Donald Trump claimed in Monday's debate that he has been under audit for almost 15 years. Too many people have taken his word at face value and consider it the truth.
Patent drawings as art are celebrated in new exhibition October 1, 2016
An inventor's sketch of a vacuum pump is no doubt a helpful schematic for federal patent officials — but maybe, just maybe, it can also be a beautiful piece of art.
'Riding The Bus with My Sister' finds unlikely new fan base: Bus drivers October 1, 2016
Simon will be at the Madison Library’s Central Branch, 201 W. Mifflin St., at 5:30 p.m. Thursday to read from and talk about the book. The early start time is to accommodate Madison Metro drivers just getting off of their…

The Chicago Tribune

Judge orders release of man who was convicted in 1957 murder April 15, 2016
A DeKalb County judge Friday vacated the conviction of Jack McCullough, who was found guilty in 2012 of the 1957 murder of a 7-year-old Sycamore girl. Judge William Brady ordered a new trial for McCullough and also ordered that he be freed from custody on his own recognizance. The hearing was held...
Judge won't reduce bond for girls in Slender Man stabbing April 15, 2016
A judge on Friday refused to reduce the $500,000 bond set for two Wisconsin girls accused of trying to kill their classmate in an attempt to please the fictional horror character Slender Man. Judge Michael Bohren denied requests by the girls' attorneys to lower the bond amount. The girls have been...
Lucas Museum switch: Olive branch or trap? April 15, 2016
By signing off on a plan to move the museum east of Lake Shore Drive, parks advocates would be trampling on the very principle they used to block the museum.Does Mayor Rahm Emanuel want to tear down the McCormick Place East building to make way for the controversial Lucas Museum of Narrative Art?...
To police, a fatal gang shooting. To parents, the end of a life turning around April 15, 2016
As they gathered at the crime tape, looking down at the body of their son under a white sheet, Raymond and Charisma Pryor were taken off to the side by police and told he was the target of a gang conflict.But all they could see was a man gunned down as he was straightening out his life, going to...
What drives Jonathan Toews? Let's start with the sleepovers April 15, 2016
As a kid, Jonathan Toews threw the worst sleepovers. Just ask Tyler Riel, a friend who went over to Toews' house one night on the southern end of Winnipeg. Riel, then 11, was expecting the usual trappings of a night with buddies — video games, junk food and hockey on the rink Toews' dad Brian built....
Reward offered for Oak Lawn man wanted in 2009 burning, killing of Chicago teen April 15, 2016
A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest of an Oak Lawn man charged in the burning and killing a teenage boy on Chicago's Southwest Side in 2009, the FBI said Friday morning. Luis Macedo, 28, whose last known address is in the 6200 block of West 90th Place,...
Muslim family kicked off United flight still awaits resolution April 15, 2016
The parents of a north suburban Muslim family abruptly removed from a United Airlines flight last month say the way they and their three children were treated by a flight crew at Chicago O'Hare International Airport went way beyond poor customer service. Yet three weeks later, they still have not...
Demolish McCormick Place East for Lucas Museum site: City Hall plan April 15, 2016
Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to tear down McCormick Place East to create a lakefront parcel for Star Wars filmmaker George Lucas' art museum in an effort to prevent Lucas from taking the project to another city, a source close to the mayoral administration said Friday. The source confirmed the mayor's...

The New York Times

Extremist Imam Tests F.B.I. and the Limits of the Law October 1, 2016
Suleiman Anwar Bengharsa has endorsed ISIS and is suspected of plotting violence on its behalf. But there is no clear evidence that he has broken the law.
Immigrants Eager to Vote Obeyed All the Rules. It Didn’t Pay. September 30, 2016
Nearly a million legal immigrants applied for citizenship in the last year, causing an agency’s backlog to swell. Many will still be in the backlog on Nov. 8.
Roy Moore, Alabama Chief Justice, Suspended Over Gay Marriage Order September 30, 2016
Chief Justice Moore was suspended for the remainder of his term for ordering Alabama’s probate judges to defy federal court orders on same-sex marriage licenses.
Evan Bayh, Long Popular in Indiana, Finds Comeback Unexpectedly Rocky September 30, 2016
Mr. Bayh had seemed to turn a lost cause for Democrats into a sure win when he decided to run for his old Senate seat, but the race is a lot closer than expected.
Bias Suit Filed on Behalf of Disabled Men in South Carolina Meat Plant September 30, 2016
The lawsuit comes after a Times investigation found that several older men with intellectual disability were living in virtual segregation in a seedy bunkhouse in Newberry, S.C.
Postcard From Texas: The Texas-Shaped World September 29, 2016
Our Houston bureau chief explores “the secret, shameless fantasy of the state America loves to debate and berate.”
After Stanford Case, California Governor Signs Bill Toughening Penalties for Sexual Assault September 30, 2016
Gov. Jerry Brown signed the measure, which imposes a mandatory minimum sentence, in response to the jailing for only three months of Brock Turner.
El Cajon Police Release Video of Fatal Shooting October 1, 2016
Footage from a civilian’s cellphone and a restaurant surveillance camera show the shooting of Alfred Olango by a police officer and the moments before it.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune

Woman accused of trying to bring gun into courthouse, Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office says November 10, 2015
A New Orleans woman tried to put a purse with a loaded gun inside through the security belt at Orleans Parish Criminal Court
World War II Museum in expansion mode in New Orleans October 1, 2016
Eight projects are under construction and 16 more on the drawing board.
2 men attacked on Toledano Street after leaving bar: NOPD October 1, 2016
One man was stabbed, and another hit in the head with a bat, after an attack on Toledano Street early Saturday morning (Oct. 1), New Orleans police said.
5 local humanitarians chosen for 59th annual Weiss Awards October 1, 2016
The Oct. 20 ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Hotel will recognize the honorees' "exceptional civic and humanitarian contributions"
1 found dead, 1 arrested after Uptown SWAT roll, NOPD reports October 1, 2016
The nearly four-hour standoff on Lyons Street began as a well-being check
Uptown SWAT roll ends in arrest of barricaded man October 1, 2016
A man was arrested after barricading himself inside an Uptown home early Saturday morning (Oct. 1), New Orleans police said.
Louisiana's black communities are culturally rich, nothing like hell October 1, 2016
During the first presidential debate of the 2016 election, Republican nominee Donald Trump asserted that black people live in hell, which struck me as an odd statement. I am a native of Louisiana, and my family's roots run deep here....
BP oil disaster might have hurt Bluefin tuna rebuilding, study says October 1, 2016
3.1 million square miles where Atlantic Bluefin tuna spawn was oiled

The Guardian, UK

Russia warns US not to intervene as hospital is hit in latest Aleppo blitz October 1, 2016
Strike by Assad regime’s helicopters leaves residents in east of the war-torn city with next to no access to essential healthcare An unrelenting Russian and Syrian blitz of eastern Aleppo heavily damaged one of the city’s three remaining hospitals on Saturday, as Moscow warned that any American attempts to stop its assault would lead to “frightening tectonic […]
Child refugees at Calais plunged into despair by plan to close camp October 1, 2016
Charities claim that self-harm and mental health problems have soared and attack Home Office’s failure to rehouse childrenIncidents of self-harm and depression among children in the Calais refugee camp are increasing as the mental health of unaccompanied minors deteriorates in advance of the site’s demolition. Charities, volunteers and aid agencies say they […]
Clinton mocks Trump with 3am tweets on national service scholarships October 1, 2016
In response to Trump’s predawn Twitter rant against Venezuelan American beauty queen, Clinton campaign posted plans to create National Service ReserveIn response to Donald Trump’s predawn Twitter rant against a Venezuelan American pageant queen, Hillary Clinton’s campaign mocked the Republican presidential nominee with a 3am tweetstorm of her own. Unlike in […]
New York monument honors victims of giant octopus attack that never occurred October 1, 2016
Cast-bronze sculpture by Joseph Reginella, who made up the story of a Staten Island ferry disaster, directs people to a fake museum nearbyA cast-bronze monument for the victims of the sinking of a steam ferry recently appeared in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, near other somber memorials to soldiers, sailors and mariners lost at sea or on the […]
Pope Francis addresses small crowd of 3,000 at service in Georgia October 1, 2016
Orthodox church delegation refuses to attend pope’s mass in the ex-Soviet state, which is overwhelmingly Orthodox ChristianPope Francis has said mass for an unusually small crowd of just a few thousand Catholics in Georgia, in a celebration further dampened when a delegation from the Orthodox church refused to attend the service. The ex-Soviet state of Georg […]
Tyson Fury ‘tests positive’ for cocaine but unlikely to be banned October 1, 2016
• Letter published by ESPN says Fury positive on 22 September• Heavyweight champion faces prospect of losing one or more beltsThe world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, who last week pulled out of his proposed rematch with Wladimir Klitschko citing mental health issues, has reportedly tested positive for cocaine.Fury, who holds the WBA and WBO world titles, […]
Iran builds attack drone similar to captured US model, local media say October 1, 2016
‘Thunderbolt’ drone said to be comparable to RQ-170 Sentinel spy drone, which Iran claimed to have shot down in 2011Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have built a new attack drone which is similar to a US unmanned aerial vehicle that was captured five years ago, Iranian media reported on Saturday. Related: Iran claims to have reverse-engineered US spy drone Contin […]
Hurricane Matthew weakens from category 5 on path toward Jamaica October 1, 2016
Haiti and Cuba also in path of strongest Atlantic hurricane since 2007Jamaicans gather supplies with storm poised to hit on MondayOne of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history weakened slightly on Saturday as it drenched coastal Colombia and roared across the Caribbean on a course that threatened Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba.Matthew briefly reach […]

The BBC

Syria conflict: Aleppo hospital 'hit by barrel bombs' October 1, 2016
An air raid on the rebel-held eastern half of the Syrian city of Aleppo hits the area's largest hospital for the third time.
India tax evasion amnesty uncovers hidden billions October 1, 2016
A tax evasion amnesty in India prompts tens of thousands of people to declare more than $9.5bn in undeclared income and assets.
Georgia Pope: Tbilisi stadium largely empty for papal Mass October 1, 2016
The Pope says Mass in a largely empty stadium on a visit to Georgia after the majority Orthodox Christian Church asks followers to stay away.
Pedro Sanchez: Spanish Socialist leader resigns October 1, 2016
The leader of Spain's opposition Socialists, Pedro Sanchez, steps down after losing a crucial party vote over joining a coalition government.
Hurricane Matthew heads for Jamaica packing strong winds October 1, 2016
Hurricane Matthew heads towards Jamaica, with wind speeds strong enough to wreck houses and infrastructure.
Roy Moore: Alabama top judge ousted over gay marriage stand October 1, 2016
Alabama's controversial chief justice is removed from office for defying federal court rulings that legalised same-sex marriage.
S Korean leader urges defectors: Come to 'bosom of freedom' October 1, 2016
South Korea's president urges North Koreans to defect, just days after a soldier from the North defected across the heavily policed Demilitarized Zone.
Hawaiian bees are first on US endangered species list October 1, 2016
Seven species of yellow-faced bee native to Hawaii are the first bees to be added to the US list of endangered species.