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Boy, That Was a Short Vacay: Eddie Long Back at New Birth, and a New Video Shows Vanessa in the Audience with Their Children

• January 14, 2012 • 1 Comment

Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Commercials, Consumer Fraud, Cultural History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Stranger in a Strange Land", Atlanta, Born again (Christianity), Divorce, Eddie Long, Elev8, Ephren Taylor, Lithonia GA, Lithonia Georgia, New Birth, New Birth Christian Academy, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, New Year, New Year's Day, New Years Eve, News One, Prosperity Gospel, Religious, Television Commercials, Valentine Michael Smith

Spying While Shopping: Malls Using Your Cell Phones to Track Your Movements in Stores

• November 26, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Consumer Fraud, Holidays, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Android Smartphones, Backlash, Holiday Season, Holiday Shopping, Malls, Marketing, Mobile phone, New Year's Day, Path Intelligence, Promenade Temecula Mall, Richmond Virginia, Rupert Murdoch, Shopping Mail, Short Pump Town Center, Snooping, Southern California, Spying, The Economy, Tracking, Tweets, United States, Voice Mails

New Year’s Songs: George Winston, “The Snowman, Walking in the Air”

• December 31, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Books, Children's Shows, Class, Cultural History, Film, George Winston, Holidays, Memoir, Music, Spirituality
Tags: "The Snowman", "Walking in the Air", CDs, Children, Christmas, Compact Disc, Father Christmas, Flying, George Winston, Imagination, New Year, New Year's Day, New Years Eve, Palo Alto CA, Plowshare Books, Royal Pavilion, Santa Claus, Snowman, Snowmen, The Eighties, The Seventies, Windham Hill, Windham Hill Records

New Year’s Songs: Harry Connick, “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?”

• December 28, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Harry Connick Jr., Holidays, Love, Music, Sexuality
Tags: 2011, Arts, Christmas, Closeness, Harry Connick Jr., Holiday, Love, New Year, New Year's Day, New Year's Songs, New Years Eve, New York City, Performing Arts, Ringing in the Year, Romance, Slow Dance

Oscar Grant’s Family and Supporters Respond…

• July 8, 2010 • 3 Comments

Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Dateline", "Nightline, African Americans, BART, BART Cop, BART Train, Black Women, California, Cephus Johnson, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Death by Cops, Google News, Johannes Mehserle, Latinas, Latinos, LeBron James, Los Angeles CA, Murder, New Year's Day, Oakland CA, Oakland City Hall, Oakland Police Department, Oscar Grant, Racism, Verdict

Meanwhile, Back in Los Angeles: Pretrial Hearings Underway in the Oscar Grant Case

• January 9, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Television
Tags: "Grand Theft Auto", "The L.A. Watts Times", "The Los Angeles Times", Alameda County, Anthony Sowell, BART, BART Police, Bled to Death in Custody, C-Span, California, Changing Stories, Chuco's Justice Center, Criminal Record, DeAndre Brunston, Flight from Justice, Fruitvale Station, Gag Order, Hayward CA, Johannes Mehserle, Judge Perry, Judge Robert J. Perry, Keishia Brunston, L.A. County Sheriff's Department, L.A. County Sheriff's Deputies, Marysol Domenici, Michael Rains, Mitrice Richardson, Murder, Nevada, New Year's Day, Oakland, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Property Damage, Public Television, Riots, San Francisco Bay Area, Taser, Tasering, Tatiana Grant, Televising Court Cases, Tony Pirone, Wanda Johnson

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Neighborhood, developer hashing out concerns over east Madison apartment project October 19, 2017
A developer has big plans for a new apartment complex at 131 S. Fair Oaks Ave., but the neighborhood is pushing back.
US tourist fears he was hit in Cuba, years before diplomats October 19, 2017
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Chris Allen's phone started buzzing as word broke that invisible attacks in Cuba had hit a U.S. government worker at Havana's Hotel Capri. Allen's friends and family had heard an eerily similar story from him before.
US tourist fears he was hit in Cuba, years before diplomats October 19, 2017
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Chris Allen's phone started buzzing as word broke that invisible attacks in Cuba had hit a U.S. government worker at Havana's Hotel Capri. Allen's friends and family had heard an eerily similar story from him before.
Madison to seek project proposals for former army reserve property on South Park Street October 19, 2017
The city bought the property for an estimated $1.1 million from the United States Department of Defense in 2012 and is looking to sell it to to the property’s adjacent neighbors.
Mike McCabe: Let all Wisconsinites buy into BadgerCare and Wisconsin Retirement System October 19, 2017
The closer we can get to the point where everyone pays and everyone benefits from what government does, the better off we all will be.
William Backes: Come to tar sands resistance meeting Oct. 27 October 19, 2017
Dear Editor: We all need to find issues that can breach complex divisions in these divisive, polarizing times across our state and country. Many Americans view a political landscape which offers little promise for collaboration or compromise. It is not…
E.J. Dionne Jr.: The enablers of a debased politics October 19, 2017
All Republican politicians who take their obligations seriously must stop rationalizing the irrational and say what has long been obvious, that Trump's way of doing business is unproductive, erratic, mean and scary.
Police warn car dealerships about rash of break-ins October 19, 2017
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Hartford police are urging car dealerships and auto repair shops to tighten security because thieves have been breaking in to steal keys which they use sometimes days later to steal vehicles.

The New York Times

Blood and Beauty on a Texas Exotic-Game Ranch October 19, 2017
In the hill country outside San Antonio, a safari-style world of rare and endangered species symbolizes the popularity and controversy of exotic game hunting.
Californians Will Soon Have Nonbinary as a Gender Option on Birth Certificates October 19, 2017
Under a new law, the first in the nation, residents will no longer be limited to identifying themselves as either male or female on state documents.
Home of the ‘Bump Stock’ Says, Don’t Blame Us for Las Vegas October 19, 2017
Residents of Moran, Tex., depend heavily on the company whose products enable high-speed gunfire, and say a ban would be disastrous, and unconstitutional.
Deal on North Carolina Bathroom Law Would Expand Transgender Protections October 19, 2017
Gov. Roy Cooper and transgender rights advocates said they had drawn up a settlement on the state’s longstanding bathroom dispute.
2nd Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump’s New Travel Ban October 18, 2017
Hours after a judge in Hawaii blocked most of President Trump’s order from taking effect, a judge in Maryland used somewhat different grounds to reach the same result.
In North Carolina, Republicans Stung by Court Rulings Aim to Change the Judges October 18, 2017
Sweeping changes include introducing partisan ballots to judges’ races, the first state to do so in almost a century.
As Overdose Deaths Pile Up, a Medical Examiner Quits the Morgue October 7, 2017
“It has completely overwhelmed us,” Dr. Thomas A. Andrew said of the opioid crisis. His new ambition: minister to the living about the dangers of drugs.
A Marine Attacked an Iraqi Restaurant. But Was It a Hate Crime or PTSD? October 18, 2017
After a Marine attacked an Iraqi restaurant in Portland, Ore., his family said he was provoked by trauma, not hate, and that he needed help, not jail time.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune

Bourbon Street reconstruction cost doubles, start of 2nd half delayed to May 2018 August 23, 2017
Final cost has jumped from original estimate of $6 million to over $13 million.
Avondale suspect charged with fatally beating man, pistol-whipping woman October 19, 2017
Cedric Reed is accused of pistol-whipping a woman at an Avondale house and returning that night to fatally beat Michael Riley.
Lawyers hunt for California fires' ground zero to go after utility October 19, 2017
"We have forensic experts already on the ground," said Steve Campora, an attorney in Sacramento who specializes in suing over fires and explosions.
Bywater toddler killed by father, 2 other homicide victims identified by coroner October 19, 2017
Amina Gerhart Hambrick, who was fatally stabbed and strangled by her father, was 18 months old.
New Orleans lands in the top 10 fastest-growing U.S. airports: See how we rank October 19, 2017
More than 5.5 million people boarded a flight at Louis Armstrong International Airport in 2016.
JPSO seeking man who robbed Old Jefferson bank on Oct. 10 October 19, 2017
The suspect held up a Metairie Bank branch while armed, authorities said.
Remember the 'Nasty Woman' T-shirt? It's the 1st anniversary October 19, 2017
The shirt was created by New Orleans designer Amanda Brinkman.
East Jefferson says 'no' to crime in Night Out Against Crime October 19, 2017
Over 2,000 attendees showed up at the party on the night designated as the Night Out Against Crime for the nine-parish area covered by Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans.

The Guardian, UK

Global pollution kills millions and threatens 'survival of human societies' October 19, 2017
Landmark study finds toxic air, water, soils and workplaces kill at least 9m people and cost trillions of dollars every yearPollution kills at least nine million people and costs trillions of dollars every year, according to the most comprehensive global analysis to date, which warns the crisis “threatens the continuing survival of human societies”.Toxic air […]
Quentin Tarantino on Weinstein: 'I knew enough to do more than I did' October 19, 2017
The director admits he knew about an alleged assault involving his former girlfriend Mira Sorvino, and says he wishes he had taken responsibilityQuentin Tarantino says he knew about instances of sexual assault by Harvey Weinstein for decades but failed to act in order to protect women, adding: “I knew enough to do more than I did.” Related: The allegations a […]
Donald Trump awards himself 10 out of 10 for Puerto Rico hurricane response October 19, 2017
Hundreds of thousands without running water and electricity‘Did we do a great job?’ Trump asks Puerto Rico governor at White HouseDonald Trump gave his administration’s response to the damage wrought on Puerto Rico by Hurricane Maria a 10 out of 10 during a meeting with the governor of the devastated US territory. Nearly a month after Hurricane Maria struck […]
White supremacist Richard Spencer faces barrage of protest at Florida speech October 19, 2017
Majority of audience stands and chants throughout white nationalist’s talkSpencer: ‘You are trying to shut down a dissident intellectual’White supremacist Richard Spencer took the stage at the University of Florida on Thursday after his supporters threatened to sue if he was not allowed to speak. But minutes after he began to talk, the majority of the crowd […]
Tourist killed by falling masonry in famous Florence church October 19, 2017
Death of Spaniard struck in Basilica di Santa Croce raises questions about state of Italy’s ageing and fragile monumentsA 52-year-old tourist from Spain has been killed by falling masonry in one of Florence’s most famous churches, the Basilica di Santa Croce.The fatal accident at the church where Michelangelo, Galileo Galilei and Niccolo Machiavelli are buri […]
MH370: Malaysia in deal with private search firm to find missing plane October 19, 2017
‘No find, no fee’ search to be undertaken by US-based seabed exploration company Ocean InfinityMalaysia has entered into a “no find, no fee” arrangement with a private search company, Ocean Infinity, in a bid to recover the missing MH370 plane and discover the fate of the 239 people on board. Late on Thursday, Australia’s minister for infrastructure and tran […]
Russian scrutinised for ties to Trump investigated in Monaco October 19, 2017
Dmitry Rybolovlev allegedly violated privacy of Tania Rappo and used political influence against former art dealerA Russian billionaire who has emerged as a central figure in the controversy surrounding the Trump campaign’s possible collusion with the Kremlin is under investigation in Monaco.Dmitry Rybolovlev, who is president of Monaco football club, is exp […]
Brazil prosecutors investigate plan to give reconstituted food to poor people October 19, 2017
São Paulo’s mayor claimed powder made from food close to its sell-by date was a cost-free way to tackle hunger but critics denounced it as ‘human pet food’Prosecutors in Brazil’s biggest city have opened an inquiry into a controversial plan to feed poorer citizens and schoolchildren with a flour made out of food close to its sell-by date that critics have de […]

The BBC

White House chief of staff John Kelly defends Trump over widow remarks October 19, 2017
Gen John Kelly says he is "broken-hearted" by a lawmaker's criticism of Mr Trump's condolence call.
Richard Spencer speech at Florida campus sparks mass protest October 19, 2017
Richard Spencer defiantly speaks over a crowd of protesters chanting "Nazis are not welcome here".
Catalan crisis: EU leaders rule out involvement in crisis October 19, 2017
Donald Tusk says there is no room for "any kind" of mediation or action on Catalonia.
Pakistan militant leader 'killed by drone' in Afghanistan October 19, 2017
Omar Khalid Khorasani led Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a faction behind bomb attacks inside Pakistan.
Love, Barack: Obama's letters to college girlfriend unveiled October 19, 2017
A series of angst-laden letters from the early 1980s paint a portrait of a young Barack Obama.
Gitanjali Rao: Girl of 11 takes US young scientist prize October 19, 2017
Inspired by a contamination scandal, the winner invented a device to test water safely and cheaply.
Anger over Mogadishu bomb attack boils over into streets October 19, 2017
A red bandana becomes the symbol of protest in Mogadishu as Somalis protest at Saturday's bombing.
Afghan army base destroyed by Taliban suicide bombers October 19, 2017
Bombers in Humvee vehicles kill 43 soldiers while police are under siege in a separate attack.