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If most new moms would breastfeed their babies for the first six months of life, it would save nearly 1,000 lives and billions of dollars each year, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. “The United States incurs $13 billion in excess costs annually and suffers 911 preventable deaths per year […]

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The weather has taken a turn for the better in the past couple of days and most people have been enjoying the sun but not residents on the Southside of Chicago. In just a matter of two days a total of 41 people have been shot, which includes 4 deaths, in 31 different incidents. “Between […]

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From BlackNews.com: Dallas, TX (BlackNews.com) – As the economy continues its sluggish recovery, and with unemployment topping 9.7%, many people, especially minorities, have had to find alternative means to support themselves. Etiquette and social graces workshops specifically geared to the young people living in urban communities have been quietly on the rise as the lure […]

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Via NewsOne.com: WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy posted its largest job gain in three years in March, while the unemployment rate remained at 9.7 percent for the third straight month. The increase in payrolls is the latest sign that the economic recovery is gaining momentum and healing in the job market is beginning. Still, the […]

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Newsweek wrote that Joe Biden’s Big F—- Deal Statement when the health care signed was one of the few times that the F-bomb was appropriate. Now they are using Biden’s statement as a fund raising T-Shirt. RELATED STORIES Obama Visits Iowa To Sell Health Care Reform To Public PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNS HEALTH CARE REFORM INTO […]

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Via CNN: President Obama is set to unveil plans Wednesday to open large swaths of U.S. coastal waters in the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico to oil and natural gas drilling — a move likely to please the energy industry but upset the administration’s environmentalist supporters. “To set America on a path to […]

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“We need to pray for our brother and his family, and warn America: Leave that man alone.” Although the initial support was apparent during the campaign, the announcement that Barack Obama was officially the new president of the United Stated shifted the mentalities of many and masked perceptions of a Black president became a reality. […]

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A judge has ordered the family of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to testify in the civil lawsuit surrounding the shooting death of a stripper. According to reports, U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen said that lawyers for the Greene family can speak with Carlita Kilpatrick (Kwame Kilpatrick’s wife), Bernard Kilpatrick (his father) and a former Detroit […]

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From WashingtonPost.com: Legislation hailed by supporters as the most significant change to college student lending in a generation passed the House on Sunday night. The student aid initiative, which House Democrats attached to their final amendments to the health-care bill, would overhaul the student loan industry, eliminating a $60 billion program that supports private student […]

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The man who killed El Hajj Malik El Shabazz a.k.a. Malcolm X in cold blood, is set to be released from jail. Thomas Hagan is the only man to admit to assassinating the leader and was found guilty of murder for his shooting death on February 21, 1965 on the stage of the Audubon Ballroom. […]

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The Hollywood Scoop By:  Wendy Wheaton “Our marriage, their wedding.” It’s lesson number one for any newly engaged couple, and Lucia (America Ferrera) and Marcus (Lance Gross) are no exception. In Fox Searchlight Pictures’ OUR FAMILY WEDDING, they learn the hard way that the path to saying “I do” can be rife with familial strife. […]

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HIV/AIDS disproportionately affects Black people around the world, with Black women in particular becoming infected at an alarmingly increasing rate. For our community to withstand this epidemic, it’s absolutely crucial that we all know the risks and take all necessary precautions to avoid infection. See below for more information from the Centers for Disease Control. […]