Some of the more high-profile players of the National Football League visited Baltimore March 9 to be honored in the 32nd annual Ed Block Courage Awards Banquet at Martin’s West. […]
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U.S. Postal Service Considers Cutting Saturday Mail Delivery
While Americans may be accustomed to Saturday mail delivery and being able to frequent post offices close to their homes, massive deficits could strip away these conveniences, The Associated Press […]
Bank of America to Help Customers Avoid Overdraft Fees
Bank of America announced this week its intentions to help customers avoid overdraft fees on debit card purchases. Starting this summer, the Charlotte, N.C.-based bank will only authorize single debit […]
Hometown Hero: Mo’Nique Goes for Gold at Oscars
Dressed in a ruched royal blue gown with a delicate white gardenia adorning her upswept tresses, actress/comedienne Mo’Nique embodied old-school glamour at the 2010 Oscars. As she accepted her award […]
Tourism Industry Climbs Despite Recession
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — The international tourism industry has been traveling full-speed ahead as one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world despite the fact that bank accounts […]
Officials Ask for More Transparent Health Insurance
Amid a Congressional fight for health care reform, President Obama and Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, are asking for more transparency among the nation’s […]
Republican Fundraising Document Depicts Democrats as “Evil”
Democrats spoke out sharply against a document created by the Republican National Committee that depicted President Obama as the comic book supervillain The Joker, a document the chairman of the […]
Teachers Suspended For Honoring O.J., Others
Three Los Angeles teachers have been suspended after they gave their students pictures of Dennis Rodman, O.J. Simpson, and RuPaul to carry in a Black History Month Parade, the Associated […]
Naomi Campbell Hosts “Fashion for Relief” for Haiti
Superstar runway model Naomi Campbell recently rallied the fashion world with a charity fashion show for Haitian relief efforts, her latest effort to support disaster relief. The event was held […]
Obama Sets Deadline on Health Care Reform
President Obama hopes to see his controversial health care reform bill approved by March 18, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said March 4. According to thehill.com, Gibbs said sweeping […]
N.C. Woman Who Offered Daughter for Sex Released on Bond
The allegedly poverty-stricken North Carolina woman who was accused of giving her five-year-old daughter to a man for sex late last year was released from jail on February 21 after […]
Senate’s Jobs Bill
While the Jobs Bill passed by the Senate on Feb. 24 could potentially open over 1 million new jobs, Marc H. Morial, CEO and President of the National Urban League. […]