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Facebook founder to donate $100M to mostly minority Newark schools on Oprah Show
The donation is being announced Friday on Oprah Winfrey’s TV show in an arrangement that brings together the young Internet tycoon, Newark’s celebrated Democratic mayor and a governor who has quickly become a star of the Republican party.
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New Study links non- stick pans to high cholesterol levels in kids
Exposure to these compounds occurs through all manner of sources: drinking water, dust, food packaging, breast milk, cord blood, microwave popcorn, air and environmental sources
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Mega-church pastor Bishop Eddie Long accused of sexual misconduct
The men were 17- and 18-year-old members of Long’s New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, when they say Long abused his spiritual authority to seduce them with cars, money, clothes, jewelry, international trips and access to celebrities.
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New study: Daycare has lasting effects for African American children
An examination of the data revealed that children who attended more responsive, stimulating, and well-structured settings during preschool had fewer behavioral problems-such as aggression and rule breaking-in middle childhood.
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FAMU Announces it’s 40 Under 40 Honorees
FAMU announced the young men and women who will be honored at the Young Alumni Awards: A 40/40 Celebration, Friday, October 29 @ Homecoming.
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ReTweets / FB-Likes: Designing Obama iPad App [#Design #Brands #iPad]
ReTweets / FB-Likes : Coudal Partners RT of Obama’s design director, Scott Thomas’ new collaboration of the Obama campaign.
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New York City cab driver stabbed for being Muslim
The taxi workers alliance said Sharif, 43, a practicing Muslim originally from Bangladesh, was slashed across the neck, face, shoulder and hand in the attack.
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Black Leaders Outraged by ‘Religious Right’ Moves to Overturn Roe v Wade
The “Religious Right” billboard campaign claiming African American children are an “endangered species” and Alveda King’s comparison of anti-abortion activists to “Freedom Riders” have sparked outrage in the African American community.