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Click here for a list of school closings and delays for Wednesday. Read More
Chile Rushing To Deliver Aid To Earthquake Victims
Post by Denise Dunbar in Photos on Mar 1, 2010 at 11:14 am
Rescuers searched for survivors Monday as crews sought to deliver food and water and prevent looting after the fifth strongest earthquake in 100 years ravaged central and southern Chile. Read More
UPDATE: Recovery And Rescue Continues In Chile After Major Earthquake
Post by Denise Dunbar in Photos on Feb 28, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Recovery and rescue attempts are ongoing in Chile after a massive 8.8 earthquake struck the South American country. Click here to find out how you can help. Read More
An 8.8 earthquake struck Chile early Saturday morning, causing a massive amount of destruction, fallen buildings and over 200 deaths. Click here for details. Read More
Former New Orleans Cop Pleads Guilty To Cover Up In Katrina Killings
Post by Denise Dunbar in Photos on Feb 25, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Admitting a massive cover-up, a former New Orleans police supervisor pleaded guilty to a federal obstruction charge on Wednesday, confessing that he participated in a conspiracy to justify the shooting of six unarmed people after Hurricane Katrina. Read More
DA Searches DeKalb Schools Superintendent’s Home, Offices
Post by Denise Dunbar in Photos on Feb 25, 2010 at 2:11 pm
The AJC.com is reporting that investigators seized three computer hard drives and other items from DeKalb schools Superintendent Crawford Lewis’ home Thursday as part of a criminal investigation into multimillion-dollar school construction projects. Click here for details. Read More
SeaWorld Trainer Killed By Killer Whale In Orlando
Post by Denise Dunbar in Photos on Feb 24, 2010 at 6:06 pm
A killer whale killed a trainer Wednesday afternoon at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, a spokesman for the Orange County Fire Department said. Click here for details. Read More
Often Misunderstood, Voodoo Is A Source Of Comfort In Haiti
Post by Denise Dunbar in Photos on Feb 23, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Voodoo is one of the official religions of Haiti, and its designation in 2003 merely granted official acknowledgment to a longstanding reality. The slave revolt that brought Haiti independence indeed relied on voodoo, the New World version of ancestral African faiths. Read More
The fate of Devonni “Devo” Benton, accused of murder in the September shooting death of Spelman student Jasmine Lynn, is now in the hands of a Fulton County jury. Before Fulton Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford Jr. released the jurors, they heard final arguments calling for them to either convict Benton or give him justice. Read More
BREAKING: Plane Crashes Into Federal Office Building In Austin, Texas
Post by Denise Dunbar in Photos on Feb 18, 2010 at 2:16 pm
A small plane crashed into a business tower that houses some federal offices in Austin, Texas on Thursday morning, engulfing the entire front half of the seven-story building in flames. Read More
Trial Underway In Spelman College Student Murder
Post by Denise Dunbar in Photos on Feb 17, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Today was the start of the murder trial of Devonni Manuel Benton, who is accused of fatally shooting Spelman College sophomore Jasmine Lynn in the early hours of Sept. 3 as she walked past a fight on the Clark Atlanta campus. Read More
Detroit City Council President Squares Off With Rev. Marvin Winans
Post by Denise Dunbar in Photos on Feb 16, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh and the Rev. Marvin L. Winans Sr. sparred today over an effort to water down a controversial strip club crackdown, ending with Pugh calling out the popular pastor for living in the suburbs. Read More
Some Missionaries Facing Scrutiny In Haiti
Post by Denise Dunbar in Photos on Feb 16, 2010 at 2:41 pm
Moved by awful images of the Jan. 12 earthquake, a broad band of religious groups has swept into Haiti in recent weeks. But rather than fostering a universal spirit of interfaith cooperation, the hasty assemblage of religious organizations has sometimes created tensions among them. Read More
UPDATE: Savannah Single Mother Discharged, Spared Court-Martial
Post by Denise Dunbar in Photos on Feb 12, 2010 at 2:27 pm
The U.S. Army has discharged a single mother in Savannah who refused to deploy to Afghanistan in order to stay home and care for her infant son. Click here for details. Read More
UPDATE: Bill Clinton Released From Hospital
Post by Denise Dunbar in Photos on Feb 12, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Former President Clinton left a New York hospital early Friday, less than a day after doctors performed a procedure to restore blood flow in one of his coronary arteries. Read More