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From New York Times WASHINGTON — With the stroke of President Obama’s pen, his health care overhaul — the most sweeping social legislation enacted in decades — became law on Tuesday. Mr. Obama affixed his curlicue signature, almost letter by letter, to the measure, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, during a ceremony in […]
Last night in New York City the stars aligned to attend a special screening of Tyler Perry’s “Why Did I Get Married Too?” Check out the photos below! From Gossiponthis.com
VIA: AJC.com As the U.S. House approved a sweeping health care overhaul Sunday, Georgians alternately were celebrating and bemoaning the changes. Some, too, were wishing the long-labored legislation did even more. “There’s going to be a lot of good, not only for Georgia, but all Americans,” said Lee Goodall, state director of Organizing for America, […]
In his first interview since confessing that he cheated on his wife, Tiger Woods said, “I’ve done some pretty bad things in my life” and that he doesn’t know what kind of reception he’ll get when he returns to competitive golf at the Masters next month in Augusta. Speaking to ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi, Woods said […]
From New York Times: Congress gave final approval on Sunday to legislation that would provide medical coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and remake the nation’s health care system along the lines proposed by President Obama. By a vote of 219 to 212, the House passed the bill after a day of tumultuous […]
According to the New York Times, authorities in southern New Jersey have arrested a 16-year-old boy for activating a public-address system at a Wal-Mart store last week and ordering “all black people” to leave. The boy, from Atlantic County, was charged by Gloucester County authorities with bias and intimidation and harassment in connection with the […]
Thomas Hagan, the only man to admit being involved in the murder of Malcolm X, has been granted parole. According to the New York Times, Hagan will likely be released from prison on April 28th after being granted parole on March 3rd. Hagan has recently been allowed to spend 12 hours a week in a […]
VIA: Singersroom Grammy Award winner Karen Clark Sheard is back at radio with the recently released single “Prayed Up.” The lead single from her forthcoming album “All In One,” “Prayed Up” has been gaining momentum over the last week at radio stations nationwide. As previously reported, the single and album are the first efforts to […]
VIA: ABC News Chicago’s Urban Prep Charter Academy has a mission — for its students to graduate and succeed in college. Now, for the first graduating class at the high school, it’s mission accomplished. All 107 seniors were accepted to a four-year college, a significant accomplishment considering they are from one of the toughest neighborhoods […]
VIA: AJC.com According to the Weather Channel, even Fairbanks, Alaska, had a better winter than Atlanta. The state closest to Russia was on the Weather Channel’s list of cities that had the best winter weather. Meanwhile, Atlanta was No. 8 on the worst list. Meteorologists from the 24-hour weather network — which is based in […]
VIA: McClatchy WASHINGTON — Conservative talk show hosts and columnists have ridiculed an 11-year-old Washington state boy’s account of his mother’s death as a “sob story” exploited by the White House and congressional Democrats like a “kiddie shield” to defend their health care legislation. Marcelas Owens, whose mother got sick, lost her job, lost her […]
VIA: Milwaukee Courier With a voice that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said “comes along once in a millennium,” the legend that is Mahalia Jackson is celebrated in “A Gospel Calling: Mahalia Jackson Sings,” gracing DVD April 13 from Infinity Entertainment Group. Born into poverty in 1911, Mahalia Jackson’s throaty, fervent, rich and distinctive […]