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Nigeria wraps up kidnap investigation with 200 girls still missing
Nigeria wrapped up its inquiry into the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls by militants on Friday with little progress to show, reporting almost none had been freed after the initial kidnapping some girls escaped from. Submitting the final report, Brigadier General Ibrahim Sabo said 219 girls remained at large, a total virtually unchanged since […]
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Dr. Rosie Milligan and Dr. Yoshado Lang
Dr. Rosie Milligan and Dr. Yoshado Lang joined us this morning on the Front Page to discuss dating and relationships in the 21st centry. Dr. Rosie Milligan Dr. Rosie Milligan, registered nurse, counselor, health consultant, author, and Ph.D. in businessadministration, has always been an achiever. Every career or business she’s been involved in has included helping other […]
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Horace Silver, jazz innovator, dies at 85
Horace Silver, the innovative and prolific jazz pianist best known for such pieces as “Song for My Father” and “The Preacher,” has died. He was 85. Silver died Wednesday in New Rochelle, New York, according to a statement from his longtime label, Blue Note Records.
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Anita DeFrantz
Career Juvenile Law Center of Philadelphia, attorney, 1977-79; Princeton Univ, administrator, 1979-81; The Corporation for Enterprise Development, counsel, 1980-81; Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, vice pres, 1981-85; Amateur Athletic Foundation, pres, 1987-. U.S. Women’s Rowing Team, team captain, 1976 Olympics, Montreal; World Rowing Championships, 1978; U.S. Women’s Rowing Team, 1975-80. Life’s Work […]
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Congresswoman Karen Bass
Karen Bass was re-elected to her second term representing the newly drawn 37th Congressional District in November 2012. Representative Bass serves on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs where she is Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Africa as well as the House Judiciary Committee. She was selected by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to serve […]
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In Landmark Decision, U.S. Patent Office Cancels Trademark For Redskins Football Team
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled six federal trademark registrations for the name of the Washington Redskins, ruling that the name is “disparaging to Native Americans” and thus cannot be trademarked under federal law that prohibits the protection of offensive or disparaging language. The U.S. PTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board issued […]
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Michael K. Obeng
Harvard trained, board certified Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Michael K. Obeng, MD, FACS, was named among “America’s Top Plastic Surgeons” by the Consumer’s Research Council of America in 2011. He specializes in cosmetic surgery of the aging face, neck, breast, body, trunk, extremities and genitalia. Dr. Obeng is among the rare, few surgeons in the […]
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Monday Mind Gem with Saharah Ali
SAJI Yoga Mind Gem Affirmation: Today I accept God’s divine love for me. I accept God’s path for me. I willingly accept my greatness and allow miracles to manifest through me. I allow God’s light to guide my way towards positive change under grace and ease. Have a blessed week!
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Dr. Gerald Horne
Dr. Gerald Horne is an African American historian, author, and Communist who currently holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. He received his PhD from Columbia University and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a frequent contributor to […]
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Ruby Dee was a formidable force on screen, in civil rights movement
Ruby Dee, the award-winning actress whose seven-decade career included triumphs on stage and screen, has died. She was 91. Dee died peacefully Wednesday at her New Rochelle, New York, home, according to her representative, Michael Livingston. Dee — often with her late husband, Ossie Davis — was a formidable force in both the performing arts […]
