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Prescription painkillers outpace heroin, cocaine in OD deaths
Overdose deaths from abuse of prescription painkillers in the U.S. now outnumber deaths involving heroin and cocaine combined, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday. In 2008, drug overdoses caused 36,450 deaths in the U.S. One or more prescription drugs were involved in 20,044 of these deaths, CDC researchers wrote in the […]
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DR. KWAME ZULU SHABAZZ
DR. KWAME ZULU SHABAZZ, Hometown in inglewood, C.A. and he attended Inglewood publicschools and began his undergrduate degree at Compton College. He is a former U.S. Marine and a Harvard University trained cultural anthropologist. Currently he is an assistant professor of African and African American Studies at Winston-Salem State University, an HBCU in North Carolina. […]
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DR. DELBERT BLAIR
DR. DELBERT BLAIR, Historian, Lecturer, Engineer, Poet, Minister, Researcher, Educator and Metaphysician. He applies the oral tridition of the griots, along with extensive and pragmatic research. He is the Founder, Director and chief Consultant of “The Meta-Center” located in Chicargo Illinois. www.themetacenter2.com
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DICK GREGORY
DICK GREGORY FOR THE PEOPLE… ACTIVIST, PHILOSOPHER, ANTI-DRUG CRUSADER, COMEDIAN, AUTHOR, ACTOR RECORDING ARTIST, NUTRITIONIST Gregory, Richard Claxton “Dick” (Born, October 12, 1932, St. Louis, Mo.), African American comedian and civil rights activist whose social satire changed the way white Americans perceived African American comedians since he first performed in public. Dick Gregory entered the […]
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Charisse Bremond Weaver
Charisse Bremond-Weaver has been President of the Brotherhood Crusade, the community service and development organization Since January 2006. Ms. Bremond-Weaver serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Brotherhood Crusade. She served as the first woman President of the African American Unity Center and as the first-ever Executive Director of Sabriya’s Castle of Fun Foundation. She […]
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Al-Shabaab leaders contact Kenyan government to negotiate
Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — A Kenyan government official said Thursday that Al-Shabaab leaders are seeking negotiations as the nation pursues the Islamist militants deeper into Somalia. “They want to talk,” said the official, who did not want to be named because he is not authorized to talk to the media. Kenyan troops struck several Al-Shabaab […]
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GLENN ELLIS, SR.
When Glenn Ellis, Sr. enrolled in the pre-med program at the University of Pennsylvania more than three decades ago, it was just the first step in his lifelong commitment to ensuring the health and well-being of others. Today, in addition to self-publishing Which Doctor?: What You Need to Know to be Healthy, an informative, easy-to-read […]
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CONGRESSWOMAN KAREN BASS
Karen Bass is the U.S. Representative for California’s 33rd congressional district. She has been selected by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to serve on the prestigious Steering and Policy Committee which sets the policy direction of the Democratic Caucus. Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland appointed Bass to serve as an Assistant Whip. Prior to her […]
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US pledges $100 million in East Africa hunger aid
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday pledged another $100 million in food aid to drought-hit East Africa amid warnings that millions of people face starvation, mostly in lawless Somalia. Despite tight foreign aid budgets, Clinton said that food security was a critical priority for President Barack Obama’s administration whose “Feed the Future” initiative […]
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Michael Jackson’s family unites as Murray trial nears end
With the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor entering what could be its last week, Janet Jackson canceled shows in Australia to be with her family in Los Angeles. Dr. Conrad Murray’s lawyers will use the next four days to challenge the prosecution’s contention that his reckless use of the surgical anesthesia propofol to […]
