President Barack Obama looked and sounded very much like a commander-in-chief during Monday night’s final debate with Mitt Romney, his mastery of the intricacies of foreign policy and confidence in his delivery of those facts both well ahead of that of his Republican challenger. The two candidates spent 90 minutes at Lynn University in Boca [...]
Clintons Highlight Start Of New Recovery Project In Haiti
October 23, 2012 | Posted by
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was the headliner at the launch of a $300 million industrial park in the Haitian town of Caracol on Monday. The project is part of American efforts to help Haiti recover from the devastation it suffered during a January 2010 earthquake that killed more than 300,000 Haitians while leaving more than [...]
First Defendant Sentenced For Role In Death Of FAMU Drum Major
October 22, 2012 | Posted by
The first of a dozen defendants charged in the hazing death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion escaped a judge’s wrath, but wasn’t as fortunate in landing forgiveness from the grieving parents. Champion, 26, was a member of the college’s famed “Marching 100” band when he was beaten to death on Nov. 19 [...]
African-Americans, Minorities More Likely To Identify As LGBTQ
October 22, 2012 | Posted by
African-Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities are more likely than white Americans to identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, according to a new Gallup Special Report. According to the survey that polled more the 121,000 Americans, 4.6 percent of African-Americans identified as LGBTQ along with four percent of Hispanics and 4.3 percent [...]
President Obama Turns To African-Americans As Election Race Tightens
October 22, 2012 | Posted by
African-Americans threw their support behind Barack Obama in record numbers to help send him to the White House in 2008, but four years of difficult economic times have weathered their enthusiasm. The president still figures to garner the lion’s share of the black vote in his re-election bid against Republican challenger Mitt Romney, but getting [...]
Puberty Coming Earlier, Especially To African-American Boys
October 22, 2012 | Posted by
A new study released by the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests that boys are entering puberty much earlier now than was the case several decades ago, with that rapid physical development especially more prevalent among young African-American males. The study, widely considered the most reliable attempt to measure puberty in American boys, estimates that boys [...]
Shooting At Milwaukee Salon Leaves Four Dead, Four Others Wounded
October 22, 2012 | Posted by
The Milwaukee area became the site of yet another mass shooting on Sunday when an ex-Marine stormed into a local beauty salon, murdering three people and wounding four others before turning the gun on himself. Radcliffe F. Haughton, 45, turned the Azana Salon & Spa across from the Brookfield Square Mall into a killing ground, [...]
Thierry Henry and Red Bulls Clinch MLS Playoff Berth
October 21, 2012 | Posted by
It wasn’t exactly the way the Red Bulls envisioned heading into the Major League Soccer postseason after spending their way to the second-highest payroll in the league during the offseason. But they’ll take it just the same. Saturday night’s scoreless draw against Sporting Kansas City at Red Bulls Arena before a capacity crowd of 25,219 assured [...]
Suggs Return From Torn Achilles Expected Today Against Texans
October 21, 2012 | Posted by
The Baltimore Ravens have activated linebacker Terrell Suggs from the physically unable to perform list and last year’s NFL Defensive Player of the Year is expected to play today against the Houston Texans. The five-time Pro Bowler will be making a stunning earlier-than-expected return from the torn Achilles tendon he suffered in April. His family [...]
GOP Looks To Score On Obama Administration’s Bungled Libya Response
October 20, 2012 | Posted by
Questions surrounding his administration’s handling of last month’s terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya that resulted in the deaths of four Americans continue to haunt President Barack Obama and have become hot political fodder. Opportunistic Republicans sensing opportunity as the presidential election enters its final stretch continue to hammer the president about the [...]
