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Is Gay The New Black?

News One — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:58:48 +0000

From CNN Far from flowing rainbow flags, the sound of Lady Gaga and, quite honestly, white people, stands a nightclub just outside of Wicker Park in Chicago, Illinois, by the name of The Prop House. The line to get in usually stretches down the block, and unlike many of the clubs in Boystown and Andersonville, this one [...]

One In Three Black Americans Is Obese, Says Study

News One — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:42:25 +0000

ATLANTA - Nearly 36 percent of black Americans are obese — much more than other major racial or ethnic groups — and that gap exists in most states, a new federal study finds. About 29 percent of Hispanics and 24 percent of whites are obese, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. Racial differences in obesity [...]

Woman Hit By Stray Bullet On Playground Saves Nephew’s Life

News One — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:07:09 +0000

From the Amsterdam News Being hailed as a hero, Jeselle Page selflessly put her own life before her nephew’s as shots rang out near a playground. As the family and community grieve, she is being remembered as a woman who made the ultimate sacrifice for a child she cared for so much. A stray bullet shot Page [...]

5 Officers Shot, 2 Suspects Dead In Jersey City Shootout

News One — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:37:23 +0000

From The New York Times A chaotic predawn shootout outside a Jersey City apartment building between a shotgun-wielding suspect and the police left five officers wounded — two critically, including one shot in the face — and two suspects dead, according to the Jersey City mayor, Jerramiah Healy, who spoke at a news conference in Jersey [...]

Victim Of KKK and Drive-By Shooting Opens Successful Restaurant

News One — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:59:15 +0000

From MSNBC ELKHART, Ind.— Adam Williams’ improbable journey to Elkhart began in a hail of bullets on a dark road in the Mississippi Delta at 2 a.m. one morning in 1992. “I just didn’t even believe it was happening,” said Williams, 35, who with his wife, Maggie, 31, now owns two popular Elkhart restaurants and is planning to [...]

Martellus Bennett Posts Chicken-Eating, Kool-Aid-Drinking “Black Olympics” Video

News One — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:06:08 +0000

From USA Today: Cowboys tight end Martellus Bennett said he was “just having fun” when he and his brother filmed a YouTube video about “Black Olympics” and said he does not expect the episode to warrant discipline from the Cowboys. Bennett drew scorn earlier this week from Kansas City Star columnist Jason Whitlock for his video, in [...]

Teenager Wins Essay Contest To Meet Obama At NAACP Gala

News One — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:21:09 +0000

From The New York Daily News President Obamawill bring his inspirational message of change toNew Yorktoday when he delivers the keynote speech at theNAACPgala. And a lower East Side teen, who dreams of being the city’s first female African-American mayor, will be there soaking up his every word - and hoping to finally meet her idol. Shaquana [...]

UPDATE: MJ’s Death Not Being Investigated As Homicide

News One — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:55:26 +0000

Updated 7/16/09, 10:55 a.m. From MSNBC: LOS ANGELES - Despite an online report claiming Michael Jackson’s death has now turned into a homicide investigation, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson told Access Hollywood the investigation of the singer’s death is “ongoing” and currently not being treated as a homicide. On Wednesday, TMZ claimed that “the LAPD is already [...]

Forbes Names Oprah Most Influential Woman In Media

News One — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:45:26 +0000

From Forbes Oprah Winfrey may have been bumped to No. 2 on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list, but in media, she reigns supreme. Thanks to her loyal talk show audience, social media followers and, most of all, her remarkable earning power, Winfrey tops ForbesWoman’s first Most Influential Women in Media list. While ratings have slipped over the [...]

Teen Girl Gets Year In Jail For Killing Cat In Oven

Associated Press — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:27:42 +0000

A New York City teenager has admitted that she failed to let a kitten out of an oven after a friend put the animal inside and left it to roast to death. After pleading guilty to charges of animal cruelty and attempted burglary on Wednesday, 17-year-old Cheyenne Cherry confronted a row of animal activists outside the [...]

UPDATE: NBA Player Dumped Fiancee Via Email

Casey Gane-McCalla — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:26:43 +0000

From The New York Post Former Net star Richard Jefferson admitted yesterday that he told his beautiful bride-to-be that their wedding was off in an e-mail — stunning her just days before their planned posh nuptials. Kesha Ni’Cole Nichols got the heart-wrenching message after a tense Fourth of July weekend, Jefferson told The Post. “There was a lot [...]

VIDEO: Willie Mays Talks To Obama On Air Force One

Casey Gane-McCalla, Assistant Editor — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:11:10 +0000

In this video, Baseball legend, Willie Mays talks to President Barack Obama about how black baseball players led to Obama’s elections.

Obama Will Address NAACP For Its 100th Birthday

Associated Press — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:59:14 +0000

President Barack Obama is telling the nation’s oldest civil rights organization that government, families and neighborhoods must work together to improve their communities. Obama also planned to urge young people to aspire to surpass their role models and resist the lure of mediocrity during a speech Thursday to the NAACP. White House aides said the president [...]

OPINION: Let’s Stage Pee-In At Racist Pool

Casey Gane-McCalla — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:48:37 +0000

From Alternet, By Tim Wise On the one hand, racism is so deeply embedded in the history and structure of the United States, that it shouldn’t be particularly surprising when a story emerges, indicating that indeed, said racism has bubbled to the surface yet again. But on the other hand, sometimes a story finds its way into [...]

Benjamin Too Fat To Be Surgeon General? Some Say Yes

News One — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:18:17 +0000

From Salon.com: By all accounts Surgeon General nominee Dr. Regina Benjamin is an extraordinary woman. She is an African-American family doctor who has spent most of her professional life serving the people of Bayou La Batre, a poor rural Alabama coastal community. She makes house calls, pays for patients’ medicines, works for free when there is [...]