Associated Press By Nicole Norfleet Posted June 12th 2010 RALEIGH, N.C. – A haunting 150-year-old photo found in a North Carolina attic shows a young black child named John, barefoot and wearing ragged clothes, perched on a barrel next to another unidentified young boy. Art historians believe it’s an extremely rare Civil War-era photograph of [...]

Msn.com and NBC News Posted May 31st Cutting pipe to fit cap might mean temporary increase, scientists say! WASHINGTON – Preparing the country for the possibility of even worse news, the Obama administration on Sunday warned that BP’s next effort to contain the oil spewing from a damaged well in the Gulf could result in [...]

Chicagotribune.com By Cynthia Dysikes Posted May 27th 2010 Applicants did not wait too long to sue the city over a 1995 hiring test that they deemed discriminatory, court finds After more than a decade of legal wrangling, thousands of black applicants for Chicago firefighting jobs celebrated a Supreme Court ruling Monday that found they did [...]

Newsnet5.com Posted May 13th 2010 Artha Woods was the kind of woman who, when she entered a room, drew the positive attention of almost everyone who saw her.  Those in government leadership positions in Cleveland City Hall speak of her using the terms “elegant” and “class.” She was often affectionately called “Lady Artha” because of [...]

Blackvoices.com By Paul Shepard Posted May 6th 2010 In the big city, people can go from common street vendors to national heroes in a flash. And luckily for New York City, T-shirt hawkers Lance Orton and Duane Jackson did just that. It was the sharp eyes of the disabled Vietnam War veterans that likely averted [...]

Eonline.com By Breanne L. Heldman Posted April 28th 2010 Sandra Bullock hasn’t just become an Oscar winner in 2010. She’s also become a mom, Hollywood’s unofficial best secret-keeper and, sadly, a divorcée. The actress reveals her latest titles in the cover story of the new issue of People, on newsstands Friday. The front page of [...]

Associated Press Posted April 18th 2010 WASHINGTON -Just hours after Congress passed an $18 billion bill to restore unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed, President Barack Obama made it the law of the land. The measure comes as welcome relief to hundreds of thousands of people who lost out on the additional weeks of compensation [...]

Dailyfinance.com By MELLY ALAZRAKI Posted March 12th 2010 Profits for the 10 largest U.S. insurance companies jumped 250% between 2000 and 2009 while millions of Americans have lost coverage, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The report found that the five biggest insurance companies — WellPoint (WLP), [...]

Associated Press By Brett J.Blackledge and Jim KuhnHenn Associated Press Writers  Posted February 21st 2010 WASHINGTON – Did the stimulus work or not? A year after Congress passed President Barack Obama‘s huge economic revival plan, the results are mixed — and hardly final. Despite Obama’s bold promises, unemployment remains stubbornly high. But job losses have [...]

By John Horton, The Plain Dealer Posted February 8th 2010 CLEVELAND, Ohio — Should ticket-generating cameras be used for traffic enforcement? That question may be put before Cleveland and Garfield Heights voters this fall. Both communities could see ballot issues Nov. 2 to ban the use of red light and speed cameras. A mix of [...]