USWeekly.com Posted March 3rd 2012   Kidney failure. Two blood clots in his lung. Nick Cannon has endured some very serious health setbacks in the past couple months, which makes his recent decision to end his daily radio show understandable. And now, the 31-year-old husband to Mariah Carey and father to her twins Moroccan and [...]

TheGrio.com By Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton Posed February 21st 2011   Republicans tried to start a war about religion at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing last week, but like Pogo, they “met the enemy and he is us.” Last week, Republicans lost the issue of contraceptive coverage by religiously affiliated institutions to [...]

Associated Press Posted February 15th 2012   COLUMBUS: A bill in the Ohio Senate would ban smoking in cars if children under 6 are on board. The measure’s sponsor says the idea is to safeguard youngsters from secondhand smoke. Democratic Sen. Charleta Tavares of Columbus testified at a hearing on her bill and said smoke [...]

Yahoo.com The Daily Meal-Shine Foods Posted February 10th 2012   This week, Taco Bell rolled out its long-awaited breakfast menu at 750 locations in 10 states across the country. The Tex-Mex titan of fast food, whose parent company is Yum! Brands Inc., spent the past five years developing the 11-item menu, known as “FirstMeal.” Breakfast [...]

Associated Press Posted January 24th 2012   CINCINNATI: A former professional wrestler was sentenced Monday to 32 years in prison for having sex with women without telling them he had tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS. Andre Davis, 29, was sentenced in a Hamilton County court on 14 counts of felonious assault. Davis, [...]

EatingWellMagazine.com By Nicci Micco Posted January 19th 2012   I’ve never been a fan of low-carb diets: our bodies and our brains need carbohydrates to work effectively. (Find out 6 more reasons your body needs carbohydrates here.) Of course, not all carbohydrates are created equally. First of all, fruits, dairy and vegetables are all sources [...]

City of Cleveland Posted January 19th 2012   CLEVELAND – As part of the Sustainable Cleveland 2019 initiative, the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability is kicking off the “Year of Local Foods” by hosting a Local Food Fair on January 20, 2012 from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. in the Cleveland City Hall Rotunda. The event [...]

Delish.com By Megan Ahern Posted December 30th 2011     Around the world, people eat certain foods that are thought to symbolize luck in the new year. We’ve collected different cultural traditions and recipes to try so you can have the best year ever. CLICK HERE FOR NEW YEARS GOOD LUCK FOOD AROUND THE WORLD [...]

TheRoot.com By Natalie Y. Moore Posted December 26th 2011   Today’s Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners are just a taste of how African Americans used to eat.   Before you slice into that sweet potato pie, douse those greens in hot sauce or cut a corner of macaroni and cheese this holiday season, consider what you [...]

NewYorkTimes.com By David Tuller Posted December 23rd 2011   The journal Science on Thursday fully retracted a controversial study that had linked a mouse leukemia retrovirus to chronic fatigue syndrome, a disabling illness affecting an estimated 1 million people in the United States. Some data in the study were retracted in September, when the Cleveland [...]