Black-owned company buys food chain

(gazette.net) “Chris Patterson always had big ideas about growing the Austin Grill brand. Now he’s got the financial backing to do it.
Patterson, president and COO of the Austin Grill chain of Tex-Mex restaurants with headquarters in Gaithersburg, has only good things to say about the recent sale of the chain to Thompson Hospitality of Herndon, [...]

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What’s the big deal over Obama?

Over the weekend I spent some time combing the Internet in an attempt to find some hard facts as to why I should join the seemingly millions of Americans who are swept away over Senator Obama. Most of the articles/interviews/commentaries that I have read about him so far all deal with his personality traits and [...]

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I don’t know how to respond to this one

When I read the first page of this article, the headline I was going to use was “Our kids are pushing past the status quo”.
(washingtonpost.com) “Montgomery County public schools this year passed a milestone in college preparation: Half of the 9,737 black high school students are enrolled in honors or Advanced Placement courses.
Five years ago, [...]

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More corruption in the hood

“US Attorney Steve Biskupic is now on the trail of $300,000 of money that was intended for helping Milwaukee’s disadvantaged. Instead, it was given to several people that were not entitled to receive this money, including $60,000 each to former Acting Mayor Marvin Pratt and former local President of the NAACP, Felmers Chaney.
The money comes [...]

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