Mayor calls for an extended stay for troops

(news.monstersandcritics.com)Washington - Military forces should stay in New Orleans to help quash a crime spree that has spread across the city since hurricane Katrina struck in the summer of 2005, the city’s mayor said Tuesday.
Mayor Ray Nagin said local police were unable to halt the wave of crime without the help of about 300 National [...]

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Why we itch

Pretty interesting…
(sciam.com) An itch, also known as pruritus, is a general sensation arising from the irritation of skin cells or nerve cells associated with the skin. While it can be a nuisance, pruritus serves as an important sensory and self-protective mechanism, as do other skin sensations such as touch, pain, vibration, cold and heat. It [...]

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Let us make man in OUR own image

(thesun.co.uk) BRITISH gay men are paying a US clinic £33,000 a time to create a designer baby.
Twenty couples have already used the specialist surrogacy scheme for “two-dad” families — 15 choosing to have a boy.
Another 25 have made inquiries.
They are turning to the US because of the shortage of donated eggs and surrogate mothers in [...]

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China on course to top U.S. in carbon emissions this year

BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) - China is on course to overtake the United States this year as the world’s biggest carbon emitter, estimates based on Chinese energy data show, potentially pressuring Beijing to take more action on climate change.
China’s emissions rose by some 10 percent in 2005, a senior U.S. scientist estimated, while Beijing data shows fuel [...]

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Malveaux to lead Bennett College

(heraldsun.com) GREENSBORO, N.C. — Economist and author Julianne Malveaux was named the new president of Bennett College on Monday, taking over the private women’s school amid a $50 million fundraising campaign.
The college’s Board of Trustees chose Malveaux to replace Johnnetta Cole, who has led the historically black university since 2002. Malveaux will take over June [...]

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Shaquanda Cotton - Side one/Side two

UPDATED! SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATED INFO.
I am going to break this post into two parts.
Side One
In case you haven’t heard by now, there is a case down in Paris, Texas that is getting a whole lot of attention regarding the racial overtones of the issue:

(chicagotribune.com) “Among the leading candidates for early release is Shaquanda Cotton, [...]

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Brothers build a multi-million dollar media empire

(clarionledger.com) On the day the ceiling almost fell on his head, Steven Roberts learned that his brother could see things before they happened.
“I was 3 years old,” Steven Roberts says, “and had dragged my rocking horse into a room where my dad was going to get the ceiling fixed. My parents had forbade us to [...]

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Things you learn when you don’t have much

It wasn’t too long ago that yours truly was pulling a 9-to-5 grave shift working as a security guard at a nearby hotel. Before that, my hours were either 10-5am or 11-7am working at various posts (corporate park, dairy farm, etc.). It was during those times that writing on this blog kept my sanity. If [...]

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I didn’t know there was such a version

Remember Billy Ocean?
Remember Caribbean Queen?
How about European Queen?
Huh?

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Another one of our babies is missing (3/25/07)

TIFFANY SMITH
Case Type: Endangered Missing
DOB: Sep 13, 1989
Sex: Female
Missing Date: Mar 16, 2007
Race: Black
Age Now: 17
Height: 5′0″ (152 cm)
Missing City: LOUISA
Weight: 105 lbs (48 kg)
Missing State : VA
Hair Color: Brown
Missing Country: United States Eye Color: Brown
Case Number: USVAVA07-205
Circumstances: Tiffany was last seen around 0705 hours on March 16, 2007 getting onto the school [...]

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