Is Brandy getting off easy?

I remember hearing about this case not too long ago. I have been trying to follow it, but as far as I know she is still out and about. The following is from Wikipedia:
On December 30, 2006, at 10:30 a.m., Brandy struck another vehicle from behind on a Los Angeles freeway while driving her 2007 [...]

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A community built for foster children

(voanews.com) There is an old saying that “it takes a village to raise a child.” In the midwestern American state of Illinois there is a special place that takes that message to heart. Hope Meadows is a community built around the special needs of children who, until they moved there, had no families of their [...]

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Black miners

(pittsburghlive.com) “My family has miners going back five generations, back to our slave ancestors,” said Gina Jones, Penn State Fayette, the Eberly Campus instructor. “There is not too much out there about this part of African-American history. It’s up to us to do that.”
Penn State Fayette and the state Historical and Museum Commission took a [...]

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Nation’s largest African-American-owned architectural firm gets new director

(news.enquirer.com) Vincent Terry is ready to take the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky office of Moody-Nolan Inc. - the nation’s largest African-American-owned architectural firm - to new heights.
Terry, 42, has been named the director of operations of the Columbus-based company’s office in Blue Ash for this region. Terry will have his hands full in his new post at [...]

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Interesting finding on Autism

Surprising new study finds that autistic children can interpret mental state of others by looking at their eyes
(awares.org) NOTTINGHAM, UK: Autistic children are able to interpret the mental state of others by looking at their eyes, contrary to previous research, a new University of Nottingham study has found.
In findings that contradict previous studies, psychologists found [...]

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Using race as a calling card in business

Minority businesses leery of label
Designation opens doors to work but can imply limitations
(chicagotribune.com) When Valarie King-Bailey launched her information technology business in 2004, she played up her 24 years of industry experience as she went calling on customers. Less important, she said, was her company’s status as a minority-owned business.
“I’m selling IT solutions,” said King-Bailey, [...]

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Ongoing troubles for Cen-Tex AA chamber

(wacotrib.com) The city of Waco is continuing to withhold funds from the Cen-Tex African American Chamber of Commerce as the organization staggers under declining membership, financial reporting problems and power struggles.
Formed in 2004 as an alternative to the scandal-ridden Heart of Texas Black Chamber of Commerce, the Cen-Tex group won a city economic development contract [...]

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