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How Did Vikings End Up in My Family Tree?
Tracing Your Roots: A black reader wonders about a DNA test that turned up Orcadian roots.
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What Was the Double V Campaign?
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro: A paper's call for blacks to support the WWII effort had a twist.
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Old-School Tips for Better Finances
Mixing Dad's advice with sound financial planning can help us regain stability.
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My Man Wants Me to Drop My Male Bestie
Ask Demetria: A suddenly insecure boyfriend may mean that something's changed in your relationship.
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Sexual Orientation Added to Hate Crime List, Awaits Obama's OK
Attacks based on sexual orientation added to hate crimes list and now await authorization from President Obama...
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Losing Isiah: Thomas Salty with Magic Memoir
Magic Johnson blasts Isiah Thomas in latest book "When the Game Was Ours"...
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Weezy F. Baby May Spend Quiet Time Up North
Lil' Wayne pleads guilty to 2007 weapons' charges stemming from an incident in New York...
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Listen Up! Swine Flu Lives Longer Than Expected
Study by the Air Force Academy finds that the H1N1 virus lives longer than originally predicted...
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Key Sens. May Tell Obama to Fall Back on Health Care
In the battle for health care reform, there are a few Democratic senators who may stand in the president's way...
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Check It Out: Michelle Obama, Hula Hoop Champ
Michelle Obama hula hoops, takes part in outdoor games to promote kids' health...
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HAHAHAHA! MSNBC Thinks Black Reverends Look Alike
MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer mistakes Rev. Jesse Jackson for Al Sharpton today...
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Ain't No Sun-shyne: Rapper to Be Deported
Rapper Shyne to be deported to native Belize after serving nine years for a New Year's Eve shooting...
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On Second Thought: W. Va. Woman Recants in Torture Case
Megan Williams, who in 2007 alleged she was kidnapped, sexually assaulted and tortured in a West Virginia trailer park has reversed her story...
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Check It Out: How Not to Write About Africa
Kenya writer Binyavanga Wainaina pens a biting--and truthful--treatise on how Africa should and shouldn't be written about. Djimon Hounsou narrates...
