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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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Cash Strapped, States Cutting Inmates' Time
States letting inmates cut prison time for budgetary reasons...
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You're in Texas and You're Not a Cop?
That's weird because just about everyone else is...
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Are You 30? 'Rapper's Delight' Is
The pioneering tune which helped usher hip-hop into the mainstream turns 30 this week...
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Singer Leona Lewis Punched at London Bookstore
The singer was attacked while signing copies of her autobiography "Dreams" in Picadilly Circus...
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Rep. Meek Counts on 'Service Workers' and White House for Win
Sen. Harry Reid and President Clinton appear to be onboard.
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Should Health Care Be the 'Rodney King Moment' of the 21st Century?
Well, apparently Michael Steele thinks so. Watch ...
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Van Clief-Stefanon, Hoose, Williams-Garcia Among National Book
Poetry, youth lit and Claudette Colvin biography make an impact.
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NPR Doesn't Care About Black Music, Sorta
Our buddies over at Slate have a few questions on why NPR's DORF Matrix lacks a certain ... blackness ...
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Don't Call It a Comeback: Egypt in Row Over Artificial Virginity Device
Egypt is up in arms over a device which claims to restore a woman's "purity" before her wedding night...
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94 Years Later, S. Carolina Pardons Two Death Row Inmates
Two great-uncles of radio show host Tom Joyner were pardoned after being wrongfully accused of murder...
