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Friday's Headlines
CNN: Baltimore Surgeon Heals Wounds, Behavior CBS: The Fight Against Colon Cancer in the Black Community ESPN: Plaxico Burress’ Lawyers Talks Plea with DA; Says “Isn’t Shooting Yourself Bad Enough?” AP: Serena Williams Voted POY; Some Argue Michelle Obama’s Guns Still Superior MTV: T.I. Gets Year and a Day; Says Year Easy, Day Hard BJ:…
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The No. 1 New HBO Series
At first blush, HBO’s new series, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, is an exercise in naiveté: It’s set in modern Botswana, but with its lush, color-saturated scenery, easy-going characters and airy, all’s-well-that-ends-well approach, it feels like a throwback to a mythical Africa, a kinder, gentler Africa that has little to do with the realities…
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Thursday's Headlines
CNN: Two Twisters Touch Down in Mississippi CSM: Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills 11 in Pakistan IHT: France Urges N. Korea to Avoid Missile Test Because, You Know, Kim Jong Il Is a Lunatic SJMN: Oakland Leaders Gather in Response to Violent Weekend; Buzz Makes No ‘Snitch’ Reference WP: Hospitals Slow to Go to Electronic Records;…
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John Hope Franklin on Obama's Presidency
In a June 2008 recording, the historian and author ponders the possibility of seeing a black president in his lifetime. Franklin passed away on March 25, 2009 at age 94.
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Wednesday's Headlines
NYDN: MTA Raising Fare to $2.50; Thankfully, Cutting Service As Well NYT: E.U. Prez Calls U.S. Stimulus the ‘Way to Hell, Wonders Why Disneyworld Trip Has Hit Snag NYT: UN Officials Call Darfur Aid ‘Tenuous’, Barack Obama Bi-Racial JTA: Netanyahu Call His Gov’t “Partner for Peace”; Palestine Says, “Oh Word?” WP: House Dems Slash $100B…
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Tuesday's Headlines
WP: Geithner Asks Congress for More Power to Seize Firms, They Say “When Your Jacket Fits” WSJ: Obama Dials Down Wall St. Criticism, Leaves It to the ‘Internet Stans’ NYT: With No Foreign Aid Workers Left, Sudanese Take to Shooting Domestic Aid Workers USNWR: Study IDs Variation in Black, White Genomes; Maybe Race Isn’t a…
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Monday's Headlines
MSNBC: Tips for Making College Affordable—Step One: Have Money AJE: Deadly Attack on Iraq Funeral (Yeah, It’s Reaaallly Time for Us to Go) CNN: Tyra Gets Her Robin Givens On, Talks to Oprah of Abuse WH: Obama Talks Green Jobs *Live* IS: Indiana Near Top of Black Homicide Rate; Buzz Didn’t Know Hoosiers Were That…
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Sunday Brunch: The Week in Review
MONDAY WP: AIG Discloses Use of Bailout Funds; You Didn’t Get Any, But an Incompetent Did Times of London: Thousands of Girls Mutilated in Britain WSJ: Having Little Interest in Being Opposed, Chavez Sends Navy to Venezuela’s Seaport to Make This Clear AP: Imus Has Prostate Cancer; Rev. Al Sharpton to Protest This in Some…
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Friday's Headlines
BB: Lehman Stress Balls Coughed Up By Barclays; Bloomberg Headline, Not Ours IHT: More Comes Out about Gaza killings; Israel Would Deny, But Knows How Much That Stinks in Reverse Fox: Iranian Leaders Reject Prez’s Gesture; Obama Says “Rahm, Fetch My Shinebox” SR: 50 Cent Replaces Forrest Whitaker in Film; Apparently, Every Black Actor Ever…
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