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Essence Festival Helps Keep New Orleans Afloat
Despite the worst oil spill in history, New Orleans has seen a steady flow of convention traffic and a high volume of visitors virtually throughout the 2 1/2-month period of the disaster. This is odd for NOLA tourism because it is normally a slower time of year. 35,000 rooms are booked for the weekend because…
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Serena Williams Headed to Third Straight Wimbledon Final
Serena Williams is keeping the Williams legend and brand alive by heading to her third straight Wimbledon final. Williams defeated unseeded Petra Kvitova in straight sets Thursday, 7-6 (5), 6-2. She is scheduled to play against 21st-seeded Russian Vera Zvonareva in the final. Serena is one step closer to winning her fourth Wimbledon championship and…
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Slow and Unsure: Concerns Mount Over Slow Economic Recovery
The economic recovery that was supposed to be kicking in by now has stalled. A report released in June showed that private employers failed to create many jobs. This type of report underscores worries that the recovery is weakening and won’t be strong enough to help 15 million unemployed Americans get back to work anytime…
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President Obama's New Health Care for Uninsured May Be High
The uninsured with pre-existing conditions will have an opportunity to get health insurance under President Obama’s new health care plan, but at what cost? it seems that the premiums for health coverage for those with pre-existing conditions can be high, depending on the state. Premiums will range from $140 to $900 per month. The range…
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Michael Vick in Hot Water Again
Lemony Snicket called and wants his title back. Dogfighting posterboy Michael Vick is in hot water again. Police say the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback has not been ruled out as a suspect or person of interest in a shooting investigation. Who got shot? Quanis Phillips, a co-defendant in the dogfighting case that sent Vick to federal…
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Young, Fabulous and Female in NYC
Did you miss The Root’s Young, Female and Fabulous event Wednesday evening in New York City? More than 200 women (and a few men) came out to the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater in Manhattan to network over cocktails and enjoy a panel discussion about the joys and challenges of being a success-minded black woman. Moderated…
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Tears of a Clown: Chris Brown's MJ Tribute Tears Questioned
Just when all the drama surrounding Chris Brown’s appearance on the 2010 BET Awards seemed to be over, a witness has come forth, claiming that Breezy’s tears weren’t real. The witness claims Brown applied “tear-enducing eye drops” before the Michael Jackson tribute at the BET Awards. Brown’s rep denies the allegations. Best-case scenario: Chris Brown…
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Mel Gibson's Mouth: A Lethal Weapon
It seems that America’s former favorite heartthrob and actor just can’t keep his demons to himself. You may remember when he got pulled over for drunk driving some years back, he made anti-Semitic remarks to the highway patrol officer. It seems this time, the mother of his eighth child, Oksana Grigorieva, is the object of…
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Par for the Course: Black Professors Discriminated Against in the Tenure Process
The black tax is at it again. This time in academia, where Dr. Boyce Watkins highlights the drama associated with black scholars getting tenure at mainstream universities. He examines the case of Emerson College, which allowed an independent panel to evaluate its tenure and promotion practices. The evaluation found that almost every single black person…
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Cuba Travel Ban Lifted
On the heels of the Elian Gonzalez’s comments about international custody war that broke out between the U.S. and Cuba, a congressional panel has voted to lift a decades-old ban on travel to Cuba and remove other obstacles to food sales to the Caribbean island. The 25-20 vote in the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee…
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