• What Troy Davis’ Last Day Looks Like

    “Troy Anthony Davis is preparing to die for the fourth time today,” The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports, more than 20 years after being convicted for murdering an off-duty police officer in Savannah, Ga. The divisive case against Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis has, once again, made headlines across the country as the state prepares…

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  • Daily Job Lead: Philanthropy Director

    San Francisco firm the Trust for Public Land is currently seeking a California director of philanthropy to help manage the organization’s philanthropic endeavors, including the implementation of projects to increase donations. The director of philanthropy will work closely with the Trust for Public Land’s marketing staff to create initiatives and campaigns that will help spur…

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  • Daily Job Lead: Senior Network Architect

    Virginia’s Amerigroup is currently seeking a senior network architect to help support, maintain and expand the company’s wide range of information-technology solutions. The senior network architect will be in charge of ensuring that the company’s IT Service Management Strategy is implemented correctly and properly leveraged. In addition, Amerigroup’s senior network architect is in charge of…

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  • R&B Singer Joe to Release New Album

    R&B artist Joe is scheduled to release his latest set of sultry ballads and R&B jams The Good, the Bad, the Sexy, almost two years after his last studio album, Signature, which debuted at an admirable No. 7 on the Billboard 200. Joe’s seductive delivery and uninhibited, provocative atmospherics define much of the crooner’s forthcoming…

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  • Daily Job Lead: Account Manager

    Boston online startup Firstgiving is currently looking for an account manager to help its sales team. Firstgiving is the Internet’s premier website for nonprofit fundraising. Since 2003, Firstgiving has raised more than $175 million to help 8,000-plus nonprofits through user donation and user initiative on the company’s site. Firstgiving’s account manager will be responsible for…

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  • Celebrities in Playboy: Past and Present

    Jackson was chosen as Playboy’s Playmate of the Month in March 1965, becoming the first African American to receive the honor. Jackson was discovered at age 18 while working as a Playboy Bunny at the magazine’s Chicago club — the setting of the new NBC show The Playboy Club. Now Jackson lives a relatively tame…

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  • Daily Job Lead: Associate Director

    Summit, N.J.’s Celgene Corp. is currently looking for an associate director of global marketing research to “design, plan, execute, analyze and present all market research projects.” Celgene’s associate director of global marketing is also responsible for ensuring strategic business practices and continual growth through active collaboration with other Celgene departments to development business goals and…

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  • EVENT: Women, Democracy and the Global Lens

    Join The Root, Tides and Women Make Movies to preview excerpts from The Supreme Price, a new documentary by Joanna Lipper that follows democratic advocate Hafsat Abiola during the eventful 2011 elections in Nigeria. Abiola leads Nigeria’s 2011 pro-democracy movement in the shadows of her father’s unsolved death and the assassination of her mother. The…

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  • Daily Job Lead: Systems Administrator

    Arlington, Va.-based workplace-solutions company Yoh is currently seeking a systems administrator to help maintain and improve the company’s data-center operations, including server maintenance; support for server platforms, such as UNIX and Oracle; and contingency-plan development. Ideal candidates have at least five years’ experience using and maintaining UNIX systems. A UNIX certification is also required. If…

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