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VIDEO: Man Born With 1 Leg Wins NCAA Wrestling Championship
The NCAA basketball tournament has the attention of sports fans during March Madness. Arizona State University wrestler Anthony Robles may take some of the shine away from the storied tournament, with an amazing story of his own. Robles, born without his right leg, captured the NCAA Division I wrestling championship in his weight division on…
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Day Care Deaths: Woman Returns From Nigeria to Face Charges
The Houston Chronicle is reporting that Jessica Tata, 22, is expected to return to the United States within 24 hours to face charges related to a fire at a day care center where four children died. Tata departed Lagos, Nigeria, at 4:30 p.m. CDT Sunday and was expected to be in Houston within 24 hours,…
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Michael Vick and Tony Dungy Visit Tampa-Area Prison
Fox Sports is reporting that NFL quarterback Michael Vick and former NFL coach Tony Dungy joined about 35 volunteers from Abe Brown Ministries in a visit to a Tampa, Fla.-area prison Saturday. Vick shared his own experiences with them as well as the lessons he learned from his incarceration. He spoke to a group of…
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Minneapolis Tops List of Cities to Find Employment
MSNBC is reporting that Minneapolis is the top city to find employment, according to a list compiled by Forbes. Minneapolis is the top city because of the low unemployment rate (6.5 percent), diversity of industries, range of size of companies, low cost of living and high level of education among its residents. Other cities on…
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Mixed-Race Populations Experience Major Growth in the South
The New York Times is reporting that the first comprehensive accounting of multiracial Americans since statistics were first collected about them in 2000 shows that the nation’s mixed-race population is growing far more quickly than many demographers had estimated, particularly in the South and parts of the Midwest. The analysis is from data collected from…
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Prominent Atlanta Pastor Under Investigation by District Attorney's Office
WSBTV.com is reporting that popular Atlanta bishop Johnathan Alvarado is under investigation by the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office for possible “crimes against children.” The office confirmed that Alvarado is under investigation but would not confirm why, although their website lists possible “crimes against children.” Alvarado has been at the helm of Total Grace Christian…
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Ava DuVernay's 'I Will Follow' Opens Today
Indie filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s I Will Follow is opening in theaters across the country today. The film that EURweb calls a “refreshingly rare treat which simply presents black folks in a recognizably realistic fashion,” and that earned a thumbs-up from film critic Roger Ebert, explores how a family tragedy affects family members and what it…
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Men's Health: D.C. Is the Top 'Twitter City'
Men’s Health magazine decided to crown one town “America’s Most Socially Networked City” in the United States, and the editors thought it would be Palo Alto, Calif. Well, it turns out that Washington D.C. — a city where staying connected can get out the vote, and virtual handshakes help shape our nation — has won…
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Memorial Set for Independent Filmmaker Allen Willis
Daily Variety is reporting that pioneering filmmaker Allen Willis has died. Willis, who made films about the Black Panthers and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. became the first African American in California broadcast journalism when he took a job at San Francisco’s KQED television in 1963. Before that, he studied under photographer Ansel Adams. On…
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