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AP: Obama Announces Plan to Cut Tax Loopholes AA: Zimbabwe: Mukanya Revisits Chimurenga Classics CBS: Malawian Dad Opposes Madonna Adoption FOX: First Family May Vacation in Martha’s Vineyard NWS: Doctors Warn Skin Cancer is Equal-Opportunity Disease SFC: Senators Want Obama to Look Beyond Fed. Bench for Souter Replacement TR: Black Youth Shunning Baseball BET: LeBron…

Last month, the world was all a Twitter when Oprah started to tweet. Folks, seeing their first line into her personal world, asked about her weave. Oprah set the record straight: She does not have a weave; she has a press and curl. How, in all these years on television and movie sets, has no…

I wish I could’ve spoken to Carl Walker-Hoover and Jaheem Herrera before they decided to kill themselves. Not to tell them that they’re far too young to take their lives at 11. Evidently both felt otherwise. I wouldn’t have bothered repeating the trite adage “sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never…

For every breakout YouTube star such as Souljah Boy and Susan Boyle, there are thousands of would-be-video diarists, or vloggers, uploading away in obscurity. The lucky vloggers, such as “Fred,” gain more than 1 million followers. Played by 15-year-old Lucas Cruikshank, “Fred” banks six figures from major product placements and revenue from ads on his…

J: The Aged Believe Not in Personal Space SOHH:This (Money) Is Bigger Than Hip Hop: Jay-Z, Kelly Clarkson Paired Up in Concert MG: Net Gain: Soweto Serves Tennis Dreams AJC: Not Post-Racial Anymore: Leah Ward Sears a Possible Supreme Court Replacement CNN: Maybe It Was in Leviticus? Churchgoers More Inclined to Back Torture INON: Ante…

I often suggest that hard-working people make soups and stews in bulk as a way to have healthy, sustainable and inexpensive food on hand throughout the week. I mean, once you prepare your stock, most soups don’t take that long to make. They are great for using fresh, local and seasonal ingredients. And they freeze…

A close inspection of the roadkill in the NBA playoffs so far reveals how quickly the mighty have fallen. The first three teams to clean out their lockers and make early summer plans—the Detroit Pistons, the Utah Jazz and the San Antonio Spurs—were three of the league’s four conference finalists two years ago. The fourth…

HP: CNN Assesses Obama’s “Swagga”; Attempt Is in No Way Awkward (…) NPR:South Africa’s New Black Opposition Party Can’t Cope NS: Huge Gene Study Sheds Light on African History (So Thaaaat’s Why We’re So Fast!) USNWR: Civil Right Leaders Dissatisfied with Obama on Race Relations; CBC: “Take a Number, Pal!” NWS: Do ‘Babyfaceness’ and Warmth…

She never learned to read or write, and the only known example of her signature seems to spell “Sonnog.” The only photographs are of her in old age, high cheekbones and strong features, her tight curls covered in a white bonnet. Isabella Baumfree — she didn’t call herself Sojourner Truth until she was 46 —…