VIA: CNN.COM Sarah Palin’s team is fighting back against some Democratic claims that the former Alaska governor is encouraging threats of violence against members of Congress who voted in favor of health care reform.
VIA: WRAL.COM Most students in the University of North Carolina system will be required to have health insurance, beginning in the fall.
VIA: WNCN.COM A tense meeting that echoed passions from an era past resulted in three arrests and a dozen others taken away Tuesday as the school board prepared for a final vote on whether to roll back a policy that buses students to achieve diversity.
VIA: CNN.COM A woman to woman talk between Oprah Winfrey and the former head of her South African girls school ended with the settlement of a defamation lawsuit against the talk show host, their lawyers said.
The school board in North Carolina’s largest city has voted to start laying off about 600 teachers for the coming year.
VIA: WRAL.COM More than 1 million baby slings made by Infantino were recalled Wednesday after claims linking them to three infant deaths.
FROM BlackVoices: Writer/director/producer Tyler Perry has finally selected the cast for his next film, ”For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf.’ Last September, he announced his “dream” cast, so let’s see who really made the cut! Based on Ntozake Shange’s award-winning 1975 play, the film is scheduled to shoot in […]
Via: CNN.com President Obama signed sweeping health care reform legislation into law at the White House on Tuesday. Greeted by applause from enthusiastic supporters, he said, “Today after almost a century of trying; today, after over a year of debate; today, after all the votes have been tallied, health insurance reform becomes law in the […]
VIA: CNN.COM As banks shy away from making risky consumer loans, a mediocre credit history just won’t cut it anymore. To get the best rates on mortgages, credit cards and auto loans, you need a killer score.
VIA: WTVD.COM Wake County sheriff’s deputies have arrested a 17-year-old girl in a deadly shooting that happened Sunday.
CHICAGO— A spokesman for the once mighty community activist group ACORN says the group is disbanding.
VIA: CNN.COM Police in New Jersey arrested a teenager in connection with a public-address-system announcement telling “all blacks” to leave a Wal-Mart store, a police spokesman said.