VIA: FindArticles.Com For centuries African Americans have dominated the American music scene. Black music is in fact America’s original music, and the Spirituals-Blues-Jazz-Gospel-Charleston-Twist-HipHop gift is the foundation not only of rhythm and blues but also of Broadway and The Grammys. Read about three of the most important moments in Black Music History below: 1. 1660 […]
Album of the Year: Fearless, Taylor Swift Record of the Year: “Use Somebody,” Kings of Leon Song of the Year: “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” Beyoncé New Artist: Zac Brown Band POP Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: The Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling” Pop Vocal Album: The E.N.D., […]
Via: WRAL.com Flights transporting critically injured Haitians into the United States will resume today. Flights were temporarily suspended because of logistical issues including space to care for the injured. The evacuated patients are those whose medical needs could not be met by doctors working in Haiti. Nearly 23,000 people have been seen by U.S. personnel […]
As we celebrate Black History month, we pay tribute to Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks was a modest seamstress on her way home from work when…
Via: WRAL.com Toyota Motor Corporation says it will give details today on how it plans to fix gas pedals in more than 2 million vehicles being recalled, as the Japanese automaker struggles to reassure anxious owners. Toyota has recalled 4.2 million cars and trucks in North America, Europe and China to fix accelerator pedals that […]
Via: WRAL.com Most school systems across central North Carolina are closed today due to the lingering snow and slick road conditions. The National Weather Service issued winter weather advisories until noon for 31 counties across the central part of the state, including the Triangle area and Cumberland County, because of the threat of icy roads.
Check out some of the hot fashions from the 2010 Grammy Awards.
Last night there were a lot of great performances at the 2010 Grammy Awards. CLICK HERE to see video of those performances!
Fans at a Duke vs. Georgetown this afternoon got a bit of a treat when President Barack Obama stopped by to check out some of the action. Obama and personal assistant Reggie Love, who is a former Duke Blue Devil Basketball player, joined a sellout crowd to watch seventh-ranked Georgetown take on No. 8 Duke. […]
Via: WRAL.com Gov. Bev Perdue stated her intention to declare a state of emergency Saturday after snow and sleet blanketed the state. The declaration, she said, “means every single resource we have in the state is up and running.” Leaders at the state, county and local level were working to keep roads passable and people […]
From Newsweek: In the weeks since the Jan. 12 earthquake that leveled Port-au-Prince, cruise ships full of mostly American tourists have continued to dock in Labadee, a private resort 60 miles north of Haiti’s devastated capital city.
