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Source From http://www.bvblackspin.com We’ve heard a lot recently about the war on obesity. We have all been inundated with the health dangers associated with being overweight. But what about the upside of obesity? What about the positive uses for 100 pounds of fat around your abdomen? There is one! A Minnesota woman decided to show […]

Gloria Govan: I Don’t Play Games By Shirea L. Carroll on Jan 15th 2011 6:00AM Filed under: Celebrity Love, Relationships, Weddings, Marriage, Infidelity, Love Analytix Comments (35) Gloria Govan, 24, fiance to LA Laker Matt Barnes, 30, made her dramatic final exit a few weeks ago on VH1’s hit show ‘Basketball Wives,’ after calling Shaunie […]

There has been a school shooting at Gardena High School in Gardena, California. Reports indicate three people have been shot on the campus in a suburb of Los Angeles. It is not yet known whether the gunman or any of the victims were students. From KTLA GARDENA, Calif. (KTLA) — Gardena High School is on […]

If I resist with my fists should I be shot twice for my troubles. In a case that the LAPD is sparking outrage and the LAPD is defending, Reginald Doucet Jr, an ex football player and part time modelwho was resisting being apprehended by police and then fought back with no weapons with police who tried to […]

WASHINGTON-Recent polls have shown that President Barack Obama has overwhelming approval of the American public on his recent handling of the shooting of Congresswoman, Gabrielle Gifford which resulted in the deaths of six people. The American Foreign Press reports: The vast majority of Americans approved of President Barack Obama’s handling of the Arizona shooting but […]

Ambassador Andrew Young joins Roland Martin on the Tom Joyner Morning Show to talk about his good friend, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., celebrating the 25th anniversary of the national MLK holiday and his fight for the poor. LISTEN:

Source From http://www.newsnet5.com/   CLEVELAND – I’ve added several more mass death reports to the initial story here. By my count, we’ve seen at least a dozen of these events just in the last month! Leave your comments below. I offer no opinions as to their cause. I’ve included some “official” explanations, but I leave […]

Smokey Fontaine of NewsOne.com joins Roland Martin, via HP’s SkyRoom from News One’s New York headquarters for this week’s edition of Web Watch. In this week’s installment of Web Watch Roland and Smokey Fontaine discuss stopping the spread of hate on the Internet and the You Tube sensation with the “golden voice” hit a hurdle […]

Here are some books authored by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr that you may be interested in reading.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and his family observed Martin Luther King Day with a brief service project at a Washington school Monday. The president, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters, Malia and Sasha, were greeted in the cafeteria of Stuart Hobson Middle School by a chorus of “Happy Birthday” for the first lady, […]

It was the late spring of 1963, and my friend Martin was exhausted. The campaign to integrate the public facilities in Birmingham had been successful but also tremendously taxing. In its aftermath, he wanted nothing more than to take Coretta and the children away for a vacation and forget – forget the looming book deadline, […]

ATLANTA — Saying the shooting in Arizona that killed six and seriously wounded Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords underscores the need for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s message, the civil rights leader’s son was expected to address a crowd gathered Monday to mark the 25th anniversary of the federal holiday for his father.