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As a capital city, the area has long attracted prominent African Americans, including civic leaders and artists. Slaves in the District of Columbia were freed before the Emancipation Proclamation, African American men had voting rights before those elsewhere, and institutions such as Howard University have been a draw as well. But the vestiges of this […]
V ince Sheehy can recall his disappointment in having to close his Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge dealership in Upper Marlboro in 2009. At the time, it had been more than 30 years since Fairfax-based Sheehy Auto Stores shuttered a location because of slumping sales. ¶ But closing the store was just the half of it. ¶ Sluggish demand […]
GARDENA, Calif. (AP) — Etta James was remembered at a service Saturday attended by hundreds of friends, family and fans as a woman who triumphed against all odds to break down cultural and musical barriers in a style that was unfailingly honest. Search: Etta James music The Rev. Al Sharpton eulogized James in a rousing […]
This new law mandates all churches, ministries, non-profit organizations and businesses to issue a 1099-Misc form to any and all people, businesses and corporations for payments of $600.00 for services, exchange for property or gross proceeds. This law requires your church to issue a 1099-Misc even if you buy merchandise.
The methodology behind the Travel + Leisure piece that ranked the District the third most rude city in the nation was questionable at best. But that didn’t stop more than 150 readers from unleashing their pet peeves in the comments. In addition, readers ranked D.C. as even higher up on the rude scale than T+L […]
CRANSTON, R.I. — She is 16, the daughter of a firefighter and a nurse, a self-proclaimed nerd who loves Harry Potter and Facebook. But Jessica Ahlquist is also an outspoken atheist who has incensed this heavily Roman Catholic city with a successful lawsuit to get a prayer removed from the wall of her high school […]
Robert Hegyes, the actor best known for playing Jewish Puerto Rican student Juan Epstein on the 1970s television show “Welcome Back Kotter” died Thursday at a hospital in Edison, N.J., after suffering an apparent heart attack. He was 60. Hegyes was appearing on Broadway in 1975 when he auditioned for “Kotter,” a television series about […]
In 20 pages of impassioned pleas, family members of Brittany Norwood urged a judge to give her a chance of one day being free — the family’s first sustained public comments since the 29-year-old was convicted of killing a co-worker in November. They do not claim to understand what triggered the violent attack at the […]
Ever wonder what happened to Ted Williams, the homeless man with the “Golden Voice,” after he was plucked out of obscurity and thrust into the viral limelight? It’s been just over a year since Williams became a star, after a YouTube video featuring the then-homeless Columbus, Ohio man presented his pitch-perfect, classic radio voice to […]
Bentonville, AR (January 22, 2012) — Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), the world’s biggest retailer, said Friday that it has named Rosalind Brewer CEO of Sam’s Club – the first woman and the first African-American to hold a CEO position at one of the company’s business units. Brewer, 49, is replacing Brian Cornell, 52, who is leaving […]