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VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: An educator at a state-run juvenile detention center in Prince George’s County was found dead on the facility’s grounds Thursday, and her death is being investigated as a homicide, police said. Maryland State Police identified the woman as Hannah E. Wheeling, 65, of the 200 block of Portland Place in Bel […]
The White House and the Department of Education have announced a new Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge and are inviting public schools across the country to compete to have President Obama speak at their graduation. At the beginning of the school year, the President encouraged students across the country to take responsibility […]
(Washington, DC) — An 80-year-old foster care program run by the Archdiocese of Washington, DC has come to an end. This is the first action taken by the church, which has been embroiled in a dispute with the city over the wording of a law legalizing same-sex marriage. The “Washington Post” says Catholic Charities’ foster-care […]
VIA USA TODAY: Breast cancer survivors who took aspirin after completing treatment were half as likely to die or have their tumors spread around the body compared with survivors who didn’t take aspirin, a long-running study of 4,164 nurses showed. The study is the first to find that regular aspirin users had a lower risk […]
VIA THE NEW YORK TIMES: The first time Shani Davis won an Olympic gold medal in the 1,000 meters, he skated a victory lap while hugging a teddy bear. On Wednesday night, after becoming the first man to successfully defend his title in the event, Davis held an American flag to his chest, a gesture […]
VIA CNN: Golfer Tiger Woods will “apologize for his behavior” Friday when he makes a statement at PGA headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, his agent said. Agent Mark Steinberg said Woods would not answer questions. It will be the golfer’s first public appearance since his November 27 car crash outside his home near Orlando, […]
A team of investigators hired by the D.C. City Council accused council member Marion Barry of public corruption Tuesday for securing a $15,000 contract for his ex-girlfriend and taking a cut for himself. Although Barry has run into legal trouble in the past — including convictions for drug possession and failure to pay local and […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: President Obama hailed the success of his controversial $787 billion stimulus legislation on Wednesday, saying the one-year-old law has created or saved 2 million jobs and helped prevent a second Great Depression. Obama’s remarks capped an extensive push from the administration and its Democratic allies to rehabilitate the public perception of […]
VIA BLACK VOICES: A fictional account of the last hours of Martin Luther King’s life will be focus of a play headed to Broadway next theater season this fall. The drama titled “The Mountaintop,” by Katori Hall, received a 2010 Olivier Award best new play nomination and examines Hall’s take on the night before King […]
VIA CNN: (CNN) — If we are to address seriously the economic devastation in black communities across the nation, we have to put aside, once and for all, the idea that President Obama has a special obligation to African-Americans. Obama has said repeatedly that he can’t be the president of black America; he is the […]