(postchronicle.com) Late funk legend James Brown’s estate owes $70,000 in funeral costs.
The C.A. Reid Funeral Home in Augusta, Georgia arranged the singer’s funeral and cared for his body from his 25 December (06) death up until its March (07) burial at Brown’s daughter, Deanna Brown Thomas, home in Beech Island.
Charles Reid, manager of the funeral [...]
The 50 Million Pound Challenge
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(philly.com) “Over the last couple of months, mayoral candidates have suggested more police, more cameras on street corners, more offers of probation, stop-and-search procedures, and tougher punishments in the criminal justice system to address crime in Philadelphia.
But the citizens haven’t heard the whole story about what’s been driving the violence in our neighborhoods. They haven’t, [...]
Did you know that the Cricket World cup is currently going on in the West Indies? Like many Americans, Cricket isn’t exactly one of those things we gather to watch on Monday night. I mean, when was the last time you saw a group of kids rockn’ a Cricket jersey?
Well, it’s the weekend and a [...]
(nt.iol.co.za) Blacksburg – Virginia Tech student Jiyoun Yoo was terrified when she heard a gunman had rampaged through her campus, killing 32 people. When news broke on Tuesday that the gunman was a South Korean student, her fear took a new direction.
“I’m from South Korea, so I am a little bit scared,” said Yoo, 24, [...]
I didn’t know it was possible.
(nsidebayarea.com) An African-American, Republican home-ownership consultant says he’ll unseat Rep. Barbara Lee next year in part by mobilizing support from minority communities.
“Barbara Lee is going to be hard to beat, but I believe I have a platform, I have a plan and if I carry out that plan correctly I [...]
(buffalonews.com) When they agreed to compete in the National Science Bowl, five young women from the Buffalo Prep program knew they were part of something prestigious and intense.
But Olivia Cox, Andrea Finley, Kerris Sease, Bianca Coleman and Sylvie Bizimungu didn’t immediately realize they were pioneers.
By winning a regional competition in February in Rochester, they became [...]
According to Thomas L. Friedman of the New York Times—”Yes!”
(dispatch.com) While in Kenya last week, my wife, Ann, a teacher, visited Mukuru-Kayaba Primary School in a Nairobi slum, where the U.S. helps finance a lunch program that keeps kids coming to class. When she returned from the school visit, she remarked to me that there [...]
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