From Consumer Reports:
“…after putting a 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe FFV through an array of fuel economy, acceleration, and emissions tests, and interviewing more than 50 experts on ethanol fuel, CR determined that E85 will cost consumers more money than gasoline and that there are concerns about whether the government’s support of FFVs is really helping the [...]
>From the Republican camp:
A national black Republican group is running a radio advertisement accusing Democrats of starting the Ku Klux Klan and saying the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican, a claim challenged by civil-rights researchers…
…The spot begins with one woman telling another, “Dr. King was a real man. You know he was [...]
Anytime I hear someone state that “Islam is a peaceful religion”, something in me just does not get it. I mean, I think that it is safe to say here that most of the terrorist activity that is currently taking place today around the globe (intentional activity against civilians) is being committed by the hands [...]
First the news:
Congresswoman Barbara Lee announced Saturday, September 16 new legislation she is proposing that would allow condoms to be distributed in prisons in an effort to prevent sexually transmitted infections…
…Lee welcomed the panelists and organizations present, and spoke about her two new pieces of HIV/AIDS legislation – H.R. 2553, the Responsible Education About Life [...]
From Citizens Against Government WasteÂÂ
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(Links are provided for you below to write your senator in minutes)
The Senate has an opportunity right now to place a three-year freeze on all new state and municipal taxes on your cellular phone and other wireless services! Ask your Senators today to support the Senate Advanced Telecommunications and Opportunity Reform [...]
(EURWeb.com) NBA star Shaquille O’Neal has announced the launch of his own real estate and development company that will pursue partnerships and joint ventures to acquire, develop and promote select projects across the U.S.
“The O’Neal Group,” announced Tuesday during a press conference in Miami, has set as its first project a partnership with MDM Development [...]
NEW YORK, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ — BLACK ENTERPRISE (BE) today announced its “75 Most Powerful Blacks on Wall Street,” as featured in the October 2006 cover story. The list includes 30 top-tier professionals, including cover subjects Raymond McGuire, managing director & co-head, global investment banking, Citigroup; and William M. Lewis Jr., managing director & co-chairman, [...]
(businessweek.com) “In some deeply empowering good news, the U.S. Census Bureau recently informed Americans that black-owned businesses are among the fastest-growing segments of the nation’s economyâ€â€up 45% from 1997 to 2002â€â€and that these businesses currently generate a healthy $89 billion in revenue, up 25% over the same period. And while the geography of this trend [...]
“The mission of Afrocentric Learning Tools is to highlight products and services that aim to educate Black Students and promote the development of Multicultural educational tools. The site includes lesson plan ideas, product reviews, news and resources for Black parents, Educators of Black Students, and African American Homeschoolers. As well as entertainment and online activities [...]
(macon.com) As the coordinator for Fort Valley State University’s annual “Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day,” Shirley Ellis embraces her task of ensuring that those who attend take full advantage of the services offered that day.
For Ellis, it’s personal. Last year’s event had a profound impact on her own life when a blood [...]
I heard this on the radio today and I became paralyzed for about 10 minutes:
Question on BBC1′s Test the Nation: “Who was Winston Churchill
- A rapper, US President, The PM or King?”
Teddy Sheringham’s (a soccer player in the U.K.) girlfriend, Danielle Lloyd: “Wasn’t he the first black president of America? There’s a statue of him [...]
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(newstarget.com) Yeast extract was one of the first replacements for MSG — it has the same effect on taste, and it contains a concentration of free glutamic acid, just like MSG. The difference is that it doesn’t look as bad on the label, and food manufacturers can actually claim that it’s all-natural. You’ll see yeast [...]
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(WashingtonPost.com) The national survey of 750 black churches by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies found that fewer than 3 percent are participating in the program, which funnels at least $2 billion a year in federal social services spending to religious organizations.
Black churches in the Northeast and those with self-identified progressive congregations and [...]
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