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(usatoday.com) Remember when recess was the best part of the school day? Not any more. In some parts of the country, that carefree half-hour — when kids could run, jump, scream and play tag or other games — is on the endangered list. [...] Two-fifths of American elementary schools have either eliminated recess or are considering doing so, according to a National Parent Teacher Association survey. And in many places where recess ...More

(katc.com) NEW ORLEANS -- Police Chief Warren Riley said Monday that he will ask the governor to extend the National Guard's mission here well into the new year. It is supposed to expire Dec. 31. Riley said he planned to make a written request within the next day or two, seeking to keep the guard here through June _ and essentially on patrol for a year. [...] The city has been dealing with ...More

(AP) HONG KONG - A theme park with a statue and memorial hall will be built at Bruce Lee’s southern Chinese ancestral home of Shunde, the president of his fan club said Monday. The park will also contain a martial arts academy and conference center, Wong Yiu-keung, chairman of the Hong Kong-based Bruce Lee Club, told The Associated Press. Wong said he couldn’t confirm details of a report Monday in the Apple ...More

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About 6 years ago or so, me, my wife and our first child (who was an infant at the time) traveled to the Carolinas to attend my grandfather's funeral. With people coming from all over and with very limited space in my grandparent's house, we had already made plans to get a hotel room in the area. When we arrived into town, my mom and aunt mentioned that the next ...More

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(2theadvocate.com) Leaders of the Hip Hop Caucus Institute of Washington, D.C., said Wednesday it is time to “stop the violence’’ that has claimed 140 lives in Orleans Parish so far this year and a record-setting 54 in adjoining Jefferson Parish, the majority of them young people. “We will not have a 22nd century if we do not solve this. This must stop,’’ Hip Hop Caucus President Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. said ...More

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(mirror.co.uk) TORY MP Bob Spink was last night at the centre of a race row after insisting the majority of criminals are black. Mr Spink made his claim in an exchange of emails with a constituent. He was asked: "Are you saying that a lot more criminals are black than white - or that there are more black people in jail than white because they are stopped more often?" The MP replied: "The ...More

(HealthNewsDigest.com).. Like many diseases, vision problems disproportionately affect African-Americans. Glaucoma, a condition where the fluid pressure inside the eye is too high, is one of the leading causes of blindness for Americans. However, glaucoma is five times more common in African-Americans than Caucasians and four times more likely to cause blindness. [...] According to a new survey, many African-Americans are not prioritizing vision care for themselves or their children. More than 3,700 ...More

(myrtlebeachonline.com) "In general, eating less salt is a good idea. The average American consumes about 1.5 teaspoons of salt, or 3,400 milligrams (mg) of sodium, every day. That's a lot more than we actually need. But it turns out that salt affects people differently. How salt affects your blood pressure and health depends on your genes, your age and your medical conditions. The white crystals we know as salt are made ...More

(The Jawa Report) It's official: war between Ethiopia and the African Taliban of the Islamic Courts Union of Somalia. The Somalian Islamists have declared jihad against Ethiopia and Ethiopia has sent troops into Somalia. We have been warning the world about the rise of the Islamic Courts Union for some time now. The dhimmis of the European Union and the US State Department have repeated the mistakes of Afghanistan and some ...More

New Orleans, LA (BlackNews.com) - New Orleans' Alden J. McDonald, Jr. is one of two African Americans named to Fortune Magazine's highly regarded "Portraits of Power" list for 2006. Fortune Magazine profiles some of the most powerful people in business for 2006 and their impact on the global market. President and CEO of Liberty Bank and Trust Company since 1972, one of the five largest African-American owned financial institutions in the ...More