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(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 [...]

(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, [...]

(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, [...]

(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 [...]