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“Remember Daddy, you said that we would count the money in my piggy bank.”
This is what my daughter said to me this morning after I sat down in my office to plan my day. “Remember, I said to remind me BEFORE you go to bed” as I tried to put it off to no avail. [...]

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ELEANOR HALL for abc.net.au: It’s an unlikely collaboration, but tomorrow night’s performance between one of Australia’s most popular hip hop artists and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra is being widely anticipated by the music industry.
It’s not a new phenomenon – many rock and pop artists have been teaming [...]

(insidebayarea.com) OAKLAND — Black-owned construction firms are not getting their fair share of city contracts, according to a long-awaited study released Friday by city officials.
In addition, the study of about $244 million worth of city deals between 2002 and 2005, found African-American firms received too few professional services contracts.
However, the study found no disparity in [...]