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Courtland Milloy did an interesting piece on D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty. In it he talks about how Fenty is not bowing to the pressure of having to make his appointees fully reflect the demographic of the city that he represents. I come from the school that says if I feel that a person makes the right fit in my organization (mind you, this goes beyond what is on the ...More

First, a flashback: (sfgate.com 3/3/07) Bono, 46, was invited to tour the Bay Area by Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, to help raise awareness of local efforts to educate the public about the disease. Bono stood alongside Lee, Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums and Allen Temple Pastor J. Alfred Smith to say he'll be using his celebrity status to help people in the United States living with AIDS, particularly African Americans, who have contracted the ...More

(miamiherald.com) Phyllis Horn says her house became a home seven years ago when she opened her large Homestead residence to her first foster son. Since then, the mother of three adult sons has given short- and long-term shelter to 25 boys. ''These children make the difference between a house and a home,'' Horn said. The private foster-care agency that placed the young men with Horn hopes to find other black residents in South ...More

( AP) NEW ORLEANS – Federal officials are still waiting for a list of streets damaged by Hurricane Katrina that qualify for federal assistance. New Orleans has until July 31 to send the list to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Frustration among federal officials has risen since Mayor Ray Nagin, in his May 30 State of the City address, criticized FEMA. He said the city's post-Katrina streets are in poor shape and "crumbled ...More

(nationalgeographic.com) Plants have family values, too, it seems, with new research suggesting they can recognize close relatives in order to work together. An ability to tell family from strangers is well known in animals, allowing them to cooperate and share resources, but plants may possess similar social skills, scientists believe. Susan Dudley and Amanda File of McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, report they have demonstrated for the first time that plants can ...More