Kevin,born 01/97, is a handsome youngster who needs a adoptive family. Kevin is a quiet person initially, but he is capable of expressing himself. Kevin enjoys playing video games and football. He likes to watch television and ride his bike. He is an excellent student in school but he has been exhibiting some negative behaviors [...]
SIMONE ESTABAN BALDWIN
Case Type: Missing
DOB: Nov 1, 1992
Sex: Female
Missing Date: Sep 26, 2007
Race: Black
Age Now: 14
Height: 5’2″ (157 cm)
Missing City: RICHMOND
Weight: 115 lbs (52 kg)
Missing State : VA
Hair Color: Brown
Missing Country: United States
Eye Color: Brown
Case Number: USVAVA07-610
Circumstances: Simone was last seen on September 26, 2007 wearing a grey top, blue jeans and grey [...]
…and the latest entry in the hall of church titles: Master Prophet (E. Bernard Jordan)
When my family first became Christians back in 1979-ish, I found it very strange to hear folks address each other as “Brother or Sister” so-and so. After all, everywhere else folks were called by their first names. Anyway as with most [...]
Man Eats 21 Pounds of Grits for Title (ajc.com)
BOSSIER CITY, La. — He’ll never want breakfast again.
Pat Bertoletti, a mohawk-sporting chef from Chicago, gulped down 21 pounds of buttery, goopy grits in 10 minutes to win $4,000 in the first World Grits Eating Championship at Louisiana Downs on Saturday.
The grits were presented in 2-pound trays, [...]
Bailey family defends photos
(thenewsstar.com) When asked during a Washington, D.C., news conference sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union about photos of her stepbrother with $100 bills in his mouth, Catrina Wallace said rumors that the money shown in the picture came from the “Jena Six” defense fund are false.
Robert Bailey Jr. had several photos [...]
(cnbc.com) The founder of BET, Robert L. Johnson, just announced he’s going into a new business– one that has very little to do with his media background. He’s going to be buying and operating car dealerships in the southern and Midwest regions of the country, partnering with the McLarty-Landers Automotive Group.
What’s the deal? The auto [...]
Here is an excerpt from Roland Martin’s piece on Republican no-shows at Black/Hispanic sponsored presidential debates:
“Oh, yes, I know. Democrats have a stranglehold on the black vote, receiving upward of 90 percent in national elections. A significant part of that is a result of the party seeing blacks as the backbone of the party. But [...]
(telegraph.co.uk) A woman who almost entirely severed her husband’s penis with a knife because he criticised her sexual skills has been sentenced to six months in prison.
Umidah Setu, an Indonesian living in Malaysia, pleaded guilty in court on Tuesday in the southern city of Johor Bahru to voluntarily causing hurt, local newspapers reported.
Neighbours alerted by [...]
(hamptonroads.com) A South Florida developer showed cursory interest Thursday in Virginia Beach’s proposed convention center hotel.
R. Donahue Peebles, chairman and chief executive officer of the Coral Gables-based Peebles Corp., said his company is “more than capable†of doing the project.
The developer was in town to talk to Norfolk State University students and faculty and to [...]
This morning, a comment was received by a Lea Winfrey Young (wife of artist Gilbert Young–artist who is at odds with the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Foundation for not choosing him or any other Black artist) in response the the post I did on the King Memorial controversy entitled “Here’s a solution”. [...]
“Jackson, in Jena, cited the unequal treatment in prosecuting crack versus powder drug violations as evidence of racial discrimination. This calls for an explanation. Crack violators, the ones subject to the harshest punishment, are often black. But members of the Black Congressional Caucus, in the ’80s, pushed for stiff sentences against those peddling crack, given [...]
Hey, after going through what he did in the civil rights movement, he can wear what he wants.
(I’m still a little scared!)
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