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(cbsnews.com) LOS ANGELES -- Barack Obama told a predominantly African-American and Latino crowd at a Los Angeles technical college that the government is designed for all people and said there is an “anxiety” among voters that it is not. “They feel like the education system isn’t designed for people like us, and the job market isn’t designed for people like us. And trying to get a mortgage isn’t designed for people ...More

McCain Takes the GOP Lead By JACKIE CALMES and ALEX FRANGOS For the first time in a presidential campaign already a year old, Republicans have a clear front-runner in Arizona Sen. John McCain. By nearly all accounts, he is the candidate many Democrats least want to face, the one who would best remake his party's battered image and draw independent voters needed to win in November. But Sen. McCain still confronts a problem ...More

Next to JFK, Obama's a newbie - but that's beside the point By ROBERT DALLEK nydailynews.com Ever since Edward Kennedy threw his support behind Sen. Barack Obama, there has been no shortage of comparisons between the junior senator from Illinois and the young President who inspired a generation. As one who has spent many years studying JFK, let me make this much clear: When it comes to experience, Obama is no John Kennedy. (Indeed, ...More

After a decade of marked leadership, Daniel to leave CSU by Wendell Hutson chicagodefender.com Since 1998 Elnora D. Daniel has been president of Chicago State University. But Wednesday, Daniel announced that she will retire following a one-year sabbatical which begins June 30. “CSU in 2008 stands prepared to compete and define the nature and quality of urban education on the national landscape within, yet well beyond, the South Side, city of Chicago and the ...More

It looks like this is another category we are no longer leading. Fat epidemic hits Asian kids, too State campaign aims to curb growing obesity among young Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. By MOMO CHANG McClatchy-Tribune Despite the stereotype that Asians are petite and skinny, studies show this population is rapidly becoming overweight – so much so that a state agency in California is targeting Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in a campaign. Asian Americans have ...More

Why do black women fear the 'fro? Cheryl Thompson Special to the Star As a black woman living in Canada, I often feel invisible when it comes to my natural hair. The television series da Kink In My Hair (which just wrapped up its first season on Global television) taps into a lot of the issues black women have with hair, but on the streets of Toronto, it's a whole other story. Some people ...More

Hate Crime Not Ruled Out In Vandalism ODENTON, Md. (AP) ― Anne Arundel County police have changed their minds about the racial slur spray painted on the home of a black Odenton family. Investigators initially didn't consider the vandalism a hate crime because the teenage suspects are black. Police reversed themselves Monday, saying the possibility that the incident might be classified as a hate crime had not been ruled out. (more...) Other similar incidents: For ...More

Word of advice: Stay away from any business that intentionally misspells its name by ending it with a 'Z' unless you realize that you might get what you paid for (ex. Playaz, Stylez, Jewelz, etc.) R&B Singer Ruben Studdard Takes Peachez to Court Singersroom News Ruben Studdard can’t catch a break. The R&B singer and former American Idol winner has reportedly filed a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court, claiming that a marketing ...More

TV chat queen Oprah gets a less than flattering tubby bronze statue cast in her honour thisislondon.co.uk She has famously battled with her weight - but according to this tribute to the queen of daytime television, it appears to be a battle lost. Controversial American sculptor Daniel Edwards latest work 'The Oprah Sarcophagus', is a very full-figured sculpture of Oprah Winfrey - and that's where the likeness begins and ends. The work casts ...More

Who said the following? “The ’sistah’ vote is paying off handsomely for Hillary Clinton,..It’s not only getting her the women’s vote. It’s also getting her the black vote.” More

Taken from the website alankeyes.com Taxation / government spending Tyrannical taxation, and excessive government spending and borrowing, are not only threats to our economy — they erode the resource base of our freedom and our moral responsibility. The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 85 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes ...More

Lou Dobbs alert: Illegal immigrants may get rebates politico.com In their bipartisan zeal to quickly cut a deal on an economic stimulus bill, GOP lawmakers overlooked something that will certainly inflame the conservative base _ illegal immigrants could receive a tax rebate check from the government. The text of the House passed bill contains language making "non resident aliens" _ illegal immigrants _ ineligible for the tax rebates. But every year, hundreds of ...More

I will be on NPR's 'News & Notes' today talking about the Presidential race among other things. I will be joined with Gina McCauley of the website 'What About Our Daughters'. It's going to be a very busy morning for me, so blogging will be light for the first half of the day. More