Archive for ‘January 29th, 2008’

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Jan29

Keeping track of our Black mayors

by Duane on January 29th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
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The Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick situation has inspired me to create yet another news feed page that tracks the news surrounding all of our Black mayors around the country. While it is unfortunate that the mayors that screw up big time are prone to get national attention, we can easily do something about this. Click the [...]

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Jan29

$2.3 billion spent to get your attention

by Duane on January 29th, 2008 at 10:54 am
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Advertising Spending Targeting African American Consumers Exceeds $2.3 Billion Annually, Nielsen Reports
By: PR Newswire
NEW YORK, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ — In its first 12-month analysis of advertising spending on media outlets that reach African American consumers, The Nielsen Company reported today that spending for the period October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007 totaled $2.3 billion. [...]

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Jan29

A hot, stinkin’ mess

by Duane on January 29th, 2008 at 10:38 am
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Click here for all the latest surrounding Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (Detroit Free Press)
The one article that stuck out to me the most was the following:
What $9 million could buy
BY M.L. ELRICK
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
Detroit recreation centers have been closed and city workers have seen benefit and job cuts. The city has begun charging residents $300 [...]

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Jan29

Sometimes experience is the only teacher

by Duane on January 29th, 2008 at 2:54 am
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Here is a snippet of what is at the other end of the ‘free healthcare for everybody’ rainbow.
Don’t treat the old and unhealthy, say doctors
By Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent
telegraph.co.uk
Doctors are calling for NHS treatment to be withheld from patients who are too old or who lead unhealthy lives.
Smokers, heavy drinkers, the obese and the elderly [...]

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Jan29

Call them ‘little people’, not dwarves

by Duane on January 29th, 2008 at 1:33 am
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Thieves Using Dwarves For Crime On The Rise
Joseph Dela Cruz – AHN News Writer
Stockholm, Sweden (AHN) – Travelers using long-distance buses are being warned to take extra caution after Swedish police said cases of thieves using midgets in robbing long-distance coaches is on the rise.
Police said the thieves are able to steal from the unsuspecting [...]

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