National News
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Obama Calls for Service, Beautiful Dolls Answer!
On Patriots’ Day, a “Pretty . . . Philanthropic” group, will kickoff, launch and stand in civic pride! The Black Doll Affair announces the…
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The Mattie C. Stewart Foundation Rolls Out National ‘Choice Bus’ Fleet to Fight the Dropout Rate
Today The Mattie C. Stewart Foundation launched a nationwide fleet of Choice Buses, adding 10 school buses to help fight the nation’s dropout epidemic. Indiana…
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President Obama at Martha’s Vineyard
US President Barack Obama walks after teeing off at the Farm Neck Golf Club in Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, on August 24, 2009….
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The Obamas Return To White House After National Parks Visit
President Barack Obama (L) returns to the White House with his family including (L-R) daughter Sasha, U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, and daughter Malia August…
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Oprah Winfrey and Russell Simmons attend Funeral for Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Oprah Winfrey (2nd L) and Russell Simmons (C) attend the funeral of Eunice Kennedy Shriver at St. Xavier Church August 14, 2009 in Hyannis, Massachusetts….
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Obama signs new GI bill for ‘all who serve’
President Obama extolled the extension of G.I. Bill education benefits to post-9/11 veterans, saying he wants to make sure those who have worn the uniform…
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The Obama’s arrive back to White House
US President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia and Sasha walk on the South Lawn at the White House after disembarking…
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Colin Powell, foot soldiers battle America’s dropout ‘catastrophe’
Willie Thornton is on a rescue mission. One morning in March he set out to save Desmond Dunklin, a 19-year-old who should have graduated last…
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Obama Attacks on Economy and Seeks Billions for Community Colleges
President Obama came to this struggling auto industry town Tuesday to urge patience for his economic policies, to thunder at his newly emboldened critics in…
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President Barack Obama waves after throwing out the first pitch at the MLB All-Star Game
US President Barack Obama (R) waves after throwing out the first pitch to the Cardinal’s Albert Pujols (L) at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game…
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Obama Paints a New Vision for Nation’s Urban Policy
Addressing a White House urban affairs summit on Monday, President Obama called for the “reinvention” of America’s cities and metropolitan areas and vowed to spark…
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Obama Names Alabama Family Doctor as New Surgeon General
President Barack Obama named Dr. Regina Benjamin as U.S. surgeon general in an announcement late this morning at the White House. Benjamin, an Alabama family…
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Obama’s Ghana Visit Sets A New Tone In US-Africa Relations
In the past forty years, African Americans have increasingly traveled to Africa in order to stand on the grounds that their ancestors were stolen from…
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Phi Beta Sigma Inducts Former U.S. President Bill Clinton
A historically African-American fraternity has inducted former U.S. president Bill Clinton as an honorary member. Phi Beta Sigma, an organization of college students and professional…
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Colin Powell, foot soldiers battle America’s dropout ‘catastrophe’
Willie Thornton is on a rescue mission. One morning in March he set out to save Desmond Dunklin, a 19-year-old who should have graduated last…
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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, Wife Held In China On Swine Flu Quarantine
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and his wife were being held in swine flu quarantine by the Chinese government Sunday. The mayor, his wife, Seletha,…
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Message on Obama Attributed to Bin Laden
Just as President Obama arrived in the Middle East, the Al Jazeera television news broadcast an audiotape on Wednesday that it said was Osama bin…
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Prince Harry Visits Harlem School
Prince Harry chatted with a math class and competed in an obstacle course Saturday at a Harlem children’s organization on Day 2 of his first…
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White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner
US President Barack Obama (2nd L) shakes hands with White House Correspondents’ Association Secretary Peter Maer of CBS News as First Lady Michelle Obama (2nd…
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Obama To Unemployed: More Help Is On The Way
President Barack Obama has a message for the unemployed: More help is on the way. The president was outlining steps Friday to help the jobless…
