By Krissah Thompson and Tim Carman
As Michelle Obama enters her seventh year as first lady, she remains focused on her campaign against childhood obesity. Obama’s first official act of the new year was announcing the appointment of children ...
Posted Wednesday, January 14th 2015 at 12:37PM
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Arnold Donald, Carnival Corporation CEO, and James Gadsden, U.S. Ambassador (retired), will keynote two premiere events during the 43rd Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, sponsored by the YWCA Greater Charleston. The Charleston area ...
Posted Wednesday, January 14th 2015 at 11:51AM
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When Mayor Bloomberg announced he was banning big sodas from the NYC area, people passionately protested their right to bubbly drinks in big quantities.
But maybe the mayor was on to something. Soda doesn't just cause cavities a ...
Posted Wednesday, January 14th 2015 at 11:26AM
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by Emanuel Maiberg on January 11, 2015
Microsoft has updated its Game Content Usage Rules page to explain how people can use its game content to create YouTube videos and Twitch Streams, but the new rules don't apply to Minecraft, which Microsoft ...
Posted Monday, January 12th 2015 at 11:37AM
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Bill Gates is turning human waste into drinkable water with the help of a sewage treatment machine developed using funds from the Gates Foundation. The machine, called the Omniprocessor, has been designed to provide clean drinking water to developing ...
Posted Friday, January 9th 2015 at 10:26AM
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During the last decade diagnosis rates for HIV in the United States have fallen by around one-third and now stand at 16 cases per 100,000. While this is very promising news and an indication that strategies to prevent the spread of infection have bee ...
Posted Tuesday, January 6th 2015 at 6:36PM
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By Tom Dillon / Special to the Times-News
BOOK REVIEW
• “Last Stand: Ted Turner’s Quest to Save a Troubled Planet,” by Todd Wilkinson. Copyright 2014, Lyons Press (378 pages, $18.95 paperback)
Authorized biographies aren’t normall ...
Posted Tuesday, January 6th 2015 at 2:48PM
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Woodbury, New York - On November 13, 2014 at the Crest Hollow Country Club, Woodbury, New York two LIAACC Attorneys received the Prestigious Leadership in Law Award presented by Long Island Business News. LIAACC members Sacha Comrie of Martin Molina ...
Posted Friday, December 19th 2014 at 7:57AM
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Westbury, New York - On December 10, 2014 the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, Inc.(LIAACC) held its Annual Holiday Celebration, Awards Ceremony, and Toy Drive at NYCB Theatre of Westbury, LIAACC's members and small business owners ...
Posted Saturday, December 13th 2014 at 11:28PM
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Since 2009, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has recognized influential members of the local community under the age of 30. In mid-November, the Middle Tennessee Chapter released a list of 30 individuals they believe have made significant impacts in th ...
Posted Thursday, December 11th 2014 at 3:51PM
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The AUDELCO Awards began promptly at 7:00 p.m. at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space located at 2537 Broadway at 95th Street in New York City. The theme for this year’s 42nd Annual Vivian Robinson/AUDELCO Recognition Awards for Excellenc ...
Posted Monday, December 8th 2014 at 8:39AM
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By Jeremy Diamond, CNN
Tourists flocking to Washington, D.C., hoping to get a glimpse of President Barack Obama might not get the chance to see him in person -- but they can now get pretty close thanks to the Smithsonian Institution.
The first- ...
Posted Wednesday, December 3rd 2014 at 1:38PM
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Jackson State University students participated in the nationwide “Hands Up Walkout” protest on the main campus in Jackson on Monday.
Gathering at 12:01 p.m. on Gibbs-Green Pedestrian Plaza, about 100 students peacefully marched abut 100 yards ...
Posted Tuesday, December 2nd 2014 at 3:22PM
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If you didn't hear it on the news, you probably noticed it the last time you filled up your car: gasoline prices have been dropping lately after holding fairly steady for a year or so, following world oil prices.
After clicking your heels at the g ...
Posted Monday, December 1st 2014 at 8:34AM
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