Jet articles from August 2003

Jet archives from August 2003

Bush focuses on AIDS, trade and democracy during historic five-country Africa visit. (National Report).(George W. Bush)(Interview)
August 4, 2003... At the urging of his two closest advisors--Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice--President George W. Bush recently embarked on a five-country tour of Africa, becoming only the fourth sitting U.S....

Ticker tape.(current affairs news items)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Confidential: Though he did not meet with President George W. Bush during Bush's recent African journey, former South African President Nelson Mandela praised him for his leadership in fighting the AIDS disease on the continent. During an AIDS...

National headliners.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Chairwoman for this fall's Congressional Black Caucus legislative conference in Washington will be Calif. Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald. The confab will highlight voter mobilization.... D.C. public schools specialist Dr. Eugene Williams and...

Nelson Mandela celebrates 85th birthday with star-studded bash in Johannesburg. (Celebrities).
August 4, 2003... South Africans of all races and ages praised Nelson Mandela as he and the entire nation celebrated his 85th birthday. Celebrities and international dignitaries from all over came to the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South...

Elisabeth Welch, pioneering Broadway singer, succumbs at 99. (Census).(Brief Article)(Obituary)
August 4, 2003... Elisabeth Welch, the American-born singer who introduced the Charleston on Broadway and had show-stopping successes with Cole Porter's Love For Sale and Harold Arlen's Stormy Weather, died at a retirement home in north London. She was 99. ...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
August 4, 2003... CORRECTION: In the July 14th "This Week In Black History" an incorrect date was given concerning Venus Williams' second-straight Wimbledon win. The correct date should have been July 8, 2001. JET regrets the error.

This week in Black history.(Black lawyers, boxer Thomas Hearns)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... August 1, 1925-- Twelve Blacks formed the National Bar Association in Des Moines, IA, on this day. George H. Woodson, S. Joe Brown, Gertrude E. Rush, James B. Morris, Charles P. Howard, Sr., Wendell E. Green, C. Francis Stradford, Jesse N....

The pregnant mother's guide to safe exercise. (Health).
August 4, 2003... Congratulations! You're having a baby. But before you kick back with the potato chips and triple-dip sundaes and slump into couch potato mode for the next nine months, consider this: Staying active during pregnancy prepares your body for the...

Promoting healthy living. (Health).(American Heart Association teams with corporates to promote health education initiative aimed at African Americans)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... * PROMOTING HEALTHY LIVING: Joining in Chicago to discuss the nationwide expansion of the Healthy Living-Every Day! (HLED) campaign are (l-r) Melanie Menon, account manager, American Heart Association; Carolyn Wise, vice president...

Hawthorne new vp, gen. counsel at Federated Department Stores, Inc. (Business).(William L. Hawthorne III elected corporate officer)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... William L. Hawthorne III recently was elected Federated Department Stores, Inc.'s first African-American corporate officer. He will serve in the newly created position of vice president/diversity and deputy general counsel. Federated...

Society world.(Public Notice)
August 4, 2003... * Lawfully Wed: Adrion J. Howell married Sharon Yvonne Ford at the New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore. A graduate of Morgan State University and Towson State University, the bride is a worker's compensation case manager for the Baltimore...

Record executive Antonio 'L.A.' Reid and wife, Erica, have a new son, Addison. (Newsmakers).(Reid is president of Arista Records Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Arista Records president-CEO Antonio "L.A." Reid and wife Erica recently welcomed a bouncing baby boy. Addison Kennedy Reid, born in New York, weighed in at 7 lbs. and 12 ounces. Mother and son are doing fine. This is the couple's...

Mandela's 85th birthday. (Newsmakers).(celebrations in honor of Nelson Mandela)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... MANDELA'S 85TH BIRTHDAY: Ex-South African President Nelson Mandela and wife, Graca Machel, share a laugh before Mandela receives a book of tributes to him from leaders around the world in Johannesburg commencing his weekend long 85th birthday...

Sailing the high seas. (Newsmakers).(Navy Commander Lewin Wright is new skipper of U.S.S. Constitution)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... * SAILING THE HIGH SEAS: United States Navy Commander Lewin Wright stands in front of the U.S.S. Constitution as its new skipper. Wright relieved Commander Randall Neal of the position in Boston after the 67th Change of Command reception...

Timeless star. (Newsmakers).(baseball player Minnie Minoso)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... TIMELESS STAR: At age 77, Minnie Minoso recently became the first player to play pro baseball in seven decades when he threw the first pitch and took the field as designated hitter for the St. Paul Saints against Gary in the independent...

Russell Simmons and Gabrielle Union saluted at American Black Film Festival. (Newsmakers).
August 4, 2003... Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and new movie star Gabrielle Union were recently honored during the Seventh Annual American Black Film Festival's (ABFF) Film Life Movie Awards ceremony in South Beach, Miami, in Florida. The festival's Film...

Gospel singer Smokie Norful brings joy and comfort with CD 'I Need You Now'. (in the spotlight).(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 4, 2003... New contemporary gospel singer Smokie Norful celebrates the power of the Lord with his Stellar Award-winning debut CD I Need You Now. "Music is a power... it's a force," he says. "The Lord is the ultimate source of that power and He has no...

Hot places to go in the fall. (Special report: travel).(vacation planning)
August 4, 2003... Ahhhh, vacation. That time of the year that everyone looks anticipates to break up the monotony of everyday life and substitute it with fun and relaxation. Traditionally summer has been viewed as the ideal time to take a breather from the...

Head-turning entrance. (the week's best photos).(tennis star Serena Williams at 2003 ESPY Awards )(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... * HEAD-TURNING ENTRANCE: Tennis star Serena Williams is escorted down the red carpet by an attentive assistant as she arrives at the 11th annual ESPY Awards in Los Angeles. Williams was awarded the Best Female Athlete honor. [ILLUSTRATION...

Beauty of the week.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
August 4, 2003... NICOLE PORTER is from Henderson, NV. The 5-foot-7 model enjoys swimming and volleyball. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Blues ballet. (the week's best photos).(performance of 'St. Louis Woman: A Blues Ballet')(Brief Article)(Illustration)
August 4, 2003... * BLUES BALLET: Donald Williams performs with Caroline Rocher in St. Louis Woman: A Blues Ballet, during the Dance Theatre of Harlem's world premiere of the production at New York's Lincoln Center Festival 2003. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Out with a Fox. (the week's best photos).(actress Vivica A. Fox)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
August 4, 2003... * OUT WITH A FOX: The always-sexy Vivica A. Fox and her boyfriend, Dareinen McCants, were among the notables who attended the recent ESPY Awards in Los Angeles. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

At home with Roy Jones, Jr.: the hard-knock life of a heavyweight boxing champ. (Cover Story).(Interview)
August 4, 2003... Roy Jones, Jr. is both a lover and a fighter, and the sooner you understand that, the sooner you'll begin to understand the complexities of this heavyweight champion's hard-knock life. After working until 5 a.m. on his next hip-hop album,...

NBA teams sign star free agents, offer huge extensions to keep prize players. (Sports).
August 4, 2003... July 16 began the signing frenzy for NBA free agents, and fans will have to take note of the many familiar faces in different places. Karl Malone and Gary Payton are foregoing the big bucks (by NBA standards) to go after the chance with the...

Bryant charged with felony sexual assault, faces life in prison. (Sports).(Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant)
August 4, 2003... After he was accused of sexual assault by a 19-year-old Colorado woman (JET, July 28), Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar guard, was recently charged with a single count of felony sexual assault. If convicted, he faces four years to...

Garret Anderson rallies the American League to All-Star win in Chicago, homers way to two awards. (Sports).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... One night after his surprise win in the Home Run Derby, Garret Anderson started the American League's rally with a two-run homer and was voted the first Ted Williams Most Valuable Player of the 2003 All-Star Game in a 7-6 victory over the...

Fashion Fair Cosmetics celebrates 30th anniversary in Chicago. (Business).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Fashion Fair Cosmetics recently celebrated three decades of making women of color even more beautiful at the Johnson Publishing Company headquarters in Chicago. Makeup artists and trainers, account executives and top company officials,...

Bernie Mac gets Emmy nomination for lead actor in comedy series. (Celebrities).('The Bernie Mac Show')(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Bernie Mac recently received his second Emmy Award nomination as lead actor in a comedy series for "The Bernie Mac Show." Mac was the only Black on a weekly prime-time series to receive a nod for the upcoming Emmy Awards. But several others...

Celia Cruz, Queen of Latin music, dies of brain tumor in New Jersey. (Entertainment).(Brief Article)
August 4, 2003... Celia Cruz, the spirited Queen of Salsa music whose career spanned more than five decades and helped to define that music genre, recently died from complications of a brain tumor in her New Jersey home. She was 78. The crown jewel of Latin...

Top 20 albums.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
August 4, 2003... 1. DANCE WITH MY FATHER Luther Vandross (J) 2. BODY KISS Isley Bros. Featuring Ronald Isley (DreamWorks) 3. MISSISSIPPI: THE ALBUM David Banner (Street Records) 4. 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS Various Artists (Disturbing Tha Peace) 5. THE...

'Alias'. (television).(television programs that feature African Americans)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
August 4, 2003... Merrin Dungey and Carl Lumbly star on "Alias," which centers around grad student Sydney Bristow, an agent for SD-6, a supposed top-secret division of the CIA that is in actuality not a government agency but an enemy of the United States,...

NAACP 'has its say' at 94th convention in Miami. (National Report).(Florida)
August 11, 2003... With "Having Our Say" as its theme, the NAACP held its 94th annual convention in Miami and vowed to continue to fight for equality and to protect the civil rights of all Americans. More than 12,000 delegates and visitors heard current civil...

Ticker tape.(NAACP enjoys strong finances)(plans for Congressional Gold Medal)(Dr. Norman Francis of Xavier University)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2003... Confidential: Under the leadership of President Kweisi Mfume and Board Chair Julian Bond, the NAACP has surged to its highest financial heights--upwards of a $50 million institution, the biggest civil rights group. The most publicized session...

National headliners.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2003... Howard Univ. students vie for a scholarship award named for the Washington Post newspaper's foreign desk copy editor Richard Prince. Newest winner--Troy Donte Prestwood... Named the Senate's first Black chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black crossed...

Wyndham hotel chain inks historic deal with St. Louis Black businessmen. (Business).(Wyndham International sells Mayfair Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2003... Dallas-based hotel operator Wyndham International, Inc. recently sold its Mayfair Hotel in St. Louis to a Black-owned enterprise led by St. Louis businessmen Michael V. Roberts and Steven C. Roberts. Under the purchase agreement, the...

Atlanta eatery that served as civil rights-era meeting place faces closure. (Business).(current owner Clark Atlanta University plans demise of Paschal's, Atlanta, Georgia)
August 11, 2003... Paschal's restaurant, an Atlanta eatery that served as a meeting place for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and fellow leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, is scheduled to close its doors for good, much to the chagrin of community leaders and...

Give yourself a makeover from the inside out. (Beauty).(tips for healthy living)
August 11, 2003... Sure, true beauty comes from within. But sometimes those insides need an extreme makeover, especially after coping with bad diets, poor fitness habits, stress and insufficient rest, which wreck both your health and appearance. Let's face it,...

A clean bill of health. (Health).(Detroit Medical Center)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2003... A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH: Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (front, l) and Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (rear, l) share a laugh with Detroit Medical Center patient Sam Woodard, who is uninsured and suffering from diabetes. The Detroit Medical...

Increase of fish in diet may cut Alzheimer's risk. (Health).(Brief Article)
August 11, 2003... People older than 65 who eat fish at least once a week may reduce their risk of Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests. The study, conducted by researchers at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, further supports...

How to reclaim your body after childbirth. (Health).
August 11, 2003... You are enjoying a rare, child-free evening at a party when a chatty stranger engages you in polite banter. "What a wonderful get-together!" she exclaims. "Are you having a good time? Did you try the buffalo wings?" You nod...

Society world.(Public Notice)
August 11, 2003... * Built On Bliss: Carlton Brown wed Stacey James at Phillips Temple CME Church in Dayton, OH. The bride is a graduate of Ball State University and the University of Dayton School of Law. She is practicing law at a firm which specializes in...

Turn an old Favorite into something special. (Recipe Of The Week).(salmon patties)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2003... By adding herbs, you can turn a regular, plain dish into one like Lemon-Dill Salmon Patties. This recipe will certainly please your family and friends. LEMON-DILL SALMON PATTIES 1 15 1/2-ounce can salmon, drained and flaked...

James Brown and wife announce breakup of marriage. (Celebrities).(Brief Article)
August 11, 2003... Godfather of Soul James Brown and his wife are breaking up. The couple took out a full page ad in the entertainment weekly Variety to announce their breakup. The ad said: "Due to Mr. James Brown and Mrs. Tomi Rea Brown's heavy...

Torry's challenge keeps giving back the love. (Celebrities).(actor and comedian Joe Torry)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2003... * TORRY's CHALLENGE KEEPS GIVING BACK THE LOVE: Comedian-actor Joe Torry celebrates with actress Vivica A. Fox the success of his 6th Annual Joe Torry Celebrity Basketball Challenge at the Savvis Center in St. Louis. At right, the popular...

This week in Black history.(track and field athlete Alice Coachman, Judge Joyce London Alexander)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2003... August 7, 1948-- * Alice Coachman became the first African-American woman to win an Olympic Gold medal in the high jump at the Summer Games in London on this day. In the first Olympics held after World War II, Coachman leapt 5 feet and 6...

Remembering the March. (Black History).(40th anniversary of the March On Washington)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2003... * REMEMBERING THE MARCH: Observing the 40th anniversary of the March On Washington, Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) (r) joins (l-r) National Urban League President Marc Morial, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Speaker Dennis Hastert...

Virginia monument to honor Black Civil War heroes. (Black History).(Brief Article)
August 11, 2003... Fourteen Black Union soldiers who won the Medal of Honor for a single day's battle action in driving Confederate troops from the Southern capital of Richmond, VA, are in line for an unusual and long overdue remembrance of their heroics. ...

U.S. sending 4,500 troops toward Liberia. (African Affairs).(to protect embassy)
August 11, 2003... President Bush recently sent more Marines in to protect the U.S. Embassy in Liberia, and 4,500 more American sailors and Marines were ordered into positions closer to the west African country. "We're concerned about our people," Bush said...

Singer Vivian Green proves she has star status with new CD. (in the Spotlight).(Brief Article)
August 11, 2003... Singer/songwriter Vivian Green steps out from the background and into the forefront with an impressive debut CD that proves she has what it takes to hang with the best. A Love Story, Green's new CD, is an autobiographical tale that reveals...

Cool Knight on horseback. (the week's best photos).(Gladys Knight at the Bill Pickett International Rodeo, Los Angeles, California)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2003... * COOL KNIGHT ON HORSEBACK: Music legend Gladys Knight demonstrates her horseback-riding skills during the recent Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo in Los Angeles. The event showcases Black cowboys and cowgirls who do everything from bareback and...

Beauty of the week.
August 11, 2003... NILKA EVANS is a native of Panama and currently resides in Killeen, TX. The 5-foot-10 model is an MBA graduate. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Paytons celebrate. (the week's best photos).
August 11, 2003... * PAYTONS CELEBRATE: Newly signed Los Angeles Laker Gary Payton celebrates with his wife, Monique, at the recent Espy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. A nine-time All-Star, the former Milwaukee Bucks Seattle Supersonics player was a...

Swept off her feet. (the week's best photos).
August 11, 2003... * SWEPT OFF HER FEET: Kiki Shepard of "It's Showtime At, The Apollo" TV fame gets a lift from actor David Hasselhoff at her birthday celebrity bowling challenge at: the Pickwick Center in Burbank, CA. Proceeds from the event benefit the Sickle...

Tennessee mom gets $700,000 in settlement of son's day care burn case. (Law & Justice).(Brief Article)
August 11, 2003... A child whose skin peeled off his hands after he suffered from unexplained burns at a Chattanooga, TN, day care center last March will receive more than $700,000 from a lawsuit settlement. The settlement, which as designed will total...

Battling for their right to vote. (Law & Justice).(state Senator Frederica Wilson supports voting rights for ex-cons, Florida)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2003... * BATTLING FOR THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE: Florida state Sen. Frederica Wilson of Miami speaks at a news conference in the city on the efforts of some 125,000 exfelons to get their right to vote restored after they were freed. They claim they failed...

I'm baaack. (Sports).(outfielder Rickey Henderson returns to major league baseball)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2003... * I'M BAAACK: Rickey Henderson, baseball's career leader in runs, stolen bases and walks who played this season with the Newark Bears in Newark, NJ, has finally made his way back to the major leagues. He recently signed with the Los Angeles...

Miami's Ricky Williams scores a $2 million Florida condo. (Sports).(Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2003... Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams recently parted with $2 million for a three-bedroom condominium in the Trump Grande Ocean Resort and Residences in Sunny Isles Beach, FL, a surfside city that's about 9 miles east of the team's home...

Latrell Sprewell leaves New York in six-player, four-team NBA deal. (Sports).(joins Minnesota Timberwolves )(National Basketball Association)
August 11, 2003... It's official: Latrell Sprewell is leaving the city that never sleeps for a little Midwest flavor. Sprewell was one of six players involved in a four-team NBA trade that sent him from the New York Knicks to the Minnesota Timber-wolves. The...

Family affair. (Sports).(Jason Kidd signs new contract with New Jersey Nets)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2003... * FAMILY AFFAIR: Nets superstar Jason Kidd celebrates his new contract with his wife, Joumana, their nationally adored son, TJ, and Nets president and general manager Rod Thorn, during a news conference to announce Kidd's re-signing at the...

Hall of Famer. (Sports).(baseball player Eddie Murray inducted to National Baseball Hall of Fame)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2003... * HALL OF FAMER: National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee Eddie Murray shows his plaque during induction ceremonies in Cooperstown, NY. Murray is the 38th player selected in the first year of eligibility. He played 21 seasons with the Orioles,...

Missing Baylor basketball player's body found; roommate charged with murder. (Sports).
August 11, 2003... A devastating loss has been confirmed for the family and friends of Patrick Dennehy: Authorities recently found the body of the Baylor basketball player in a grassy-field near Waco, TX, after he had been missing for more than six weeks. ...

Is monogamy going out of style? (Lifestyles).
August 11, 2003... By now infidelity from our most celebrated politicians, entertainers and athletes shouldn't come as a shock to us, but it always does. Stories of betrayal and legal suits being exposed on the news and in the papers should be enough to keep any...

Gunman kills councilman inside New York City Council chambers. (Crime).(Othnield Askew fatally shot after assasinating Councilman James Davis)
August 11, 2003... Two men recently died, an ambitious neophyte politician and his political rival, in a bizarre shooting in New York's City Council chambers. City Councilman James Davis' body was set to lie in state at City Hall, the first person conferred...

Police shooting of mentally disabled Denver teen draws outrage, investigation. (Crime).(Colorado)
August 11, 2003... The multiple shooting of a knife-wielding mentally disabled Denver boy by police has not only brought grief to the slain boy's family, but kick-started an investigation into the police department's response tactics and a possible civil suit...

Howard Morehead, Ebony's first West Coast photographer, dies. (Census).(Brief Article)
August 11, 2003... Noted photographer Howard Morehead, who became EBONY Magazine's first West Coast photographer in 1958, recently died in Los Angeles. He was believed to have been 79. Morehead apparently died of complications from cardiovascular disease at...

Ashanti: hit singer returns with new CD 'Chapter II' and reveals: * what she wants in a man * how her family keeps her grounded * the secret to her sexy look. (Cover Story).(Interview)(Cover Story)
August 11, 2003... "Awww, baby," Ashanti coos as she performs a private dance for a mahogany, corn-rowed suitor in her latest video Rock Wit U (Awww Baby). She swivels her hips in seductive figure-eight patterns, then drops low only to slink back up, rear-end...

'For love of Olivia. (television).(shows that feature African American actors)(Calendar)
August 11, 2003... Louis Gossett Jr., Lonette McKee, Kathryne Dora Brown and Robert Urich reprise their roles in this movie sequel to the 1997 movie To Dance With Olivia, (Sunday, August 10 at 8:30 p.m., ET) on CBS. Others scheduled to appear this week include:...

Congress names NYC Custom Court to honor Judge Watson. (National Report).(Brief Article)
August 18, 2003... Before closing for its summer recess, the U. S. Congress passed legislation honoring the late New York City Custom Judge James L. Watson, a trailblazer in government and the law. Winding up his second effort to name the NYC Custom Court...

AIDS epidemic on the rise again in U.S. (National Report).(Brief Article)
August 18, 2003... For the first time in 10 years, new HIV infections among gay men have been increasing in large cities across the country mainly due to our country's complacent view of the virus, according to recent reports. "There needs to be a lot more...

N.Y. City Councilman exhumed, reburied in another Cemetery after his body was placed near his killer's. (National Report).(James Davis)(Brief Article)
August 18, 2003... The remains of slain New York City Councilman James Davis were recently moved from the cemetery where his killer's ashes were also buried. Davis' body was exhumed from Green-Wood Cemetery and reburied a short time later in Cemetery of the...

Race in the workplace. (National Report).(Brief Article)
August 18, 2003... RACE IN THE WORKPLACE: Attorneys Johnnie Cochran and Ken Thompson announce that they will represent (rear, l-r) Peter Snowden, Eric Berry and Yolanda Washington in a discrimination lawsuit against the Manhattan-based Radianz finance company,...

Elena Cherry, wife of Real Times' chief financial officer, killed in accident. (National Report).(Brief Article)
August 18, 2003... Elena Cherry, wife of Kurt Cherry, the chief financial officer of Real Times Inc., owner of the Chicago Defender, was recently killed by a pickup truck as she pushed their 13-month-old child, in a stroller down a street in Chicago. Mrs. Cherry...

Ticker tape.(Brief Article)
August 18, 2003... Confidential: America's highest-paid Black leader, bar none, is California conservative Ward Connerly, who yearly draws in $700,000 for himself as head of two nonprofit organizations to "fight racial favoritism." According to tax records, he...

National headliners.(Brief Article)
August 18, 2003... Former Bill Clinton aide Jamal Simmons was named press secretary and chief spokesman for Sen. Bob Graham's presidential drive... Results of the first study on homeland security in minority communities will be announced at the New Orleans...

Mike Tyson files for bankruptcy. (National Report).(Brief Article)
August 18, 2003... Former heavy-weight boxing champion Mike Tyson recently filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York City, claiming his finances are in disarray. Tyson, 37, opted for bankruptcy after years of financial...

Black hair care 101. (Beauty).
August 18, 2003... Welcome Sisters! Class is in session. Today's lesson is "loving and understanding your hair." Hair is a fragile thing. It needs constant protection from intense heat, harsh chemicals, rough styling tools and the outside elements. It craves...

Luther Henderson, renowned Broadway arranger-conductor, dies at 84. (Census).(Brief Article)(Biography)
August 18, 2003... Luther Lincoln Henderson, a Tony-nominated arranger and orchestrator, died after a long battle with cancer at a hospice in Manhattan. He was 84. Funny Girl and Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music were among the musicals where the prolific...

Star of 'The Gods Must Be Crazy' dies. (Census).(Brief Article)(Obituary)
August 18, 2003... STAR OF 'THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY' DIES: N!xau is shown in this 1990 publicity file photo for the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy II. The diminutive Bushman who first won international stardom in 1980 in the film The Gods Must Be Crazy recently died...

This week in Black history.
August 18, 2003... August 11, 1965-- Thurgood Marshall became the first Black solicitor general when the Senate confirmed his nomination on this day. The U.S. solicitor general argues cases on behalf of the government before the U.S. Supreme Court. Marshall...

How stress affects people with diabetes & what can be done about it. (Health).
August 18, 2003... Stress occurs when something causes your body to behave as if it were under attack. Sources of stress can be physical, like injury or illness. Or they can be mental, like problems in your marriage, job, health or finances. With people with...

Ways to measure your fitness success. (Health).
August 18, 2003... One of your major goals this year was to start taking better care of yourself. Your eating habits are healthier and you've been working out at the gym on a regular basis. Slowly but surely you're noticing a difference in your new body....

Baptist Louisiana pastor pays White visitors to attend his church services. (Religion).(Fred Caldwell Sr.)(Brief Article)
August 18, 2003... Bishop Fred Caldwell Sr. of the Greenwood Acres Full Gospel Baptist Church in Shreveport, LA, says that he wants to see the diversity of what the kingdom of Heaven will look like before he dies. So while he's alive he's paying White people who...

'Black Hebrews' awarded residency in Israel. (Religion).(Brief Article)
August 18, 2003... Over 2,000 "Black Hebrews," immigrants from America who consider themselves one of the 10 lost tribes of Israel, were made eligible to be Jewish citizens by their adopted country. As permanent residents, members will be able to serve in the...

Society world.
August 18, 2003... Faithfully Yours: Ivory Nelson wedded Latisa Williams at the New Way Fellowship Praise and Worship Church in Miami. The bride is a graduate of Bethune-Cookman College and Nova Southeastern University. She is fifth-grade teacher for the Broward...