Jet articles from December 2008

Jet archives from December 2008

Talking it out.(The JET Spot)
December 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Talking It out: At Bennett Family Child Care Center in University Park, PA, Camryn Hollins, 4, gets a lesson in conflict resolution from Twiggle the Turtle hand puppet held by teacher Matt Bugaj. Twiggle urges kids...

This week begins national drunk and drugged driving prevention month.(The JET Spot)
December 8, 2008... This Week Begins National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month: The observance highlights the fact alcohol and drug-related highway accidents and fatalities annually rise during the Christmas holiday season. It promotes public awareness...

On the playlist.(Top Radio Airplay)
December 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ON THE PLAYLIST: Beyonce Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

Celebrity birthdays.(The JET Spot)
December 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dec. 1 Golden Brooks [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dec. 4 Tyra Banks [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dec. 6 Frankie Beverly

Water heating help.(JET green tip)
December 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Water Heating Help: After air heating, lighting and running appliances, heating water is the next largest energy expense in homes. You can cut down on hot water costs by lowering the thermostat on your water heater....

Celeb scene.
December 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] (A) Radio personality-comedian Steve Harvey makes holiday crafts with host Martha Stewart during a taping of The Martha Stewart Show in New York. (B) Cedric The Entertainer signs his Sardi's portrait at Sardi's...

Obama may have to stop using BlackBerry in White House: president's e-mail may be subject to public record laws.(NATIONAL REPORT)
December 8, 2008... President-elect Barack Obama loves his BlackBerry. But now that he is heading to the White House in January, he may have to stop using it. The president's e-mail can be subpoenaed by Congress and courts and may be subject to public records...

Obama gets more threats than any other president-elect.(NATIONAL REPORT)
December 8, 2008... Since being elected president on Nov. 4, Barack Obama has received more death threats than any other new U.S. president, according to news reports. The Secret Service would not comment or provide the number of death threats they are...

Ex-NBA star Kevin Johnson elected mayor of Sacramento.(NATIONAL REPORT)
December 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] While Barack Obama was making history as the first African-American to be elected president of the United States, retired NBA All-Star Kevin Johnson was making his own history in California. Johnson, 42, became...

Army chief urges troops need more time at home.(NATIONAL REPORT)
December 8, 2008... Increasing the time troops have at home is probably the most important element for readying them for future assignments, the Army chief of staff, Gen. George Casey, recently said after a Purple Heart ceremony in San Antonio. With the size...

All-star power.(NATIONAL REPORT)
December 8, 2008... ALL-STAR POWER: Major league baseball star Ken Griffey Jr. is all smiles after being introduced by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as America's newest public diplomacy envoy at the State Department in Washington, D.C. Griffey, a 13-time All...

Chicago Urban League gala.(NATIONAL REPORT)
December 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE GALA: During the Chicago Urban League's (CUL) recent 47th Annual Golden Fellowship Dinner, honoree Linda Johnson Rice, Johnson Publishing Co. chairman and CEO, is congratulated by presenter Tom...

FAMU's new president.(EDUCATION)
December 8, 2008... FAMU'S NEW PRESIDENT: Dr. James H. Ammons is sworn in as the 10th president of Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. His wife Judy and son James look on as Judge Joseph Lewis Jr. of the Florida First District Court of Appeal administers the...

A life's work honored.(EDUCATION)
December 8, 2008... A LIFE'S WORK HONORED: Dr. Margaret Burroughs, the recipient of the Chicago State University (CSU) Lifetime Achievement Award, is congratulated by Dr. Sylvia Gist, CSU dean of College Education; Dr. Donald Pettis, CSU Alumni Association...

Foster care adoption gives families an option: opportunities to take in children from state custody are greater.(LIFESTYLES)
December 8, 2008... As an adoption attorney, Ina Johnson Cook puts in long hours to place children in good homes. Having gone through the foster care adoption process herself, along with her husband, Joe, she knows the difference adoption can make in a child's...

50 Cent, Bette Midler dedicate community garden in his honor.(LIFESTYLES)
December 8, 2008... Bette Midler wanted to work with 50 Cent, but it didn't have anything to do with music. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The singer-actress finally got her chance and partnered with the rap star to give new life to a community garden in Queens,...

This week in Black history.
December 8, 2008... December 1, 1955-- Rosa Parks, seamstress, freedom fighter, refused to give up her seat to a White man on a Montgomery, AL, bus on this day and was arrested for violating a city law that required Whites and Blacks to sit in separate rows...

Blood pressure disparity kills 8,000 Blacks each year.(HEALTH)(Clinical report)
December 8, 2008... Findings from a recent medical study show nearly 8,000 Black Americans could be saved each year if doctors could figure out a way to bring their average blood pressure down to the average level of Whites. Released in the Annals of Family...

Fear, misconceptions stop Black women from getting mammograms.(HEALTH)(Clinical report)
December 8, 2008... According to a new study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, in order to dispel misconceptions and to encourage more Black women to get mammograms, training is needed for physicians and caregivers to improve cultural sensitivity and...

New UN resolution would boost troops in Congo.(AFRICAN AFFAIRS)
December 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A recent proposed U.N. resolution would increase the 17,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force in conflict-wracked Congo by about 3,100 troops and police. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the top U.N. envoy in...

Maya Angelou tells what inspired her latest book.(NEWSMAKERS)
December 8, 2008... Dr. Maya Angelou was going through old boxes of papers and notes she calls "WIP" (Works in Progress), when she discovered an idea for her latest book, Letter To My Daughter. In the boxes were notes she had written to Oprah Winfrey over the...

Janet Jackson honored.(NEWSMAKERS)
December 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] JANET JACKSON HONORED: Superstar Janet Jackson receives the Thurgood Marshall College Fund's Breaking Barriers Award from (l-r) James Mitchell Jr., managing director of GE Asset Management, Johnny Taylor,...

Spensha Baker: teen gospel singer shares hip sound of inspiration.(IN THE SPOTLIGHT)
December 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When you listen to new gospel singer Spensha Baker's CD OutLoud!, you might find yourself shouting "Hallelujah!" And that's what the 16-year-old singer wants you to do. Respond to the music "out loud." "From...

Tasteful reading.(the week's best photos)
December 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Tasteful Reading: Comedian Chris Rock watches daughter Zahra, 4, make a gingerbread-cookie book to celebrate the newly revitalized library at The Salvation Army's Bushwick Community Center in Brooklyn, NY. The...

Justina Ugwudi.(beauty of the week)
December 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] JUSTINA UGWUDI, of Atlanta, is an aspiring singer who enjoys playing basketball and running track.

Glitz and glam.(the week's best photos)
December 8, 2008... Glitz and Glam: Selita Ebanks works the runway during the 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, held at the Fountainebleau Hotel and Resort in Miami Beach. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Just between champions.(the week's best photos)
December 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Just Between Champions: Venus Williams savors her WTA Tour Championship with tennis pioneer and former champ Billie Jean King in Doha, Qatar. Williams won the event for the first time and earned a payday of $1.34...

Little Richard country.(ENTERTAINMENT)
December 8, 2008... LITTLE RICHARD COUNTRY: Rock 'n' Roll architect Little Richard greets fans during the 5th Annual Music City Walk of Fame induction ceremony in Nashville. Scores of fans turned out in the 40-degree weather to cheer the music pioneer whose star...

Miles Davis' 'Kind of Blue' 50th Anniversary.(ENTERTAINMENT)
December 8, 2008... MILES DAVIS' 'KIND OF BLUE' 50TH ANNIVERSARY: Erin Davis (l), son of the late trumpeter Miles Davis, and Vince Wilburn Jr., the jazz legend's nephew, present a custom-made Kind of Blue snare drum to drummer Jimmy Cobb, the last surviving...

Lifelong love.(Love & Happiness)
December 8, 2008... Lifelong Love: Eric G. Gibbs wed the love of his life, Adrienne Philia Samuels, at Mt. Hebron Missionary Baptist Church, in Chicago. Several hundred family and friends traveled to witness the start of the Gibbs' new life together. The groom, a...

Beginning of forever.(Love & Happiness)
December 8, 2008... Beginning Of Forever: Michael Gregory Hopping tied the knot with Alishan Bradley Fields at St. Andrew's Cathedral in Grand Rapids. ML The bride currently attends Atlanta Metropolitan College. She owns an event planning business. The groom is a...

A promise is forever.(Love & Happiness)
December 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A Promise Is Forever: Shondale D. Howard made the former Kala Thompson-Taylor his wife during a ceremony in Las Vegas, NV. The bride is working on a dissertation at California State University. She is a health...

My all and all.(Love & Happiness)
December 8, 2008... My All And All: Lenford DaCosta Williams joined in holy matrimony with Veronica Garraway at The Chateaux at Fox Meadows in Broomfield, CO. The bride is a graduate of the University of Denver. She is a systems engineer sr. at Lockheed Martin....

Sweet fifty years.(Love & Happiness)
December 8, 2008... Sweet Fifty Years: Mr. and Mrs. David Blackwell Sr. of Baltimore, MD, reaffirmed their 50th wedding vows during a celebration with family and friends at the Monte Carlo Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. Mrs. Emily Blackwell was a devoted homemaker. Her...

Mountain of joy.(Love & Happiness)
December 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mountain Of Joy: Shawnboda Deanne Johnson married Willie O'Neal Mead. The bride is a graduate of Mississippi State University and Western Kentucky University. She is the assistant director of residence life at the...

South African singer Miriam Makeba, 76.(CENSUS)
December 8, 2008... Music fans and world leaders were stunned by the recent death of South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba. Known worldwide as "Mama Africa," Makeba died of a heart attack after collapsing on stage at the end of a concert in Italy....

Jheryl Busby, 59, former Motown president and CEO.(CENSUS)
December 8, 2008... Jheryl Busby, the man who became the first president of Motown after founder Berry Gordy sold the company in 1988, was found dead in his hot tub at his home in Malibu, CA. He was 59. The cause of death has not yet been determined. ...

Shakir Stewart, 34, Def Jam executive, in apparent suicide.(CENSUS)
December 8, 2008... Shakir Stewart, a veteran music executive who replaced Jay-Z as the head of Def Jam Recordings a few months ago, was found dead in the bathroom of his home from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the Atlanta suburb of Marietta, according to Cobb...

Natalie Cole: staying strong with 'still unforgettable' music.(Cover story)
December 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Natalie Cole says she is a "warrior" and when faced with life challenges, she fights back. She is battling back from a life-threatening health crisis with an armor of faith in God, support of family and friends,...

The playlist: a weekly ranking of the hottest Blacks in R&B, hip-hop and rap, according to radio airplay, CD sales, ringtones or single downloads.
December 8, 2008... Top R&B CDs 1. I AM... SASHA FIERCE Beyonce 2. EVOLVER John Legend 3. JENNIFER HUDSON Jennifer Hudson 4. SPIRIT Leona Lewis 5. YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN Ne-Yo [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Source:...

Aretha Franklin tops list of '100 greatest singers of all time'.(MUSIC)
December 8, 2008... Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin may also be called the "Queen of Song." Rolling Stone magazine recently named her the No. 1 singer on its list of "The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time." Among those joining Franklin in the top 10 are Ray...

Taj Mahal celebrates 40 years of music.(MUSIC)(Concert review)
December 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] TAJ MAHAL CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF MUSIC: Blues great Taj Mahal performs a tune from his latest CD, Maestro, at the Cutting Room in New York, a stop on his tour marking his 40th anniversary in music. He shares the...

'Smokin Aces'.(TeleVision)
December 8, 2008... Smokin Aces, an action-comedy, is about a Nevada mob boss who puts a $1 million contract on an underling who is turning state's evidence against him. Alicia Keys and Taraji Henson are hard-nosed hit women Georgia Sykes and Sharice Watters out...