Jet articles from September 2007

Jet archives from September 2007

Celebscene.(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... (A) Soul legend Frankie Beverly, who thrilled fans during the recent Congressional Black Caucus Political Education & Leadership Institute in Tunica, MS, is congratulated on his performance by Don H. Barden, owner, chairman and CEO of the...

Obama, an Iowa favorite, now targets blacks in South Carolina.(NATIONAL REPORT)(Barack Obama)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Sen. Barack Obama (27 percent), in a virtual three-way tie with Sen. Hillary Clinton (26 percent) and ex-Sen. John Edwards (26 percent) in a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll in Iowa, is making a push for votes in South Carolina, another...

America's youth name parents as their heroes, survey.(NATIONAL REPORT)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... When it comes to picking a hero many today's youth aren't looking far from home when making their choices. In a survey conducted by the Associated Press and MTV, young Americans age 13 to 24 make their parents the top pick. Jacquelynne...

Sharpton, King III call for support for 'Jena Six'.(NATIONAL REPORT)(Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Rev. Al Sharpton recently made his second visit to Jena, LA, in support of six Black high school students who face attempted second-degree murder charges for attacking a White classmate (JET, Aug. 20). He called the case "a national disgrace."...

SCLC marks 50th anniversary at Atlanta convention.(NATIONAL REPORT)(Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
September 3, 2007... Recognizing that the fight for freedom and justice is not over, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference marked its 50th anniversary during a recent five-day convention in Atlanta and promised to stay committed to the struggle. "The...

Democrats tour post-Katrina states to check progress.(NATIONAL REPORT)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... On the eve of the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, House Majority Whip James Clyburn and a delegation of about 15 House Democrats toured coastal Mississippi and New Orleans. Clyburn, of South Carolina, said the group, which also...

FedEx settles discrimination suit; agrees to pay $55 million.(LABOR)(FedEx Express )(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... FedEx Express the overnight delivery unit of FedEx Corp., recently settled a discrimination suit for $55 million with African-American and Latino employees in the western United States. San Francisco District Court Judge Susan Illston...

Peaceful protest.(JOURNALISM)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... * PEACEFUL PROTEST: More than 300 Kenyan journalists and photographers wear gags during a protest dubbed the Silent March. The peaceful demonstration, which lasted more than three hours in Nairobi and Nakuru, was an appeal to President Mwai...

Viacom donates $1.5 mil. for MLK memorial: dream concert slated for Sept. 18.(BLACK HISTORY)(Viacom Inc., Martin Luther King Jr)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Media corporation Viacom Inc. recently gave $1.5 million to support the memorial that will be built in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s honor on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Viacom, which owns the networks BET, MTV and VH1, pledged $1...

This week in Black History.(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... August 28, 1963-- The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic, rhythmic "I Have A Dream Speech" at the Lincoln Memorial on this day. During the historic March On Washington, D.C., King, who headed the Southern Christian...

Surviving as a minority on campus.(EDUCATION)
September 3, 2007... The academic year has started, and many African-American students at colleges across the country are getting acclimated to campus life. But how can students adapt to life on campus when they are a minority? This is the question that Louisa...

Poll: many women are delaying or forgoing having children.(LIFESTYLES)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... The cost of childcare is having an affect on the number of children women are having. According to a national poll conducted by the Opinion Research Corporation, many women of child- bearing age are deciding to delay or forgo having...

U.S. is ranked 42nd on world life expectancy list.(LIFESTYLES)
September 3, 2007... Americans are living longer than ever, but not as long as people in 41 other countries. As foreign countries improve their populations' health care, nutrition and lifestyles, the United States has been slipping in international rankings of...

Treasured moment.(Love & Happiness)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Robert Griffith joined in holy matrimony with Amethyst Lewis during an enchanted ceremony at the St. Regis Resort in Laguna Niguel in California. The bride is a graduate of San Diego State University. She is the marketing manager for Optimal...

Enchanting nuptials.(Love & Happiness)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Mr. and Mrs. Tevin M. Nesbitt wed at The Roundhouse & Depot Museum in Huntsville, AL. The bride, Alisha Nicole Morton, is a graduate of the University of Alabama in Birmingham and Temple University. She is an occupational therapist at Orlando...

Great gift.(Love & Happiness)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... The former Jone-Marie Nicole Kimbro tied the knot with Melvin McCuin Jones in Oklahoma City, OK. The bride is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University. She is a double MBA candidate at Clark Atlanta with concentrations in decision science and...

Hope springs eternal.(Love & Happiness)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Darrin Andre Evans married Charletta Georgette Sims at the Barclay Villa in Angler, NC. The bride is a graduate of Winston-Salem State University and Bowie State University. She is assistant director of student development services for the...

Golden time of day.(Love & Happiness)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Clark commemorated 50 years of marriage during a dinner with family and friends at the Genesee Grande Hotel in Syracuse, NY. It was hosted by their children. Mrs. Drucilla Clark is a homemaker. Her devoted mate of five...

Marriage vows in Hawaii.(Love & Happiness)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... William T. Parker strolled down the aisle with Jacqueline D. McKenzie at Kapalua Bay in Maul, Hawaii. The bride attends the University of Phoenix. She is a technical sergeant in the U.S. Air Force and works in the primary care clinic. The groom...

Movie director/producer John Singleton discusses new movie 'Illegal Tender'.(Jet Talk)(Interview)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Q. What was it about Illegal Tender that made you want to serve as a producer for this movie? A. It's a mother and son story. It's very much a gangster movie, but it is about a mother and her son. It's about a kid who's a college student...

Rutgers player files lawsuit against Imus and CBS Radio.(NEWSMAKERS)(Kia Vaughn, Don Imus )(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Kia Vaughn, a junior member of the Rutgers women's basketball team, recently filed a lawsuit against former shock jock Don Imus and CBS, claiming that her reputation was damaged by the sexist and racist comments made by the radio personality....

New Orleans official admits bribery.(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... New Orleans City Council Vice President Oliver Thomas apologizes for accepting bribes during a recent news conference in New Orleans. His attorney, Clarence Roby Jr., looks on. Thomas, who pleaded guilty to taking $15,000 in bribes from a City...

Executor Of James Brown's estate quits after accusation.(NEWSMAKERS)( David Cannon)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... A trustee accused of misappropriating $350,000 of music legend James Brown's money resigned from the James Brown "I Feel Good" Trust and handed over a check for that amount during a court hearing, according to news reports. The trustee,...

A good cause.(NEWSMAKERS)(Lil' Scrappy)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Popular rapper Lil' Scrappy signs autographs during his "Feed the Homeless" event in his hometown of Atlanta. During the day's festivities, Scrappy handed out free plates of food, gave away jeans from his Lil' Scrappy G's Wear clothing line and...

Beyonce's food drive tour.(NEWSMAKERS)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... DRIVE TOUR: Superstar Beyonce and Pastor Rudy Rasmus of St. John's United Methodist Church in Houston, collect food during a stop on her Experience Tour. Beyonce is teaming up with America's Second Harvest, the nation's food bank network, to...

Grant Hill And Tamia welcome new baby.(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... NBA star Grant Hill and his R&B singer wife Tamia recently celebrated the birth of their second child. Lael Rose Hill was born in Orlando, FL. She weighed 8 lbs., 6 oz. According to People magazine's Web site, the proud parents...

Ann Nesby mixing it up.(NEWSMAKERS)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Though Ann Nesby started out singing gospel, the Joliet, IL, native has produced R&B radio and club hits. Now the singer is back with a hot new CD featuring original songs that range from old-school stepping beats to slow love ballads. She...

Game time.(NEWSMAKERS)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... NFL greats Eric Dickerson (I) and Marshall Faulk (r) enjoy playing the newest version of EA Sports' Madden NFL 08 at an Xbox 360 station at ESPN Zone in New York, Dickerson and Faulk were a part of the "Maddenoliday" festivities in Times Square...

Soldier laid to rest.(NEWSMAKERS)(Taurean Travanti Harris )(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Yolanda Wagner is comforted as she puts her arms around the flag-draped coffin of her son U.S. Army Sgt. Taurean Travanti Harris during a return ceremony at the Pike County Airport in Fernwood, MS. Harris was killed in Kala Gush, Afghanistan....

Pregnant woman and child among bodies found in Minneapolis bridge collapse.(NEWSMAKERS)(Sadiya Sahal)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Sadiya Sahal, 23, and her 2-year-old daughter Hana were recently mourned in a double funeral in Minneapolis. They were the seventh and eighth victims recovered following the bridge collapse, according to the Somali Justice Advocacy Center...

Heroic journalist mourned.(NEWSMAKERS)(Chauncey Bailey Jr.)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Tamara Martin hugs her son, Chauncey Bailey III, 13, following the funeral services for his father, veteran journalist Chauncey Bailey Jr., who was the newly-appointed editor in chief of the Post Newspapers in Oakland, Berkeley, Tri-City, San...

Hollywood hotties.(the week's best photos)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Taraji Henson (Talk To Me) and Kerry Washington (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer) arrive for a Creative Coalition event at Bar Nineteen 12 in the Beverly Hills Hotel. The charity brings together artists and entertainers to discuss...

Fats is back.(the week's best photos)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Rock 'n' Roll Hall-of-Famer Fats Domino salutes fans after accepting a custom musical career and legacy award from the Recording Industry Association of America during a ceremony in New Orleans' French Quarter. The 79-year-old legend also was...

Beauty of the week.
September 3, 2007... TOPAZ THOMPSON is from Washington, D.C. The 5-foot-3 beauty enjoys reading, writing and dancing.

Happy l00th Mother Mary.(the week's best photos)(Mother Mary E. Bryant )(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Cleveland gospel legend Mother Mary E. Bryant smiles as she enters the New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church in Cleveland for her 100th birthday celebration. Bryant, who recently relocated to her hometown of Nashville with her daughter,...

Tearful moment.(the week's best photos)
September 3, 2007... Mourners exit Grace Temple Baptist Church in Newark, NJ, following funeral services for Iofemi Hightower, one of three college students recently murdered in the city.

Slaying of 3 students in Newark spotlights city's crime crisis.(CRIME)
September 3, 2007... The recent killings of three college students has galvanized the city of Newark, NJ, prompting protests and challenges for Mayor Cory Booker to live up to his promises of making crime a top priority of his administration. Sixty murders...

Blacks victims in nearly half of all murders in America.(CRIME)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... African-Americans comprised 13 percent of the United States' population in 2005 but were victims of about 49 percent of all homicides, the Bureau of Justice Statistics recently announced. Of the estimated 16,400 murders committed nationwide...

Laws focus on children left alone in hot cars.(CRIME)
September 3, 2007... This year there have been at least 20 deaths of children due to hyperthermia after being left inside a hot car, according to a report by Jan Null of San Francisco State University's Department of Geosciences. And more are expected in the wake...

Max Roach, pioneering bebop jazz drummer, dies at 83.(CENSUS)(Obituary)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Maxwell Lemuel Roach, one of jazz music's greatest drummers who helped pioneer the bebop style in the early 1940s to mid-1950s, died in his sleep in New York City. He was 83. Born in New Land, NC, the self-taught musician was one of the...

Dr. Asa G. Hilliard, 73, famed historian, professor, succumbs.(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Dr. Asa Grant Hilliard, III, 73, a distinguished professor at Georgia State University who was a noted historian and psychologist, died during a visit to Egypt. The cause of death is apparently malaria, though an autopsy hadn't been done...

Died.(CENSUS)(Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler)(Obituary)
September 3, 2007... Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler, 82, a former Tuskegee Airman who bate tied racial barriers in postwar Florida and when told he couldn't take his children to a Tampa zoo because his family was Black, sued the city, leading to a 1962 federal...

Jet top 20 albums.(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... 1. UNDERGROUND KINGZ UGK (Jive) 2. THE REAL TESTAMENT Plies (Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic) 3. FINDING FOREVER Common (Geffen) 4. SEAN KINGSTON Sean Kingston (Koch/Epic/Sony) 5. DOUBLE UP R. Kelly (Jive/Zomba) 6. T.I. VS. T.I.P...

JAY-Z, 50 Cent, Diddy among top hip-hop moneymakers.(MUSIC)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Shawn Carter, aka Jay-Z, wears the crown when it comes to being the top cash king in hip hop, according to the first-ever Forbes.com's list of richest rappers. Jay-Z pulled in an estimated $34 million last year. In addition to album sales,...

Venus: takes care of business on and off court.(COVER STORY)( Venus Williams)(Biography)
September 3, 2007... Venus Williams' edge over her opponents this week at the U.S. Open is her supreme confidence. She says as long as she can stay healthy, she will continue to win championships. "I'm definitely the most confident I've ever been on the court...

T-Pain: matures along with his music.(IN THE SPOTLIGHT)(Brief article)(Biography)
September 3, 2007... Bursting onto the music scene in 2005 with the hits I'm Sprung and I'm N Luv (Wit a Stripper), R&B singer T-Pain has made a distinctive mark on the entertainment industry in a short amount of time. Incorporating heavy bass, 808 drums, and...

Michael Vick set to plead guilty to federal charges.(SPORTS)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Almost a month after telling a judge he was innocent, Michael Vick will plead guilty to federal dogfighting conspiracy charges, Vick's lawyer Billy Martin said. The NFL star is expected to change his plea during a plea hearing Aug. 27,...

Tiger Woods designs his first U.S. golf course.(CELEBRETIES)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... The world's No. 1 golfer recently revealed plans to design an American course. Tiger Woods, whose company Tiger Woods Design took on a project in Dubai for his first course, said the private U.S. course, The Cliffs of High Carolina, will sit on...

Angela Bassett, Courtney Vance selling their L.A. home.(CELEBRITIES)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Angela Bassett and husband Courtney B. Vance have placed their five bedroom Los Angeles home on the market for nearly $6 million, according to the Los Angeles Times. Located in gated Fremont Place near Hancock Park, the 5,000-square-foot...

Screamfest '07.(CELEBRITIES)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Hit rapper T.I. (below) makes his young female fans scream with delight as he performs his smash, Big Things Poppin, 'in concert at Allstate Arena near Chicago, a stop on this summer's "Screamfest '07" tour. Sexy singer-dancer Clara (I), the...

Karrine Steffans shares Hollywood secrets in 'The Vixen Diaries'.(CELEBRITIES)
September 3, 2007... Two years ago Karrine Steffans penned a tell-all memoir about her trysts with celebrities in the music industry that ranged from Diddy to Usher. Confessions of a Video Vixen became a New York Times best seller as the first book of its kind...

Michael Jackson sued by former lawyers.(CELEBRITIES)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, may soon be heading to court again, this time for an unpaid debt. Jackson's former entertainment lawyers recently filed a lawsuit claiming the singer owes them over $113,000. The law firm Lavely &...

'High School Musical 2'sets cable TV record.(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... High School Musical 2, which recently premiered on the Disney cable, attracted 17.2 million viewers, making it the most-watched basic cable television program of all time, according to Nielsen preliminary ratings. The show also sets other...

'Akeelah And The Bee'.(TeleVision)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Keke Palmer stars in the acclaimed Akeelah and the Bee, a film about a young schoolgirl who has a surprising talent for spelling that promises to take her to the Nation al Spelling Bee, with the help of an English professor (Laurence Fishburne)...

Hard times in 'the big easy'.(The JET Spot)(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Musicians with instruments silent march to the French Quarter in New Orleans demanding better wages and more venues. Two years after Hurricane Katrina, "the local music economy has forced local musicians to live in...

This week is national payroll week.(The JET Spot)(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... The observance, which coincides with the celebration of Labor Day, focuses public attention on America's 156 million wage earners and the payroll professionals who assure they receive their paychecks. It is sponsored by the American Payroll...

Celebrity birthdays.(The JET Spot)
September 10, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] September 4 Beyonce Knowles [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] September 6 Macy Gray [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] September 8 Larenz Tate

Celeb scene.(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... Rapper Bow Wow and singer Paula Deanda perform at MTV's "TRL" Studios in New York City. Sultry Jody Watley makes heads turn as she arrives at the Long Beach, CA, Jazz Festival, where she rocked with her '80s anthem, LookinE For A New Love. The...

New bar president.(NATIONAL REPORT)(Vanita M. Banks Esq.)(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... Vanita M. Banks Esq. is sworn in as the 65th president of the National Bar Association by the Honorable Timothy C. Evans, chief judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County in Chicago, as her husband, James R. Biy, looks on. Banks, counsel for...

Blacks read more than Whites, Hispanics: poll.(NATIONAL REPORT)(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... According to a recent poll, more Blacks picked up a book and read it from cover to cover in the past year than Whites and Hispanics. Associated Press writer Alan Fram told JET that the poll, conducted by the Associated Press I-psos, showed...

Heartfelt apology for London's slave trade.(NATIONAL REPORT)(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... The Rev. Jesse Jackson congratulates Ken Livingstone, the mayor of London, England, after Livingstone delivered a speech apologizing for the city's role in the slave trade, during a ceremony calling for an annual memorial clay to remember the...

Michelle Obama: juggles marriage, motherhood & work on the campaign trail.(Interview)
September 10, 2007... For a woman who didn't plan to get involved in polities, Michelle Obama has been making lasting impressions--and even news--along the campaign trail as she stumps for her husband and presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL). In recent...

In your eyes.(Love & Happiness)(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... Mr. and Mrs. Travis Walker married at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Orlando, FL. The bride, Andrea Denise Aikins, is a graduate of the University of South Florida and Nova Southeastern University. She works for the Palm Beach County...

Splendor.(Love & Happiness)(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The former Pauline Brown became the wife of Troy Kearse during an enchanted, double-ring ceremony at the Divi Villas Resorts in Aruba. The bride is a scientific staffing recruiter for K-Force Staffing. She is a...

Nothing sweeter.(Love & Happiness)(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... Daniel Justin Fortune wed Maria C. Chambers at the Inverness Hotel in Englewood, CO. The bride is a grad of the University of Northern Colorado and the University of Denver. She is an asst. city attorney in the Child Protection Unit of the...

True devotion.(Love & Happiness)(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... Maj. Odell Miller III and Dr. Angela Christina Simpson wed at the Second Missionary Baptist Church in Fayetteville, NC. The bride is a graduate of Georgetown University and Meharry Medical College. She is a dentist in the Navy. The groom is a...

More and more.(Love & Happiness)(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] William W. Simon III pledged his eternal love with Antoinette Yancy at the Hilton Hotel in Philadelphia. The bride is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. She is an associate director for Wharton Executive...

Seventy-six years of bliss.(Love & Happiness)(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tobin commemorated 76 years of marriage in Minden, LA. Mrs. Thelma Tobin, 93, is a retired elementary school teacher. Her devoted mate of more than seven and a half decades, 96, is a retired high school principal. He was...

This week in black history.(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] September 3, 1922--Bessie Coleman, pilot and parachutist, made her flight debut in America on this day. Coleman was denied flight training in the U.S. because of her race and gender, so she traveled to France to...

Black history on the move.(Black History)(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] In Portsmouth, VA, resident Eva Archer (l) and E.M. Woodard look on as the old Portsmouth Community Library is moved out of the parking lot of the Ebenezer Baptist Church on hydraulic dollies to its new site a half...

Tuskegee Airmen honored.(BLACK HISTORY)(Colonel Richard Ceasar)(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... Retired Lt. Colonel Richard Ceasar, a former Tuskegee Airman, is presented a flag and saluted by Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Claudia Bell during a recent memorial ceremony for members of the famed flying fighter squadron in Grapevine, TX. The...

African unity.(AFRICAN AFFAIRS)(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... AFRICAN UNITY: South African President Thabo Mbeki (c) greets Angotan President Edwardo Dosantos (r) and Namibia President Hifikepunye Pohamba during the 27th Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting in Zambia, host nation for the...

Johnson Publishing Co. pledges $2.5 mil. to new communication center at USC.(JOURNALISM)
September 10, 2007... The Johnson Communication Leadership Center has been established in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles with a $2.5 million pledge from Johnson Publishing Co., the No. 1...

Glam Odyssey: A Fashion Journey Into Bliss & Beyond 2007-2008: world's largest traveling fashion show celebrates 50 years.(FASHION)
September 10, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's that time once again, but this time Ebony Fashion Fair celebrates a milestone! The anniversary show features a display of fierce creations highlighting the 2007-2008 Ebony Fashion Fair-Glam Odyssey: A Fashion...

Gina Ravera: pulls double-duty TV dramas and stars on the silver screen.(IN THE SPOTLIGHT)(Brief article)(Biography)
September 10, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Waiting for the right project to come along put a squeeze on her pocketbook, recalls actress Gina Ravera, as her savings dwindled to pay her bills. But her patience paid off in a big way, because now she has a role...

New California Congresswoman.(the week's best photos)(Brief article)(Photograph)
September 10, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (l) congratulates Laura Richardson on her victory in California's recent 37th Congressional District election. Richardson replaces the late Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald, who died...

Beauty of the week.
September 10, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ANETRAL HALL is an aspiring author from Houston, TX. She enjoys basketball, modeling and spending time with her family.

Ja Rule rules the lanes.(the week's best photos)(Brief article)(Photograph)
September 10, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Rap artist Ja Rule bowls to benefit at-risk youth during the recent Hot 97 and Power 105 radio stations Bowl-Off at the Harlem Lanes in New York City. The event raised funds for his Life Foundation that provides...

Still in the running.(the week's best photos)(Brief article)(Photograph)
September 10, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Recovering from a foot injury she suffered after striking a chair, R&B star Rihanna attends the Music Of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards nominations event at Movida in London. The popularity of her single, Umbrella,...

Delectable meal in minutes.(RECIPE OF THE WEEK)(Recipe)(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Grilled Salmon with Lemon Dill Dressing If you crave a delectable meal and you don't have a lot of time to prepare it. Here a great recipe for you to try. Grilled Salmon with Lemon Dill Dressing taste like a...

Foxy Brown returns to jail for violating her probation.(LAW & JUSTICE)(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... Foxy Brown is spending time in jail after a judge revoked her probation. The 27-year-old rapper was accused of violating terms of her release after she was arrested last month on charges she hit her neighbor with her cell phone....

Sixth suspect arrested in Newark murder case.(LAW & JUSTICE)(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... Police have arrested a sixth suspect in connection with the recent execution-style murders of three college students in Newark, NJ (JET, Sept. 3). The sixth suspect, Melvin Jovel, 18, originally from Honduras, was taken into custody in the...

Ohio man indicted in death of pregnant girlfriend.(LAW & JUSTICE)(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... Canton, OH, police officer Bobby Cutts, was recently indicted on three counts of aggravated murder in the death of Jessie Davis, his pregnant girlfriend and mother of his 2-year-old son. The state will seek to execute Cutts, 30, according...

James Seale sentenced to three life terms.(LAW & JUSTICE)(Brief article)
September 10, 2007... James Ford Seale, a reputed Ku Klux Klansman, was recently sentenced to three life terms in prison for his role in the 1964 abduction and murders of two 19-year-old Black males in southwest Mississippi. Seale, 72, was convicted in June on...