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We often travel roads of redemption which lead us to help others. Ted Williams sat down with Meredith Veira on the Today show and talked about his rediscovery of faith and sobriety Mr.Williams understand that the change in life begins when you start to really think things through. He feels blessed and now has the […]
Bill Cosby has not run out of words or wisdom. Also read: Top 9 Episodes of the Cosby Show The actor and comedian will have a new book of humor, “I Didn’t Ask to be Born, But I’m Glad I Was,” coming out in November. The Hachette Book Group announced Thursday that Cosby will be […]
An 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan on Friday, triggering tsunamis and sending a massive wave filled with debris that included boats and houses inching toward land. The number of fatalities was unclear, but Japan’s Kyodo news reported at least 10 killed and numerous injured. The quake prompted at least 19 countries and numerous Pacific islands […]
Serena Williams, who is recovering from a recent pulmonary embolism [a blood clot in her lung] followed by a hematoma, was on “Today” yesterday where she called the experience the “scariest moment of my life.” Williams adds her “lungs are fairly healthy and just on the road to recovery” now and she’s looking forward to […]
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are getting tough on bullies. On Thursday, the Obamas will welcome students, parents and teachers to the White House for a conference on bullying prevention. The day-long event will also include officials from the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services. According to […]
The White House is offering a challenge to high school students and the prize is the President speaking at your school. The application deadline for the 2011 Race to the Top Commencement Challenge is March 11 – just five days away! The Commencement Challenge invites public high schools across the country to demonstrate how their […]
It was a magical four days for a select group of more than 100 students from across the nation who descended on Walt Disney World last week for the fourth annual Dreamers Academy in collaboration with Steve Harvey and Essence magazine. The students, age 13 to 19, were chosen from 4,000 applicants by a celebrity […]
WASHINGTON — A freshman Democratic senator accused President Barack Obama on Tuesday of failing to provide leadership on a worsening national deficit as top Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill spent more time pointing fingers than seeking common ground on a must-do measure to fund the government for the next six months. ALSO READ: WBW […]
MADISON — An email exchange released Tuesday by Gov. Scott Walker shows concessions his office is willing to give on some aspects of the proposal, raising hope that a solution to the three week stand-off in Wisconsin may not be far off. ALSO READ: WBW Honors: Medgar Evers CNN reports: The e-mails showed ideas and […]
“Real Housewives Of Atlanta” Kandi Burruss’ deceased fiance A.J. Jewell’s daughter was shot in head on Saturday. Asheley Jewell, 15 years old, was driving with friends when someone from another vehicle that was chasing them, opened fire on the car she was riding in. She was hit in the back of the head and is […]
Venus & Serena have a stepmother that is y0ung enough to be their sister. Documents surfaced over the weekend that confirmed Venus and Serena Williams’ 69 year old father Richard married his 32 year old girlfriend Lakeisha Graham two days before New Year 2011. We reported the two got married about a year ago, but […]
Oprah Winfrey has just been voted the most admired woman in America according to a poll conducted by Newsweek and their sister site The Daily Beast. Oprah, who garnered 25% of the votes, was not the only African American woman on the list. Americans also think very highly of First Lady Michelle Obama, who received […]