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Comedian Steve Harvey, who has made Family Feud the fastest-growing program in syndication, recently shot a pilot in Stamford, Conn., for his own syndicated daytime talk show to debut in late 2012. If sold, NBC Universal Television would distribute the show, which would be produced by Harvey and his longtime business partner Rushion McDonald. It […]

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Sent to death row 20 years ago as a convicted cop killer, Troy Davis was celebrated as “martyr and foot soldier” Saturday by more than 1,000 people who packed the pews at his funeral and pledged to keep fighting the death penalty. Family, activists and supporters who spent years trying to persuade judges and Georgia […]

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Sent to death row 20 years ago as a convicted cop killer, Troy Davis was celebrated as “martyr and foot soldier” Saturday by more than 1,000 people who packed the pews at his funeral and pledged to keep fighting the death penalty. Family, activists and supporters who spent years trying to persuade judges and Georgia […]

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Ex-bullying victim turned Anti-bullying activist Nadin Khoury is speaking out. Khoury shared his thoughts on Jeremy Rodemeyer, a 14-year-old that committed suicide after being bullied for being gay, on MSNBC. Khoury himself knows the stress of being bullied after a camera-phone video of him being dragged through the snow surfaced online. “It’s not fair for anybody that’s […]

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Ex-bullying victim turned Anti-bullying activist Nadin Khoury is speaking out. Khoury shared his thoughts on Jeremy Rodemeyer, a 14-year-old that committed suicide after being bullied for being gay, on MSNBC. Khoury himself knows the stress of being bullied after a camera-phone video of him being dragged through the snow surfaced online. “It’s not fair for anybody that’s […]

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A ctress, Tracee Ellis Ross, covers the October 10th issue of JET magazine. Having made her mark on the hit show “Girlfriends” Tracee Ellis Ross is making her television comeback. Her new show, “Reed Between The Lines,” which premieres October 11 on BET, features Ross as a happily married therapist and mother of three. The […]

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A ctress, Tracee Ellis Ross, covers the October 10th issue of JET magazine. Having made her mark on the hit show “Girlfriends” Tracee Ellis Ross is making her television comeback. Her new show, “Reed Between The Lines,” which premieres October 11 on BET, features Ross as a happily married therapist and mother of three. The […]

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NEW YORK — More than 700 protesters demonstrating against corporate greed, global warming and social inequality, among other grievances, were arrested Saturday after they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic for several hours in a tense confrontation with police. The group Occupy Wall Street has been camped out in a […]

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NEW YORK — More than 700 protesters demonstrating against corporate greed, global warming and social inequality, among other grievances, were arrested Saturday after they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic for several hours in a tense confrontation with police. The group Occupy Wall Street has been camped out in a […]

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On Oct. 11 at the Sunset Station in San Antonio, the Blackbook Directory and Yearbook will present Black Worship – A Snapshot of Men in Religious Leadership. It’ll be a landmark photo-shoot that will include over 185 invited bishops and pastors from the greater San Antonio area. Some of the most influential African American religious based leaders will come together […]

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On Oct. 11 at the Sunset Station in San Antonio, the Blackbook Directory and Yearbook will present Black Worship – A Snapshot of Men in Religious Leadership. It’ll be a landmark photo-shoot that will include over 185 invited bishops and pastors from the greater San Antonio area. Some of the most influential African American religious based leaders will come together […]

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Malvern hasn’t seen a football player like this for a long time. “He is going to score almost every time he touches the ball,” said Wilson Intermediate School Principal Terri Bryant. At the young age of 11-years-old, Demias Jimerson reminds a lot of people of Razorback great Madre Hill. “If you were looking at them […]