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January 25, 2012 - Morgan State University’s men’s basketball team successfully bounced back from a tough loss on Saturday, taking care of business against the North Carolina Central Eagles, 71-64, on Jan. 23 at Hill Field House in Baltimore, Md.
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Arts & Entertainment
January 28, 2012 - NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson is entering the fray over The Recording Academy's cuts to its Grammy categories: He's asking to meet with the president of the organization and has raised the possibility of protests with the awards less than two weeks away.
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News from Around the Web
January 7, 2012 - Island New Prime Minister Declares Jamaica an Independent Republic
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Opinion
January 19, 2012 - As we observe Martin Luther King Day, one in three children in the nation’s capital lives in poverty, according to U.S. Census figures—up from about one in four two years ago. This makes the District of Columbia one of just 73 jurisdictions to exceed the 30 percent child poverty mark. Obviously, these figures are flattered by the inclusion of the wealth that exists in the District alongside much poverty.more
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AFRO Briefs
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal has been moved into the general prison population for the first time since his arrest in a Philadelphia police officer's murder three decades ago.more
Author, activist and HIV educator Devin T. Robinson has written a new book for youth and parents aimed at teaching readers about love and the understanding that sex is not love.more
President Obama on Jan. 23 deployed a Navy SEAL unit to execute the successful rescue of two aid workers held by Somali pirates in a daring nighttime operation.more
Captain James Simons, Jr. was named United Airlines’ first African-American region chief pilot for United Airlines Jan. 20, and will lead the Northeastern Region of the world’s largest airline company.more
Amid ongoing recovery from severe injuries sustained in a shooting last year, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords announced Jan. 25 that she will step down from her position. One of a dozen injured in a January 2011 shooting spree at a community event sponsored by Giffords in Tucson, the three-term Democratic congresswoman spent five months in a Houston hospital.more
A testy moment between President Barack Obama and Ariz. Gov. Jan Brewer Jan. 25 has been pointed to by one leading commentator as another sign of disrespect for the commander-in-chief.more
D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray recently announced a partnership with Microsoft Corp. to increase technology access and bring computer-skills training to District residents, provide new resources for teachers and students and create development initiatives to help District-based small businesses.more
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — A woman convicted of killing her co-worker at an upscale yoga clothing shop in the Washington suburbs, then spinning an elaborate lie about being attacked by two masked men, was ordered Friday to spend the rest of her life behind bars.more
Fresh off the success of the film “Red Tails,” a group of Black activists are fighting to see more diversity on the silver screen. more
The New York Police Department is facing a federal discrimination complaint over the alleged actions of its Intelligence Division.
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Health
A new tuition-free, day-long program hopes to encourage more African-American students to consider and pursue medical school.more
The D.C. Council has approved emergency legislation that would limit the number of medical marijuana cultivation centers to six to be located in any of the city’s eight wards, The Washington Post reported Jan. 17.more
New studies released in the Archives of Internal Medicine, an American Medical Association bi-monthly publication, found that women in their 50s, 60s, and 70s taking drugs of the statin family are at higher risk of developing type two diabetes.more
Inmate's access to porn and their right to engage in masturbation while incarcerated has come to the forefront after a Michigan inmate filed a second lawsuit in connection with the issue.more
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