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Obama: Hurricane Irene likely to be ‘historic’ By the CNN Wire Staff August 26, 2011 3:02 p.m. EDT STORY HIGHLIGHTS The first rain bands hit the South and North Carolina coasts Significant power outages are likely, the homeland security secretary says “There is a very dangerous storm headed in our direction,” Mayor Bloomberg says Irene […]

ABUJA, Nigeria – A car laden with explosives detonated outside the United Nations’ main office in Nigeria’s capital Friday, blowing part of the concrete structure into shards and killing an undetermined number of people. Witnesses told The Associated Press that a sedan broke through the exit at the U.N. compound, ramming through two separate gates […]

The FDA reminds consumers to take precautions for storing water and ensuring the safety of their food and medical supplies for themselves and their pets during and after this week’s expected hurricane-related rain, possible flooding and power outages. Get Prepared, Make An Emergency Plan The agency also reminds consumers that it is important to have […]

The Mighty Clouds of Joy were formed in 1960 and started out in a tradition-based style. Eventually they added soul, R&B, and rock flourishes into their musical mix (one of their early hits was produced by Philadelphia soul czars Gamble and Huff) without diluting the essential religious essence of their material. The long-lived group flourished […]

A photo album full of pictures of former Secretary Of State, Condoleezza Rice was found on embattled Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli. It has long been reported that Gaddafi has admired Rice. Previously Gaddafi has taken Rice out to a private dinner and given her hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gifts. […]

*Esther Gordy Edwards, the sister of Motown founder Berry, died Wednesday of natural causes. She was 91. Gordy Edwards founded the Motown Museum to preserve the legacy of the label her brother created. She served as Motown’s vice president and chief financial officer during the company’s 1960s heyday. “She was the most educated in our […]

When Obama was running for President, the comparisons to Martin Luther King helped him gain the support need to win the nomination and later the Presidency. Both are powerful speakers and family men, both are patriots and Christians and both overcame racial boundaries. Still many who made those comparisons may want to see Obama be […]

WASHINGTON-Congressman Joe Wilson of South Carolina has been hospitalized with a fever according to his office. Wilson famously disrupted President Obama’s address to congress by yelling “You Lie” in 2009. Wilson is also a supporter of the Confederate Flag and a member of the Sons Of Confederate Veterans, which has ties to white supremacists. The […]

Martin Luther King knew that the Civil Rights movement needed a soundtrack and that every hero needed theme music. The Civil Rights movement incorporated jazz, folk, R&B and gospel to use music that everybody could relate to and be inspired by to help change America in the 1950s and 1960s. Click here for MLK Memorial […]

Rain or shine, thousands will be converging on Washington, D.C., our nation’s capital, for festivities and marches marking the dedication of the first memorial on our National Mall to an African-American: Martin Luther King, Jr. Click or print the map below for details! http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=212860322494403161006.0004ab5438f0a76e077db&ie=UTF8&vpsrc=6&ll=38.907732,-77.0327&spn=0.046753,0.104713&z=13&output=embed View NewsOne’s Guide To DC For MLK Memorial Dedication in a […]

While Rosa Parks is cemented in American minds as a heroine of the Civil Rights Movement, a host of unsung Black women and their sacrifices for freedom are hardly mentioned. And yet, the list is long: Fannie Lou Hammer, Ella Baker, Dorothy Height, Septima Clark, Marian Wright Edelman… So as the masses gather in Washington […]

NEW YORK — Several alleged members of the “Crips” gang were arrested in Brooklyn after posting about a “Crip Holiday” on Twitter. The NYPD’s gang unit, which recently started a separate unit to monitor Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites received a “tip” about a gathering in Amersfort Park in East Flatbush. The New […]