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October 3, 2012 - It’s October in the Baltimore-Washington area and while football is kicking into high gear, the Boys of Summer have taken center stage. The Orioles are guaranteed a playoff spot for the first time in 15 years. The Nationals sported the best record in the majors for much of the season. Both cities have majority Black populations and both have embraced their baseball teams with enthusiasm, despite the declining number of African Americans playing in the majors.
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Arts & Entertainment
October 5, 2012 - For the first time, Americans will be able to participate in a fan poll to help pick the 2013 class of inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a group of artists which includes several Black musicians.
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Alicia Keys, Dionne Warwick to be Honored at BET's “Black Girls Rock”- Robin Roberts: Doctors Pleased with My Progress
- "Awkward Black Girl” Internet Series Creator to Produce ABC Comedy
- Motown Writer, Producer Frank Wilson Dies at 71
- Jaded Teacher and Single-Mom Join Forces in Uplifting Tale of Female Empowerment
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News from Around the Web
September 11, 2012 - David Cameron's Conservative Party has quietly made history by electing the first woman of African descent to British Parliament. Helen Grant, whose father is Nigerian, practiced family law in private practice before winning her seat to represent one of the 17 constituencies in London's Kent County. Not known for a history of inclusiveness, the Conservative Party holds the majority in the UK's House of Commons and Grant was one of just 143 women elected in 2010, 49 of which represented the Conservative Party. On Sept. 4, 2012, Cameron appointed Grant to dual positions as Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Women and Equalities.
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- Femi Kuti at 50: ‘My Pains, My Gains’
- Survival of the fastest: Why descendants of slaves will take the medals in the London 2012 sprint finals
- ChristianityToday.com Launches New Site Design
- TBN's Church Channel Network Offers Worship and Ministry Programs 24-7
- Meet the Need Goes National with Web-Based Management Tool to Connect Churches, Ministry Needs
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Opinion
October 3, 2012 - National politics in the U.S. has not been so divisive since the American Civil War 150 years ago. Similar to the period leading up to the American Civil War, our nation is divided along entrenched ideological lines. Unlike the Civil War, the possible second term of a sitting president may well further divide the Union. Presidents Lincoln and Obama—leaders caught in the middle of historic downturns of national economies and civility—share some qualities, among them their home state of Illinois and the vitriolic relationship between Americans who share the same country.more
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AFRO Briefs
FREMONT, Ind. (AP) — Apple's new maps app came out the day I started a 2,243-mile road trip through four states. As complaints about it trickled in and Apple's CEO apologized, I was left wondering whether people were using the same app I was.more
Unknown assailants shot, stabbed, and killed 25 people at the Federal Polytechnic Mubi college in northeast Nigeria on Oct. 2, according to police officials.more
For some voters, Nov. 6 could be the end of the world if “the other guy”—not-enough-jobs-creator President Barack Obama or out-of-touch-plutocrat Mitt Romney—wins the White House.more
For Blacks in the United States, the journey to the ballot box has always been a challenging one. And for millions of African Americans, who figure prominently among the nearly 6 million citizens who cannot vote due to felony disenfranchisement laws, the road to the polls remains a steep one.more
Pepco Holdings has appointed H. Russell Frisby Jr. to its board of directors, the company announced Sept. 27. more
The Northern Virginia Urban League (NOVAUL) has appointed Cynthia Dinkins to serve as its new President and CEO. more
John McNeil, a Georgia African American man who is serving a life sentence for shooting and killing a White trespasser on his property, could go free after a Georgia Superior Court judge ruled Sept. 25 that ineffective legal counsel undercut his claim of a justified killing.more
Race played a role in an HBCU’s firing of a White employee, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled recently.more
Film superstar Samuel L. Jackson has endorsed the reelection of President Obama with a video that sounds like a nursery rhyme but slaps apathetic voters with a four-word- profanity laced refrain: “Wake the F---k Up.” more
A Justice Department inspector general report Sept. 19 cleared Attorney General Eric Holder of any involvement in weapons scandal that had placed him under a contempt of Congress cloud for three months.more
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Health
Despite lower rates of colorectal, lung and cervical cancer, breast cancer is on the rise among both women and men in the military.more
For the past year and half, Mary Wood of Arlington, Va., has commuted to the Howard University College of Dentistry in the District for her dental care. more
Further research on the Human Papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine Gardasil, has proven that the drug is safe for use in preventing the development of the sexually transmitted infection linked to cervical cancer.more
Leaving the television on while no one is watching can be detrimental to the development of children, according to a new report.more
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