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Saturday, July 05, 2008
The making of moguls
By Ryan T. Scott | ryan@insightnews.com
Updated: 6/30/2008 5:06:39 PM
God's Favor is unmistakable. One taste of the jerk chicken from the Sunday Dinner, or tasty array of well prepared classics at the Sunday Soul Food Brunch at Restaurant Miami, 913 W. Lake Street in Uptown, Minneapolis, and a "Thank you Jesus" will certainly be in order.
Men (L2R): Sean Burress, Marques Celestin, Keith Dawson, Robert Jones; Women: Natasha George (left) and Angela Tucker. Photos by studiotobechi
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 Ethiopian official defects to U.S., decries Anuak genocide
By Douglas McGill
An Ethiopian government official seeking to distance himself from what he says is a continuing attempt by Ethiopia to eradicate an African tribe, has defected to the United States.
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 Community action leads Hightower to lead agency
Ten years after taking over the position of President/CEO of the Minneapolis Urban League, Clarence Hightower today announced his resignation. Hightower will leave the Minneapolis Urban League after July 31 to assume the position of Executive Director with the Community Action Partnership of Ramsey and Washington Counties.
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Cuba blogger concerned over Iran
By Circles Robinson
Corporations like Halliburton, Bechtel, General Dynamics, ExxonMobil, CACI International and Titan Corp. have no loyalties, just markets and bottom lines. History tells us that for them wars mean unrestrained growth and growth means bigger profits.
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 A Teachable Moment
By Mahmoud El-Kati
The word first emerged in public space during the late 1970s – early 1980s. It was fostered in a climate of Black political laxity. This energy, creativity, and vigilant militancy of the African American's struggle for social justice had by now waxed and significantly waned. And in this void stepped an irrepressible and gifted performer, a comedian, by the name of Richard Pryor.
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 Nicole Ari Parker: The interview with Kam Williams
Born in Baltimore on October 7, 1970, Nicole Ari Parker was the only child of Donald, a dentist, and Joanne, a health care professional. Bitten by the acting bug at an early age, Nicole starred in both school plays and community theater before attending film school at NYU. After graduating in 1993, she landed several supporting roles in feature films, and began to get some serious attention after delivering a powerful performance in Boogie Nights
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NBCC supports offshore energy exploration
PRNewswire-USNewswire –- As Congress recently explored the oil lease plans on the Hill, the National Black Chamber of Commerce Chairman and CEO Harry Alford called on Congress to combat the rising price of fuel by opening the deep waters of the Outer Continental Shelf to active exploration
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Keeping cool without air conditioning
According to Harvey Sachs of the non-profit American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, the movement of air over the skin is what's key to keeping the body cool. So instead of turning on that A.C., see which direction the breeze is blowing outside (no matter how minimal it may be), and then open a few windows strategically to try to get it flowing through the house from end-to-end or side-to-side.
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Minnesota Lynx honor Juneteenth with community involvement
The Minnesota Lynx teamed up with area organizations to host "Juneteenth Night" two weeks ago. The contributions that the organization made to the overall Juneteenth festivities were broad and meaningful
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U of M Lavender House recruits students for second year
Lavender House, a Living and Learning Community at the University of Minnesota, recently celebrated a successful first year and is seeking more students for its second year.
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Obama looks past Hillary Clinton to McCain
With the possible exception of Bill and Hillary Clinton, everyone on this side of the moon realizes that Hillary's quest to become the Democratic nominee for president is over. Employing new math and even newer arguments can't help Hillary at this point. Although the fat lady isn't singing yet, she's already tuning up, waiting for Hillary to exit stage right.
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