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Broadway’s spring hasn’t started yet but new shows are already being announced for next season, including an acclaimed drama from London about Martin Luther King Jr. that received a 2010 Olivier best new play nomination.“
VIA NewsOne.com: In case you didn’t know, it costs a great deal of money to protect the president. In fact, the $1.4 billion spent each year protecting President Obama is more than the entire Haitian government spends to fund its entire nation. Within that budget comes one of the craziest and scariest cars you’ve ever […]
At the White House Civil Rights Concert, Obama joined Smokey Robinson in singing the Negro National Anthem “Lift Every Voice And Sing” written by James Weldon Johnson. In this clip you can also see Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Hudson and Bob Dylan. Obama Sings “Lift Every Voice” at 1:31 moment. (Via:NewsOne.com)
Los Angeles County prosecutors are looking into a complaint that the mayor of Carson cuts off public speakers at City Council meetings if he doesn’t like what they’re saying. David Demerjian of the district attorney’s office said the complaint claims that Mayor Jim Dear hits the mute button on speakers before the three-minute time limit […]
Via CNN: (Feb. 10) — A small pre-dawn earthquake has hit northern Illinois, startling residents as far away as Michigan and Iowa, but no damage or injuries were immediately reported. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 3.8-magnitude earthquake hit about 45 miles northwest of Chicago at 4 a.m. Wednesday. Scientists say the epicenter was southwest […]
The second stage of Haiti’s medical emergency has begun, with diarrheal illnesses, acute respiratory infections and malnutrition beginning to claim lives by the dozen. CBSnews.com covers more of this story: Fourteen-month-old Abigail Charlot survived Haiti’s cataclysmic earthquake but not its miserable aftermath. Brought into the capital’s General Hospital with fever and diarrhea, little Abigail literally […]
via:chron.com The bus driver suspected of running a red light and colliding with a Metro train Monday has been suspended without pay after being released from the hospital Monday night. Reginald Rideout, 50, who has been with Metro since 2000, will remain suspended until the completion of an investigation into the crash in downtown Houston, […]
More Than 3,100 Houston Teens Go Hungry To Help Haiti Quake Survivors Through World Vision’s 30-Hour Famine Hunger Awareness Campaign Hundreds of Thousands Participate Nationwide 30-Hour Famine Funds go to Haiti Quake Relief and Long Term Needs WHO: More than 95 youth groups in the Houston area will participate in World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine […]
(From shape.com ) Thanks to supersize portions and sugary ingredients, the food industry has recently been called out for contributing to America’s ever-expanding waistlines.
via: chron.com TYLER — Fire destroyed two more churches in East Texas as arson investigators try to determine if both are part of a string of deliberate blazes. Smith County Fire Marshal Jim Seaton told KLTV-TV that “we would just like to find out why this is going on and please stop it.” No injuries […]
