FROM ABC NEWS:

An economist in Germany has noticed a curious trend among Americans: For the past 50 years, black women have been shrinking with each new generation.

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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiring to get financial benefits through his authority to appoint a U.S. senator to fill the vacancy left by Barack Obama’s election as president.
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Click here to view the photo highlights on NewsOne for the week ending on Decemeber 5, 2008.

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Ten year old reporter, Damon Weaver, from Kathryn E. Cunningham/Canal Point Elementary School in Florida is publically requesting an interview with President Elect, Barack Obama. Weaver had previously interviewed Vice President Elect, Joe Biden and  Miami Heat players, Sean Marion and Dwayne Wade.

Watch Damon Weaver’s Video Plea for an Obama Interview After the Jump

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This week L.A. continues to be engulfed by flames, Citigroup laid off employees and Detroit faces some of its roughest times. View the gallery of photo highlights from the week ending on November 21, 2008.

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From the African American Political Pundit

Tell me it’s not true. No Hillary Rodham Clinton has not emerged as a top contender to be Secretary of State. I know it is said, keep your friends close but your enemies closer, but why keep a color aroused bigot so close?

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This week the we see anti-Obama vandalism, the death of an American Idol reject and the recognition of America’s veterans. View the photo highlights from the week ending on November 14, 2008.

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