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From HuffingtonPost.com: Former White House green jobs czar Van Jones — best known, perhaps, for his messy departure from the Obama administration — urged a room full of student progressive activists on Wednesday to turn off “the little idiot box” [cable news] that was trying to “depress them” and to ignore the “fearmongers” who peddle […]

From HuffingtonPost.com: The managing director of a hedge fund group accused of being a $378 million Ponzi scheme, ran into the ocean Saturday morning and shot himself as Spanish authorities tried to take him into custody.

The study found that African-Americans and Latinos continue to be more likely to own cellphones than whites and more likely to use their phones for a greater range of activities.

Eastpointe, MI-Imagine going out to get your mail and finding a letter telling you to move out of the neighborhood or be killed. That’s what happened to several Eastpointe, Michigan families.

From DailyPress.com: Hampton University has just launched a virtual campus that offers a myriad of associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees.

CNN Contributor Roland Martin was on hand to talk with the celebrities as they arrived on the red carpet for the McDonald’s 365Black Awards ceremony at Essence Music Festival. The annual event was hosted by Tom Joyner, nationally syndicated radio personality and one of the first recipients of the 365Black Award, along with Sherri Shepherd, […]

From The Urban Daily: It’s not “conscious” hip-hop, it’s reality based music. Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek took on this topic before the oil spill in the gulf but this video, couldn’t be more timely.

Singer, songwriter and record producer Harvey Fuqua, an early mentor of Marvin Gaye, has died. Fuqua was 80.

From Mashable.com: YouTube is an often overlooked tool for business, not only as an engagement and marketing platform, but as an educational resource. There are YouTube channels dedicated to sound business advice, but distilling them from oceans of video junk can be a daunting task.

Low-denomination U.S bank notes change hands until they fall apart here in Africa, and the bills are routinely carried in underwear and shoes through crime-ridden slums. Some have become almost too smelly to handle, so Zimbabweans have taken to putting their $1 bills through the spin cycle and hanging them up to dry with clothes pins alongside sheets and items of clothing.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Police said Tuesday they know who was responsible for shooting another man following Michael Vick’s birthday celebration, but the shooter will not be charged “at this time” because the victim has not cooperated with investigators.