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From New York Injury News Houston, TX – A cell phone video of a Houston teacher beating a 13-year-old student on April 29, 2010, was posted on YouTube, prompting the immediate termination of the teacher and a possible lawsuit from the boy’s mother, as reported by KTRK-TV/DT. Isaiah Jones, a student at Jamie’s House Charter […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Nine people were indicted Wednesday on federal charges of accessing President Barack Obama’s student loan records while they were employed for a Department of Education contractor in Iowa.
From TheGrio.com: A man is speaking out about why he attacked an alleged serial rapist in a Kansas City jail cell.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans are still likely to lose their homes in the coming years, but the foreclosure crisis is finally showing signs of subsiding.
HONOLULU (AP) — It’s now law in Hawaii that the state government can ignore repetitive requests for President Barack Obama’s birth certificate.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking aim at deceptive lending, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to ban mortgage brokers and loan officers from getting greater pay for offering higher interest rates on loans, and to require that borrowers prove they can repay their loans.
From TheGrio.com: By Earl Ofari Hutchinson The cameras honed in on the Reverend Al Sharpton as he led thousands to the Arizona state capitol building in Phoenix in an old fashioned, energetic, shouting, chanting, sign and banner carrying civil rights style march.
From BlackVoices.com: The drive-by shooting death of 15-year-old Avondre Donel in Detroit makes it clear why it takes a village to successfully raise children.
From The Loop 21: Yesterday, President Obama nominated United States Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court. Few were surprised by the choice, as Kagan has long been viewed a frontrunner for the high court. While many observers have applauded Obama’s decision, others like myself were left with a […]
WOBURN, Mass. — One of three New York City men charged in a fatal shooting last year at a Harvard University dormitory is now facing a murder count.