Military Psychiatrist Kills 12 At Fort Hood

Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly murders 12 at Texas military base:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/05/texas.fort.hood.shootings/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/05/texas.fort.hood.shootings/index.html

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“Heeb” And “The Great Schlep”: New Jews Make Voices Heard

Star of David tattoo, anyone?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/10/28/new.and.emergent.jews/index.html

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Is Monogamy Realistic?

A couple recent articles ask if monogamy is even realistic?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/10/28/monogamy.realistic.today/index.html

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/10263372/As-Phillips-falls-from-grace,-we-need-to-alter-rules#at

Whitlock’s joking, right?

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“Gridiron Gauntlet” Black Pioneers of Pro Football

New book chronicles those who helped pave the way for today’s Black pro football players:

http://www.baystatebanner.com/arts42-2009-10-22

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Details of Final McNair Hours Revealed

I was in Nashville Oct. 14-19 for the National Trust for Historic Preservation conference. Steve McNair’s name surfaced during the little bit of local news I saw, and a conversation with some locals. Now, details of his final hours emerge:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/20/qb.killed/index.html

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Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

He will always have his detractors, and even today, conservative talk show hosts ask their audiences if he is deserving, but today, 45 years after Dr. Martin Luther King was similarly honored, President Obama is awarded The Nobel Prize for Peace:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/09/nobel.peace.prize/index.html

Is it true his nomination was entered last February 1? He had done much to unite and foment inclusion by then. And what matter is it whether a columnist or a talk show listener feels he deserves it, the committee neither asked them, nor will they revoke the Prize based upon U.S. public opinion. If that were the case, how do you think those who disagreed with MLK felt when he won?

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Like All Black Americans, Michelle Obama is Biracial

Why has America’s “dirty little secret” been swept under the scientific and sociological carpet for so long?

http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/one-familys-roots-a-nations-history/?hp

To most American Blacks, it’s no news flash that we have white ancestry. It is surprising to some that the “Indian-looking great-grandmother” was likely a biracial woman. It was more pleasant to discuss Cherokee or Seminole roots than to acknowledge powerlessness (see Thurmond, Strom) and rape.

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http://www.theroot.com/views/michelle-s-great-great-great-granddaddy-and-yours

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Wil Haygood’s “Sweet Thunder” Examines Sugar Ray Robinson

New book explores life of the greatest prizefighter who ever lived:

http://www.baystatebanner.com/arts41-2009-10-08

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Tyler Perry Reveals Sexual Abuse

Prominent producer-actor was young victim:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/06/tyler.perry.abuse.precious/index.html

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Letterman Apologizes for Extortion Admission

“Late Night” host is contrite on air:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/05/david.letterman.apology/index.html

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Gourmet, EBONY Magazines Saying Goodbye?

Gourmet is shutting its doors, and EBONY and JET are up for sale:

http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/05/news/companies/gourmet_magazine/index.htm?postversion=2009100513

Paper institutions falling by the wayside, along with major metropolitan daily newspapers:

http://www.theroot.com/views/farewell-ebony-you-earned-your-retirement

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Jackman Lost And Found: Controversy Surrounds Legendary Pitchers’ Collectibles

Some of you are familiar with my research on early Black baseball in New England:

http://www.baystate-banner.com/archives/stories/2006/04/042706-03.htm

I was unaware of this news:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/09/27/auction_throws_curve_into_effort_to_honor_negro_league_star_jackman/

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David Letterman’s Personal Life: Extortion Not First Public Incident

“Late Night” host has been stalked, threatened, and now blackmailed:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/02/letterman.past.incidents/index.html

Why Dave, and not Jay, Conan or Ellen?

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Olympic Hosting Defeat is Nation’s, Not Obama’s

Why are some so pleased that America’s Olympic athletes and their relatives and fans will not be on home soil in 2016, and that Chicago will not be able to benefit from the new construction, job growth, related revenue/tourism and housing that inevitably results?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/03/martin.olympics.defeat/index.html

Why, because they tie Chicago’s bid to President Obama, of course. When did it became de rigeur to root against the home team (during the Bush years of the invasion of Iraq, critical Americans were deemed “unpatriotic”).

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Right Wing Revels In Failed U.S. Olympic Bid

First the Birthers, then “You Lied”, and now this unpatriotic sentiment:

http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/weekly-standard-newsroom-erupts-into-cheers-at-news-of-olympics.php?ref=fpa

Can’t some people separate national benefit from partisan (or bigoted) politics?

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“48 Hours” Producer Tries to Blackmail Letterman

Why would an accomplished, educated, middle-aged man with a great job in Manhattan risk everything he has to extort a fellow entertainer?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/02/letterman.extortion/index.html

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Rio To Host 2016 Games

Pele beats Obama’s:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/02/olympics.2016/index.html

You had to know it wouldn’t be Madrid- no way a Western European city was going to follow London. Tokyo was a longshot, having hosted a Games in many of our lifetimes. Chitown bowed to a continent that has never played host. Rio could use the new dorms, parks, and facilities that come with hosting (and the 2007 Pan Am Games were held there).

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Major Quake Hits Indonesia

A typhoon in The Phillipines. A tsunami in American Samoa. Today, a major earthquake rattles Indonesia:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/indonesia.earthquake/index.html

What next?

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Sabrina Goes Beyond Talent

Ms. Luening shines:

http://www.mvtimes.com/marthas-vineyard/news/2009/09/24/sabrina-luening.php

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Feminine Advice From a Legend

From birth to age eighteen, a girl needs good parents. From eighteen to thirty-five she needs good looks. From thirty-five to fifty-five, she needs a good personality. From fifty-five on, she needs good cash
- Sophie Tucker

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