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It’s no longer just a Shaq Attack. It’s now a Dr. Shaq Attack. Shaquille O'Neal, one of the greatest players in National Basketball Association history, has won four NBA championships.
by Frederick H. Lowe Lawyers for Major League Baseball's home-run king Barry Bonds have appealed his conviction for federal obstruction of justice, arguing that Bonds was found guilty of a felony based on conduct with which he was not charged in the indictment, as the grand jury clause requires.
115,000 Jobs Created In April, but Mid-Winter Hiring Dampened Spring Job Increases By Frederick H. Lowe The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for African-American men and women dropped in April, compared with March.
The Art Institute of Chicago has purchased for its permanent collection Dawoud Bey's Harlem, U.S.A. photographs, and his work will be on exhibit until Sept. 9, 2012.
May 10 through May 16 1819 ----- Justin Holland, the first African-American man to make an important contribution to the classical guitar, was born on this day in Norfolk County, Va.
Wells Fargo & Co. disclosed on Tuesday in a United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that it faces possible civil penalties and monetary damages for alleged violations of fair-lending laws.
If November's election was based on likeability, President Barack Obama would win in a landslide, according to a Gallup Daily Tracking Poll released on Tuesday.
Job cuts by the public sector, where blacks are overrepresented, are factors The employment-population ratio, which is the best indicator the percentage of the population that is working, was mixed in April for black men and black women 20 years old and older, according to Work in the Black Community by the University of California at Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education. The employment-population ratio for men was 58.1 percent in April, compared with 58.9 percent in March, Work in the Black Community reported.
by Frederick H. Lowe President Barack Obama on Wednesday stunned political opponents by saying that he supports gay marriage.