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Rethinking the Amazing Shrinking Shelter

Sep 18th, 2008 | By

The way things have long worked at the Franklin School, the stately Civil War-era building that bizarrely serves as Washington’s main shelter for homeless people downtown, if you’re not there to claim your bed by 5:30 p.m., you’re on the street that night. Rules are rules. Read More…



Black Ministers Rally Action on Climate Change

Sep 18th, 2008 | By

The Reverend Gerald Durley, an Atlanta pastor who once worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, always saw his primary charge as “civil and human rights.” He did not consider the environment to be part of that mandate until he went to see “The Great Warming,” a Canadian film about climate change. Then, he says, “it
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Baggy pants ban “unconstitutional,” rules Florida judge

Sep 18th, 2008 | By

A Florida judge has deemed unconstitutional a law banning baggy pants that show off the wearer’s underwear, local media reported Tuesday. Read More…



Death By 91 Cuts: The real scandal behind the murder of Homaira Rahman: She had been dating

Sep 18th, 2008 | By

On the balmy evening of July 3, 2008, three young women met in the stands of a soccer stadium in Woodbridge, Va. They were there to watch a preliminary match in the 2008 Afghan Cup, an annual event that draws hundreds of Afghan-Americans to the Virginia exurbs for a weekend of sports and music. Read
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Arenas has knee surgery, says he’ll be back in December

Sep 18th, 2008 | By

Gilbert Arenas had a third operation on his left knee Wednesday morning, putting the Washington Wizards in full spin mode as they face another season of uncertainty concerning their franchise player. Read More…



Actor allegedly beat cat to death in jealous rage

Sep 18th, 2008 | By

Trial has begun for a baseball player-turned-actor accused of brutally killing a cat in a jealous rage after complaining that his ex-girlfriend cared more for the furry feline than she did for him. Read More…



Obama Fundraising Dinner and Show (Fundraising) Sunday, September 21 at 4:30 PM

Sep 18th, 2008 | By

The event is being hosted by a member of the DNC’s National Women’s Leadership Initiative and will be held on Sunday, September 21, 2008, 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm at the Colony South Hotel and Conference Center in Clinton, MD. Invited guests include Tamara Davis-Brown, Donna Edwards, Maya Soetoro-Ng, Michelle Obama, and others. Dinner tickets
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Marine praised by Bush won’t get Medal of Honor

Sep 18th, 2008 | By

A Marine sergeant singled out by President Bush for throwing his body on a grenade to save his comrades in Iraq will receive the prestigious Navy Cross rather than the nation’s highest military award, military officials said. Read more…



B&K Ski Trip w/ Musiq Soul Child & Keith Sweat – February 27-March 1st

Sep 18th, 2008 | By

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Featured Artist “UNKUT” – HOLD OF ME (BEST UNSIGNED GROUP)

Sep 17th, 2008 | By

South Florida is all over the music world Trick daddy,RickRoss,Pretty Ricky,Pitbull and many more talented artist but all of those great artist are from the Miami-Dade County area. No artist from Broward County was not on the music market but until. The diversity of the music group called Unkut hit the music world Jermeko the
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