“(T)here is not a liberal America and a conservative America — there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America — there’s the United States of America.”

The FBI released files it collected over the past 17 years on Michael Jackson on Tuesday, most of them from the federal agency’s support of the California investigations of child molestation allegations against the entertainer.

Opinions abound as to who was the original Valentine, with the most popular theory that he was a clergyman who was executed for secretly marrying couples in ancient Rome

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the release of Health Insurance Reform: The Case for Change, a series of state-by-state reports highlighting the benefits of health insurance reform. The reports are available now at www.HealthReform.gov.

Tiger Woods has canceled plans to attend his own golf tournament in California because of injuries he suffered near his Florida home early Friday, according to a statement Monday from the golfer.

The jobs picture is bleak — and continues to get worse. Now we’re told that if nothing is done, unemployment is likely to continue to rise through next year. States and localities, hit by plummeting tax revenues.

Tyler Perry has, for the first time, revealed graphic details about the sexual, physical and emotional abuse he says he suffered as a child.

It doesn’t matter whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game. Yeah, you never bought into that, either, did you? If it’s all about playing and not about winning, then why have umpires, referees, and judges? Why keep score? And what’s the use of fans frothing at the mouth over victory?

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama announced that he has nominated Edward Chen, Dolly Gee and Richard Seeborg to United States District Court judgeships.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama announced that he has nominated the following individuals as United States Attorneys:

Good morning, everybody. I want to just make a brief comment about the fact that the two young journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, are safely back with their families. We are obviously extraordinarily relieved. I had an opportunity to speak with the families yesterday once we knew that they were on the plane.

Marcia K. McNutt, of California, to be Director of the United States Geological Survey, vice Mark Myers, resigned.

This evening The Miss Black USA Pageant and Scholarship crowned a new national titleholder Miss Black Pennsylvania U.S.A., Shayna Rudd as Miss Black U.S.A. 2009. The pageant was held at the University of District of Columbia Theatre in Washington DC.

Jasmine Alexis- Miss Black Maryland U.S.A. Talented Teen 2009
PLATFORM- JEWEL GIRLS- EMPOWERING YOUNG WOMEN THROUGH ART THERAPY

The expansions have come in the five months since Congress and President Obama used the reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program to vastly increase its funding and encourage states to increase enrollment.

Many ascribe to the cliché “death comes in three’s.” This past week was living proof of this overused expression. Ed McMahon was first to die. Two days later Farrah Fawcett would be called home. Later, on the same day as Farrah’s death the world was in a state of shock after learning that the King of Pop, Michael Joseph Jackson who was affectionately called MJ, had died.

Houston Mayoral Candidate Gene Locke listens as his daughter Attica reads from her just-released novel, Blackwater Rising, to a standing room only crowd at Barnes and Noble bookstore on Holcombe yesterday evening. Attica, who lives in California, is in Houston promoting her first novel with book signings. Another book-based gathering will take place this evening at 5:30 at the Magnolia Ballroom.

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood this week marked the tenth anniversary of the Whatcom Creek pipeline explosion in Bellingham, Washington by urging construction workers and contractors to use “8-1-1,” the Call Before You Dig number to help avoid accidents like the Bellingham explosion.

TODAY, Prairie View A&M University mourns the death of Professor and Director of Bands George Edwards. He directed PVAMU’s world renowned Marching Storm Band for 30 years, before his death on May 28.
“On behalf of the entire PVAMU community, we offer our deepest condolences to the entire Edwards family. For three decades we were fortunate to have George contribute to our community and nurture the talent of our student performers,” states PVAMU President George C. Wright.

The California Supreme Court today issued its decision on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the November 2008 ballot measure that rescinded marriage equality in California. The Court ruled that Proposition 8 is constitutional, while also upholding the validity of approximately 18,000 marriages of same-sex couples performed between June and November, 2008.
Equality Texas will participate Wednesday morning in a briefing hosted by Equality California and the National Center for Lesbian Rights to discuss the effect of the court’s ruling on Californians and possible next steps to reinstate marriage equality in California.