Hot Celebrity Kids Making Big Bucks

Did you ever stop and estimate how much money you could make in your lifetime? Yes, success is a combination of talent, hard work and just old fashion luck. Sometimes it means being in the right place at the right time. Take a look at 10 highly paid young stars under the ripe old age of 20 who are cashing in on their television, movie and movie...

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Wage Gap Crushing African American Women

There's so much negative trash being written in this country's media about African American women that it allows many Americans, Black and White, to look down their noses at my sisters of color. You've all heard the hype about the "angry Black woman" who's undesirable to most men. You've been told that Black women are lazy, promiscuous,...

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Three Steps To Better Dietary Choices- A Thinner Me in 2012

Are you sure you realize the connection between what you eat and your overall health? At a recent doctor's visit, a patient reviewed his diabetes medication with his doctor. He was surprised when he was told that if he lost weight he could be taken off the drugs he was taking. He told his doctor that he'd been overweight for 20 years and had...

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Letters From Melissa-Politics by MH-P

For those who don't know her, Melissa Harris-Perry (MH-P) is an American author, television host and political commentator with a focus on African American politics. She is a professor of political science at Tulane University. Prior to this position, Melissa was an associate professor of politics and African American Studies at Princeton University...

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Confessions of a Fast Food Junkie: Watching My Weight

Up until joining Weight Watchers last July, I had never really thought about how I had gotten to be a fast food junkie. Sure, I've always been a "big guy". I've been 6'5" tall since graduating High School and the all you can eat meal plan at Trueblood Cafeteria at Southern Illinois University helped me solidify my status as "Big Man on Campus"....

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Riding the Economic Storm: Food For Thought

The economy is growing again. But if things are looking better, why are we feeling worse? You have to agree that the past few years of bad economic news has colored our thinking. We tend to gloss over any positive news while focusing on gloomier headlines. It's time to get in touch with a "better reality' and take actions that will improve...

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A Thinner Me in 2013-A Personal Journey

Like many of you, I've struggled with my weight for years and years.  I've tried every imaginable diet-high carb, low carb, high protein, low fat.Yes, I've tried Jenny Craig, Nutri-System and Weight Watchers.  I've lost a few pounds on each one, but fell off the diet, resumed my old eating and wound up heavier than when I started. But...

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Movie Money Madness-Top 20 in 2012

The movie industry is making money, including a donation from Congress during the fiscal cliff psycho-drama.  The list of the highest grossing movies of 2012 held a few surprises.Despite the fact that certain movies won the disdain of critics, they won a spot in the top twenty money makers of 2012: "Promethus" (20)       ...

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Entertainers: January Birthday Babies

  What do country music matriarch Naomi Judd, record breaking NFL quarterback Drew Brees, Pro Golfer Alfonso Soriano, and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Rod Stewart have in common? These A-1 Entertainers have birthdays in the first month of the New Year.  Naomi Judd Drew Brees   Mel Gibson   Actor/Director...

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Republican State Senator Attacks Kwanzaa Holiday

Kwanzaa Symbols Kwanzaa is a week-long Afrocentric holiday which is observed from December 26th through today, January 1st. It was created in 1966 by black radical Maulana Karenga. It is observed by an estimated 2 million Americans. Wisconsin Republican Glenn Grothman recently attacked the holiday of Kwanzaa, claiming “almost no black people” care...

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Word By Word: Misused, Overused, and Uselessness

Michigan's Lake Superior State University released this year's picks of words to banish from the Queen's English. Nominations were submitted mostly on Facebook by folks from the U. S., Canada, and beyond. The 38th Annual List identifes word choices wich were labeled as misused, overused, or useless. First and foremost is "fiscal cliff"...

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