(AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday he’s prepared to break his jobs bill into pieces and try to move it that way, hours before the measure faced likely defeat at the hands of Republican senators opposed to stimulus spending and a tax surcharge on millionaires. ”I don’t know how Congress will respond to the overall [...]

(GRIO) — Hair extension thieves have struck again, this time burglars smashed their way into a business on Ponce de Leon Avenue. The thieves, thought to be looking for high-dollar Remy hair extensions, broke into Lexi’s Beauty Supply by shattering the window with a brick, according to Atlanta police. In a report in the Atlanta [...]

(Salon) – Can the Occupy Wall Street movement do for the Democrats what the Tea Party has done for the Republicans? Will a spontaneous grass-roots uprising against the rich neutralize the manipulated “Astroturf” Tea Party movement’s assault on big government, assure a second term for Barack Obama and lead to the new New Deal that progressives [...]

(Huffington Post) — As Congress weighs the Obama administration’s jobs package, RLJ Companies CEO Robert Johnson is pushing a proposal that he says marshals the capacity of the nation’s biggest companies to significantly reduce black unemployment. Johnson has dubbed his idea the “RLJ Rule.” It calls on Fortune 1000 companies to voluntarily consider a more [...]

By Charlotte Young New research is casting a discouraging outlook for health experts in HIV prevention and family planning. NPR reports that a recent study reveals that the most popular form of contraception in Southern Africa has failed substantially. In fact, it’s creating a more devastating reality for those who use it. In response, the [...]

by Charing Ball For some reason, Chris Rock was recently asked in an interview about Black actors dressing up in drag for comic relief, to which he said, “I mean, hey, lots of comedians dress up like women, not just Black. It’s one of the oldest tricks in the book. Men in drag…There was Mrs. [...]

(ABC News) — The Dallas Mavericks’ defense of their 2011 NBA Championship title will have to wait, indefinitely. NBA Commissioner David Stern canceled the first two weeks of the NBA season Monday after owners and players failed to reach agreement on a labor dispute despite 13 hours of negotiations over two days. “We remain very, very far apart on [...]

(Reuters) – People who want the new $200 Apple iPhone 4S may have to get in line on Friday because U.S. wireless phone carriers appear to have sold out. Sprint Nextel (S.N), which is selling the iPhone for the first time, said it sold all of its $200 iPhone 4S and is not taking back orders. [...]

The national Occupy Wall Street movement has been heating up again — resulting in about 50 arrests in Boston and plans for a Manhattan “Millionaires March” to the homes of capitalists. The Occupy Boston arrests occurred early Tuesday. Police say the protesters ignored warnings to move from a downtown greenway near the place where they’ve [...]

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