Wed05222013

Greater Metro

Video: ‘Memphis – It’s the Place to Be’

Tri-State Defender Newsroom
Video: ‘Memphis – It’s the Place to Be’

"Memphis It's The Place To Be" won first place in the Individual Category of the International Film and Music Festival: On Location.

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Weekend circus turns Landers Center into a land of adventure

Warren Rosenborough
Weekend circus turns Landers Center into a land of adventure

I've been a photographer for many, many years and nothing brings me greater reward than capturing the encounters between children and the world around...

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Entertainment

20 Years of ‘janet.’

Myron Mays
20 Years of ‘janet.’

Time really flies huh? Can you believe that Janet Jackson's 5th album "janet." is 20 years old? I can't, but it is!

Looking back on things, there's jus...

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This week’s DVD releases - May 21, 2013

Kam Williams
This week’s DVD releases - May 21, 2013

Top Ten DVD List for May 21, 2013.

"Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters"

"My Neighbor Totoro"

"Beautiful Creatures"

"Howl's Moving Castle"

"Yossi"

"Side Effe...

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Sports

Why you should want the Memphis Grizzlies to win an NBA championship

Mikah Meyer/Huffington Post
Why you should want the Memphis Grizzlies to win an NBA championship

Writing in the Huffington Post, columnist Mikah Meyer makes the case for Memphis being a rooting-favorite to win an NBA Championship.

"I will not claim...

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Video: Dwayne Wade shows up at fans’s prom

Tri-State Defender Newsroom
Video: Dwayne Wade shows up at fans’s prom

So Nicole Muxo, a senior at Archbishop Coleman Carroll High School, made a YouTube video asking Heat guard Dwyane Wade to be her date to the prom, bec...

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Religion

Sony settles; Score one for gospel artists, lawyer says

Zenitha Prince/NNPA
Sony settles; Score one for gospel artists, lawyer says

Sony BMG Music Entertainment has settled a lawsuit filed in 2005 by attorney James J. Walker of Walker and Associates, an Atlanta-based law firm that ...

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Drama Queen by default? Here’s help

Lucy Shaw
Drama Queen by default? Here’s help

Dear Lucy: I feel as if my life is one of constant conflict. I must be a magnet for drama. I run into it at work, at home, at the beauty shop, on the ...

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Business

Top internships for minority and African-American students - 2013/14

Tri-State Defender Newsroom

(BlackNews.com) – Internships are a gateway for students that lead to careers. There are thousands of internship opportunities each year across the co...

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David Ortiz selling f---ing charity bat

Chris Isidore/CNNMoney
David Ortiz selling f---ing charity bat

NEW YORK – Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz is using his colorful language again, this time to raise funds for victims of the Boston Marathon bombin...

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News

The courage of teachers

LZ Granderson/CNN
The courage of teachers

Each day more than 55 million students attend the country's 130,000 schools.

Each day, parents and guardians entrust some 7 million teachers with the e...

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Best quotes from 2013 graduation speeches

The Root
Best quotes from 2013 graduation speeches

See what Barack Obama, Toni Morrison and others had to say at this year's commencement ceremonies.

http://www.theroot.com/multimedia/best-quotes-2013-g...

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Opinion

Julian Bond: My Tea Party ‘Taliban’ comment; The lesson?

Trice Edney News Wire
Julian Bond: My Tea Party ‘Taliban’ comment; The lesson?

I have always suspected that racists didn't like being called out for their racism. Now I have proof.

When I told MSNBC's Thomas Roberts on May 14th th...

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Caretaker’s role requires sacrifice and a little empathy

Dr. Timothy Moore
Caretaker’s role requires sacrifice and a little empathy

It would take empathy, compassion, commitment and love to be the caretaker of someone who's gravely ill and incapable of taking care of one's self. No...

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Detroit

Kelly Rowland set to judge on X Factor

The Michigan Chronicle

Simon Cowell will be surrounded by women when THE X FACTOR returns for its third season this fall on FOX. Grammy Award-winning artist Kell...

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Faygo Pop's Campaign Selected as Finalist for OBIE Award

The Michigan Chronicle

 

 

The unique “Summer Silhouettes” Outdoor Campaign by Faygo Beverages, Inc. has been chosen as a finalist for the Outdoor Ad...

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Chicago

Crews Dig Through Night After Deadly Okla. Twister

The Chicago Defender

MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Spotlights bore down on massive piles of shredded cinder block, insulation and metal as crews worked through the night lifting br...

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CTU Protesters Arrested at City Hall

The Chicago Defender

Roughly two dozen protesters were arrested Monday afternoon during a demonstration at City Hall aimed at preventing the planned closure of more than 5...

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Pittsburgh

Shale drillers shafting NAACP? Parker upset with lack of support

The New Pittsburgh Courier

 

CONNIE PARKER

 

by Christian Morrow

Courier Staff Writer

Back when steel ruled the local economy and Pittsburgh boast multiple corporate headquarters, th...

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WAMO100 announces new general manager

The New Pittsburgh Courier

GARY GUNTER

 

PITTSBURGH, PA--WAMO100, owned by Martz Communications Group, recently named Gary Gunter general manager of WAMO100.

Prior to this new appo...

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