Sun05192013

Health Fair

Hosted by: Tri-State Defender
The event will start on: 16 Jun 2012 08:00
And will end on: 16 Jun 2012 20:00
Posted by: tristate
3200 Mt. Olive Road

Greater Metro

Growing black business: Back to the drawing board – again

Tony Jones
Growing black business: Back to the drawing board – again

Gone are the days where an invisible "Blacks Need Not Apply" sign branded the City of Memphis' business sector. Still, what is the difference between ...

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‘Embrace Life’ at Sisterhood Outreach Summit & Showcase

Tri-State Defender Newsroom
‘Embrace Life’ at Sisterhood Outreach Summit & Showcase

The Memphis Cook Convention Center will come alive with vendors, exciting entertainment and more during the 18th Annual Sisterhood Outreach Summit &am...

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Entertainment

Kam’s Kapsules: Weekly previews - 05/16/2013

Kam Williams
Kam’s Kapsules: Weekly previews - 05/16/2013

For movies opening May 17, 2013

BIG BUDGET FILMS

"Star Trek: Into Darkness" (PG-13 for intense violence) Twelfth installment in the futuristic, sci-fi f...

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‘Mel Brooks: Make a Noise’

Kam Williams
‘Mel Brooks: Make a Noise’

Mel Brooks, director, producer, writer and actor, is in an elite group as one of the few entertainers to earn all four major entertainment prizes – th...

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Sports

Grizz movin’ on to Western Finals

Kenny B. Johnson/Special to The New Tri-State Defender
Grizz movin’ on to Western Finals

Big Boy: street ball terminology meaning a person (or persons) who can completely and totally dominate a game in the paint.

In one of his biggest games...

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Grizz comeback sealed with win in overtime

Kelley Evans
Grizz comeback sealed with win in overtime

Kevin Durant walked down the court at the FedExForum with both hands covering his face. He sensed that the one thing he and the rest of his Oklahoma C...

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Religion

‘Spiritual Bank Accounts’ rock in times like these

Lucy Shaw
‘Spiritual Bank Accounts’ rock in times like these

Dear Lucy: Lately, it just seems that everyone and everything is against me. No matter what I do, I run into roadblocks of criticism or failure. I kno...

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St. Patrick’s ready to roll with mobile produce market

Tri-State Defender Newsroom
St. Patrick’s ready to roll with mobile produce market

The Green Machine is Memphis' first mobile produce market and it's ready roll.

And on May 5 at 12:30 p.m., the public is invited to a ready-to-roll cel...

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Business

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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Divorce and business – the ins and outs

Carlee McCullough
Divorce and business – the ins and outs

I, John Doe, take you Jane Marie, to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickne...

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News

So just how many millions do the Obamas have?

CNN

The White House released documents Wednesday that show President Barack Obama and the first family hold assets valued between nearly $1.9 million and ...

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O.J. Simpson testifies in bid for new trial

Michael Martinez/CNN
O.J. Simpson testifies in bid for new trial

Wearing a blue prison uniform, O.J. Simpson testified Wednesday that his former attorney advised he could use some force to reclaim personal items fro...

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Opinion

Don’t lower threshold on drunken driving

LZ Granderson/CNN
Don’t lower threshold on drunken driving

Celebrity mugshots are hilarious, aren't they?

The disheveled hair, the smeared makeup, the ridiculous attempt by some to still try to look "hot" despi...

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Ask Demetria: Should I only date men at my income level?

Demetria L. Lucas/The Root
Ask Demetria: Should I only date men at my income level?

"Is it wrong to seek out guys who are at my level, career – and salarywise, and have the same goals? I have tried dating guys who weren't, but their i...

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Detroit

NFL Free Agent Titus Young Arrested 3 Times in a Week (video)

The Michigan Chronicle

Former Detroit Lion Titus Young has had a remarkable week ... a remarkably bad week. The NFL free agent was arrested three times last week for charges...

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Business leaders honored by NASP

The Michigan Chronicle

The National Association of Securities Professionals (NASP) recently honored five business leaders during its seventh annual ceremony and scholarship ...

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Chicago

Justice Dept. Investigates IRS Targeting Of Tea Party

The Chicago Defender

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service just as another probe concludes that lax managem...

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BlackStartup: The African American Solution To Crowdfunding

The Chicago Defender

In the past five years, crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have revolutionized the way entrepreneurs go about raising capital for new busin...

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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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Atlanta

Fulton County to ‘Unleash the Power of Age’

The Atlanta Daily World

Fulton County kicked off Older Americans Month ...

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Book Studies Relevance of Bible Commands

The Atlanta Daily World

In this timeless book, "What's on God's Sin List for Today," author ...

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