Mon05202013

EFM Report: Detroit's General Fund is in the Negative

 

According to a report set to be officially released Monday by Detroit emergency financial manager Kevyn Orr, Detroit’s General Fund is in the negative and will remain so because the city is generating no revenue.

 

The long anticipated report will spell out the dire terms that the city is in financially as Orr works to

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Bob Johnson's RLJ Entertainment Announces Launch of YouTube Paid Channels

-- RLJ Entertainment Launching Channels Under the "Acorn TV" and Urban-Focused "OnCue" brands --

Robert L. Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and The RLJ Companies, today announced the launch of two paid channels on YouTube under the "Acorn TV" and "OnCue" brands. RLJ Entertainment is a leading creator,

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The Best Man Holiday coming soon

Universal Pictures has officially released the trailer for the highly anticipated sequel to The Best Man- The Best Man Holiday. The original cast is back and the teaser clips look promising. The film takes place fifiteen years after the original film. 

During an interview with The Huffington Post, actor Morris Chestnut shared a

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Mayor Brenda Lawrence of Southfield Hosts Community Roundtable

 

Southfield Mayor Brenda Lawrence will host a Community Roundtable on Code Enforcement on Wednesday, May 22 at 7 p.m. in the Southfield Public Library Meeting Room, 26300 Evergreen Road.

To participate, residents must make reservations by calling the Mayor’s Office at (248) 796-5100. The discussion is limited to the first 25 residents to make r

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Detroit: Emergency Manager Says Financial Crisis Worse than Expected

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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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