WOMAN IS FIRST BLACK VAL AT NOTRE DAME
While University officials are not certain because the university does not keep records of its valedictorians' race, Katie Washington, a biological sciences major from Gary, …
Angelou to students: Don’t be too serious
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) _ Maya Angelou says students should study hard, use their libraries, make a contribution to society _ and share the gift of …
Obama reaches out to minorities
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Desperate to curtail expected widespread losses this fall, President Barack Obama pleaded with supporters of his 2008 campaign Monday to help elect …
Fear lingers for some years after civil rights era
ATLANTA (AP) _ A relative of a black teenager killed because he allegedly whistled at a white woman during the civil rights era says she …
Praising God under pressure!
“I will praise you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. I will bless you every day, and I will praise …
How much screen time is too much for kids?
LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — It’s not easy to press pause on today’s hyper-wired kids. But in the next year, the National Association for the Education …
Poll: Fla. independents pan health care challenge
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — A poll in the Florida governor's race finds the attorney general's challenge to the federal health care overhaul isn’t sitting well with …
Florida House votes for Medicaid overhaul
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Most of Florida's 2.7 million Medicaid recipients in all 67 counties would be placed into private, managed-care plans under a pair of …
Juan Luis Guerra organizes Haiti concert
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Dominican merengue star Juan Luis Guerra and Spanish singer Miguel Bose are among the artists performing at a Haiti-relief …
Gates sees Caribbean as soft target for drug trade
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS (AP) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said April 16 he is concerned that drug trafficking will migrate to the Caribbean, as Mexico or …