Youth Summit highlights 2013 MLK celebration
FORT LAUDERDALE — As South Florida looks toward the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee Inc. (MLKCC), …
Halle Berry, Chaka Khan among 2013 BET Honorees
NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Halle Berry and musician Chaka Khan will be honored at the 2013 BET Honors. The network has announced that basketball …
Review: Making Facebook a warmer, working space
NEW YORK — On Facebook, I’m connected to a lot of people who are not my friends. Over the years, as my Facebook friend list …
Armed guards at US paper that reported gun information
WHITE PLAINS, New York (AP) _ A New York state newspaper that created a public outcry when it published the names and addresses of residents …
Obama signs $633 billion defense bill with Iran sanctions
HONOLULU (AP) _ President Barack Obama signed a $633 billion defense bill that tightens penalties on Iran and strengthens security at diplomatic missions worldwide, despite …
Science events challenge students
JUPITER — The recent Neuroscience Discovery Day attracted more than 3,000 people to enjoy the tours, lectures, panel discussions, interactive exhibits, live music and other …
It was Merry Christmas to all, and to many a new bike
OPA-LOCKA – As Commissioner Timothy Holmes played Santa, he revealed that the chance of winning one of the 100 bicycles he promised to raffle to …
Fearful of gun ban, buyers swarm sellers
NEW YORK — The phones at Red’s Trading Post wouldn’t stop ringing. Would-be customers from as far away as New York wanted to know if …
‘Shaft’ on horseback, or blaxploitation ‘Bonanza’
In Django Unchained, dentist/bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), and former slave/assistant bounty hunter Django (Jamie Foxx), spend a winter collecting bounties on outlaws, …
Pamela Walton, 41, McCrarys’ daugther
Pamela Yvette Walton, daughter of the late attorney Jesse J. McCrary Jr. and Margaret McCrary, passed on Saturday morning, Dec. 29. Pam, as she was …