By The Admin on November 30, 2009
Despite presenting his side of the car-crash story and asking that it remain “a private matter,” Tiger Woods may still not be in the clear.
Troopers arriving at his Isleworth home requesting an interview were turned down for a third straight day, but the Florida Highway Patrol said it will continue to investigate. Yet the [...]
Posted in Outside of the Political Realm
By The Admin on November 30, 2009
Two senators said Sunday that authorities should pursue criminal charges against the Virginia couple who crashed last week’s state dinner at the White House.
“You’ve got to send a strong deterrent that people just don’t do this kind of thing,” Democrat Evan Bayh of Indiana said on “Fox News Sunday.”
Republican Jon Kyl of Arizona agreed, saying, [...]
Posted in Congress, White House
By The Admin on November 30, 2009
Jackie Jones, BlackAmericaWeb.com
- The Black Leadership Forum is pleased with the victories on health care, first the vote earlier this month by the House of Representatives for a bill with a public option and the vote over the weekend by Senate Democrats to send the Senate’s version of the bill to the floor for debate.
But [...]
Posted in Health
By The Admin on November 30, 2009
Just a few weeks ago, Atlanta looked ready to elect its first white mayor in a generation. Instead, the Nov. 3 election set up a hard-fought runoff battle that’s expected to break down largely along racial lines when voters return to the polls Tuesday.
White councilwoman Mary Norwood and former state Sen. Kasim Reed, who is [...]
Posted in Featured, Georgia, State & Local News
By The Admin on November 28, 2009
Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III, The Grio
- On the evening of Tuesday, November 24, a young couple from Virginia made their way into one of the most secure events in the country, President Obama’s state dinner for Indian Prime Minister Monmohan Singh and his wife at the White House. Like the other 300 plus invited [...]
Posted in Race, White House
